Accidents - Eye protection devices - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,746
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	240
6-15 years old:	154
16-25 years old:	138
26-50 years old:	615
50+ years old:	597

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,066	Face:	450
Head:	153	Ear:	61
Neck:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 20 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: Eye protection devices
PT POKED EYE WITH EAR PIECE OF SUNGLASSES. NOW HAS BLURRED VISION. D: C ORNEAL ABRASION, POSSIBLE IRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
TRIPPED ON HER WALKER. DX- SCALP CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices, Paper products
PT TRYING ON SUNGLASSES AT STORE, TAG FROM SUNGLASSES SCRATHED PT IN R EYE DX: SCLERAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
DOING YARDWORK - WEARING PROTECTIVE GLASSES CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices, Tennis
NOSE LAC-WEARING SUNGLASSES-HIT W/A TENNIS BALL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Eye protection devices
PATIENT WAS USING A GRINDING WELL, WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES, AND A A SPECK WENT INTO HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY TO THE RIGHT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Eye protection devices
HAS SUNGLASSES KNOCKED OFF OF HEAD AND EARPIECE STUCK IN (L) EAR C/O BL EEDING AND LOSS OF HEARING DX- PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
PT ACCIDENTALLY HAD ARM OF SUNGLASSES GO INTO L EAR CAUSING ABRASION TO EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
PT WAS RUNNING AND FELL ON A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES, LACERATION ON NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
CHILD FELL AT SCHOOL WHILE WEARING SUNGLASSES. D: EYEBROW LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
DX LACERATION TO FOREHEAD: WEARING SUNGLASSES, WHEN FELL AND HIT FACE ON GROUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
62 YO FEMALE FELL OVER CURB AND SUNGLASSES CUT NOSE LACERATION NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices, Poles
PATIENT BUMPED INTO A PLASTIC POLE, WAS WEARING SUNGLASSES AT THE TIME CAUSING INJURY TO HER EYELID. DX-EYELID LACERATION, CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices, Motor vehicles or parts
TRUCK HITCH STRUCK SUNGLASSES THAT WAS WEARING&SHATTERED INJ EYE ' CORNEAL ABRS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
PATIENT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE, WEARING A PAIR OF PLASTIC GOGGLES, THE GOGGLES BROKE CUTTING HIS EYEBROW. DX-EYEBROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
PT WEARING A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES AND WALKED INTO A TREE SUSTAINED A LOAC ERATION TO NOSE FROM THE SUNGLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
PT WAS AT HOME, PUT ON SUNGLASSES, NOTICED FB SENSATION, DX ACUTE RT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
PT X TODAY WEARING A "EYE PATCH" IT SNAPPED BACK STRIKING PT IN THE EYE . DX. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	Age: 48 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices, Tools
PT WAS CUTTING METAL LAST SUNDAY AND WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. EYE PA IN SINCE. D:CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices, Swings or swing sets
SUST LAC TO R EYEBROW AT HOME WHEN SWING HIT HIS SUNGLASSES AND GLASSES HIT INTO HIS FACE DX LAC REPAIR 1 CM R EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Eye protection devices
WHILE FIXING GOGGLES, PT JERKED NECK, C/O OF PAIN, DX TORTICOLLIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices, Public equipment
PT TRYING ON SUNGLASSES IN STORE WHEN TAG CAUGHT PT ON EYE. D: SCLERAL LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Eye protection devices
69YOF WAS IN A HURRY,TRIPPED AND FELL HER SUNGLASSES,POCKED HER RIGHT LATERAL EYEBROW,SUSTAINED A LACERATION;1.5CM FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
33YOM REMODELING HIS HOME WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES,HE GOT SAW DUST UP UNDERNEATH HIS GOGGLES; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Eye protection devices, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
38YOM USING A GRINDER WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES,STARTED THE GRINDER WHEN A METAL SHAVING HIT HIS EYE; FOREIGN BODY REMOVED,RIGHT EYE RUST RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
40YOF TRYING ON SUNGLASSES ON HER SON,ACCIDENTLY POKED HER LEFT EYE WITH THE PLASTIC PRICE TAG;TRIANGULAR SHAPED CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
PT TRYING ON A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES AND POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASI ON EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 4 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
ACUTE LT CORNEAL ABRASION: SUNGLASSES SNAPPED, HITTING LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Eye protection devices
30 YO MALE WAS IN MVC WITH SUNGLASSES ON FRACTURE NASAL BONE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
PT AT THE STORE TRYING ON A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES AND POKED SELF IN THE RI GHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Eye protection devices
PT TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD. BROKE SUNGLASSES WITH FALL. HAS HEADA CHE. D:FOREHEAD LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
DX RIGHT EYE ABRASION: POKED SELF IN EYE WITH SUN GLASSES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 28 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: Eye protection devices
PT SCRATCHED EYE WITH BROKEN SUNGLASSES DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
49 YOF WAS IN BEDROOM TRYING ON SUNGLASSES AND FELL HAVING A SEIZURE SU STAINING A CONTUSION TO RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
PT ACCIDENTLY SNAPPED GOGGLES ONTO EYE WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT, R EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Eye protection devices
63 YO F CONJUNCTIVITIS R CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE REPLACING SUNGLASSES TO PROTECT EYES STRUCK EYES WITH BOTTOM OF GLASSES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Eye protection devices
PLAY WRESTLING WITH SUNGLASSES ON TOP OF HEAD, GLASSES FELL WITH EAR PI ECE INTO EAR, PULLED OUT W/BLOODY DRAINAGE; PERFORMATED TYMP MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Eye protection devices
TRYING ON SUNGLASSES AND CARDBOARD TAG HIT EYE HEMATOMA RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Eye protection devices
50 YOF WAS CLEARING BRUSH AND TOOK OFF SAFETY GLASSES AND RUBBED LEFT E YE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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