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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,927
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 22 YOM PT GRINDING METAL AND AND C/O SOMETHING IN EYE. FOREIGN BODY EY E - REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 24YOM WAS GRINDING STEEL AT HOME YESTERDAY FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTER RIGHT EYE;CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 19 YOM GOT A PIECE OF METAL FROM GRINDER IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| FB TO L EYE WHILE GRINDING AT HOME DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 23Y/O,M,AFTER GRINDING METALS FELT FB SENSATION R EYE, FB IN R CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices |
| PT WAS USING A GRINDER EARLIER TODAY, WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, FELT AS IF GOT SOMETHING IN EYE, PIECE OF METAL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| DX CORNEAL FB: C/O OF STEEL FRAGMENT IN L EYE LAST NOC W GRIND'G; SINCE REPORTS FB SENSATION W CLOS'G EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING METAL, F/B SENSATION DX: RT EYE F/B SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 19YO BLACK MALE AT SCHOOL GRINDING PIECE OF METAL & FELL INTO PTS EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS AT HOME GRINDING METAL WITH AN UNSPECIFIED GRINDER WHEN HE FELT SOMETING IN HIS RT EYE DX: RT FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| METAL FLEW IN EYE WHILE USING GRINDER FB LT EYE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL, C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION L EYE. FOREIGN BODY SENSATION L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 25 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE A FTER WELDING AND GRINDING - CANNOT FULLY OPEN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 24YOM AT HOME USING A GRINDER TO GRIND METAL WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO RT EYE;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| AT HOME GRINDING A PIEC OF METAL ..WHEN A PIECE WENT INTO EYE ...FB REM OVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL OVERHEAD AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING , PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE/ CORNEAL FB WITH RUST RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING METAL. REPORTS FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING ON STEEL, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 19YOM GRINDING EXHAUST OF HIS CAR WITH GRINDER,WEARING NO EYE PROTECTION, WHEN A PC OF METAL WENT INTO LT EYE;FB REMOVAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT SOME IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND WAS HIT IN EYE W/PIECE 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L EYE METALLIC FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment |
| GRINDING AND WELDING IN METAL SHOP AT SCHOOL, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM CORNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| GRINDING BOLTS AT HOME, HAS CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WATCHING DAD GRIND METAL WHEN FELT SOMETHING ENTER EYE. D: CORNEAL F OREIN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME TODAY INJURED EYE DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINGING TODAY FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND PIECE WENT INTO EYE. DX: R EYE FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION OS. FOREIGN BODY OS IRRITATION AFTER GRINDING METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eyeglasses |
| GRINDING METAL AT HOME WEARING GLASSES, HAS FOREIGN BODY EYE WITH RESID UE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 17YMC GRINDING METAL WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE/CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 25YMC USING A GRINDER AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES/FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT USING ANGLE GRINDER ON A METAL BUMPER AND FELT SOMETHING STRIKE EYE, BLACK SPECK ON IRIS; FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS DOING SOME GRINDING ON METAL EARLIER AND BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE GO TTEN STEEL SHAVINGS IN L EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHEN USING A GRINDER . DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BOD Y REMOVID WITH RESIDUAL# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING PLASTIC AND METAL WITH ROTARY *** TOOL AT HOME NO SAFETY GOGGLES // EMBEDDED FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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