Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2008 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,648
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	168
16-25 years old:	222
26-50 years old:	839
50+ years old:	418

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 31 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR ABRASION TO EYE AFTER SCREW FELL AND STRUCK HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STATES THAT A PIECE OF A BOLT GOT EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other portable or stationary power tools
PUTTING IN BIG LUG NUTS W/ A PNEUMATIC WRENCH A FEW PEICES OF METAL SHAVING FLEW IN EYES (NO INFO ON EYE PROTECTIVE GEAR) F.B. R EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
45 Y/O STRUCK A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND THE NAIL STRUCK HIS EYE. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND EYEBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 32 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
32Y/OM C/O EYE PAIN, A NAIL FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT WITH SCREW;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT WITH SCREW;DX PUNCTURED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 80 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT BENT AND HIT EYE ON SCREW WHILE BUILDING HAUNTED HOUSE. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL POPPED OUT AND HIT IN EYE. DX EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 54 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT HIT A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND IT FLIPPED UP INTO LEFT EYE ABRASION EY E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other portable or stationary power tools
PT WAS CUTTING SCREWS WITH A ROTARY POWERED DREMEL, LT EYE REDDX: CORNE AL AB, CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
57YOM WAS HOME USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A NAIL INTO SURFACE,SOMETHING FLEW INTO RT EYE;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX SUPERFICIAL CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P PT HIT TO EYE W/A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
HIT IN EYE WITH A METAL SCREW AND THEN FELL FROM MONKEY BARS. DX SUBCO NJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GOT HIT IN EYE WITH METAL WHILE CUTTING BOLT DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A SCREW IN A DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CORNEAL ABRASION. HE PULLED OUT THE SCREW HIT HIM R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PULLING OUT NAIL, NAIL FLEW INTO EYE, TIP EMBEDDED / PENETRATING TRAUMA TO GLOBE LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
THUMBTACK FLEW INTO PATIENT'S EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fishing
30 YOM WAS CUT WITH RUSTY NAIL WHEN FISHING RIGHT EYE SWOLLEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Power saws
PT WAS CUTTING A NAIL WITH A SAW WHEN HE SUSTAINED A FB TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS CUTTING A SCREW WITH METAL CUTTER AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: LT EYE CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
AT HOME WITH FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE WHILE USING GRINDER TO FIX A SCREW DX METAL FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 31 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION WITH A NAIL#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 32 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL INTO EYE WHILE PULLING THE NAIL FROM WOOD, BLUNT EYE TRAUMA, CONTUSION EYE/NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Power saws
PT CUTTING NAIL AT HOME WITH A SAWSALL AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO E YE DX// FB R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 38 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT WAS HAMMERING A METAL NAIL, NAIL BROKE INTO FRAGMENTS AND WENT INTO EYE, FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Drills
F/B IN R EYE WHEN HE WAS SCREWING IN USING A DRILL IN THE WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 35 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL MISSHOT FROM NAILGUN AND HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PT STATES THAT HIS FRIEND WAS PUTTING UP A FENCE WHEN HE HIT A NAIL AND THE NAIL FLEW LOOSE HITTING PT IN EYE. DX. EYE LACERATION/ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CORN ABR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN A SCREW FLEW UP INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2008	Age: 43 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Alcohol
CORNEAL AB-HIT A HOOK ON THE WALL WHILE INTOXICATED-@ A BAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
22 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH SCREW CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rope or string
HAD A NAIL ATT TO A ROPE, NAIL ON THE WALL, PULLED TH ROPE FORCING THE BLUNT END OF THE NAIL INTO EYE >> RG: RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
NAIL BOUNCED OFF WALL AND HIT PT IN EYE. DX: TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT IN EYE WITH BOLT DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
NAIL FLEW WHEN HIT WITH HAMMER/PW EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
25YOM WAS HOME DOING WOODWORK,A NAIL FLEW UP HITTING EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 58 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
?SWUNG THRU SHEETROCK+METAL STUDS, NOW EYE FBS >>CONRNEAL ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 38 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
AT HOME PT WORKING WITH METAL SCREWS,C/O POSS METAL GOT INTO L EYE, C/O PAIN,DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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