Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2009 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,820
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	21
6-15 years old:	92
16-25 years old:	182
26-50 years old:	1,302
50+ years old:	222

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 39 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
39YOM CLEANING A SHELF ABOVE HIS HEAD WHILE LOOKING UP AND A SCREW FELL INTO EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 39 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, Hammers
39YOM HAMMERING A NAIL INTO THE CEILING WHEN IT FELL INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2009	Age: 29 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
PIECE OF A NAIL GRAZED EYE DX: CONJUNCTIVAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 27 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, Rugs or carpets
27YOM GOT HIT WITH TACK PULLING UP CARPET DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 49 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
49YOM POUNDING ON A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT THE NAIL POPPED OUT INT O RIGHT EYE ABRASIONEYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH FB TO EYES WHILE BUILDING A DECK, PART OF A SCREW FRAGMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
45YOM WAS PULLING A NAIL OUT OF A WALL WITH A HAMMER AT EYE LEVEL AND P OPPED SELF WITN THE HAMMER IN EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Outdoor awnings or shutters
HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH A NAIL WHILE REMOVING SHUTTERS AT HOME. DX-EYE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2009	Age: 30 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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
30 YOM PT WAS GRINDING A METAL BOLT & THINKS SOME MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO EYE. FOREIGN BODY L EYE REMOVED. CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH ABRASION TO EYE FROM A FLYING NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 30 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
DRIVING A NAIL AT HOME WHICH BROKE AND HIT IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 23 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, Saws
EYE INJURY FROM CUTTING BOLT WITH SAW. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 70 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
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT HAD HEAD OF NAIL GO INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 60 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 WAS PULLING NAIL FROM BOARD AND NAIL FLEW BACK HITTING HIM IN EYE DX: LT CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 58 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 workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING NAILS W/ GRINDING TOOL & GOT STEEL IN EYES DX;# FB ( R) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 8 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACC STRUCK INTO EYE WITH A SCREW THROWN BY SIBLINGS >>CORNEAL LAC/RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	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
ACCIDENTLY GOT NAIL N HER EYE, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2009	Age: 38 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, Hammers
HIT UNDER L EYE WITH A PC OF NAIL WHILE HAMMERING DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
REMOVING ROOFING AND HIT EYE WITH NAIL;DX LACERATED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 8 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DAD OWNS A NURSERY. PT WALKING THROUGH WHEN SHE STRUCK HER L EYE ON A G ALVANIZED STEEL HOOK IN GREENHOUSE. PAIN IN EYE. DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 48 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 WAS HIT IN THE EYE W/A NAIL. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 43 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
HIT IN EYE BY SCREW. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 29 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
29 Y/O ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH A NAIL LAST NIGHT. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 16 months	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
PT RUNNING IN FAMILY ROOM, TRIPPED AND FELL INTO PLASTIC WALL ANCHOR FO R GATE, +LOC, NOW W/EYE REDNESS; POSS CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 31 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
L EYE RUPTURED GLOBE/31YOM PULLING NAIL OUT OF 2X4 AND IT POPPED OUT AN D HITHIM IN L EYE. PT PULLED THE NAIL OUT.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/10/2009	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT IN EYE WITH A SCREW AT HOME DX/ RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 28 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
PATIENT WAS WORKING WITH SELF TAPPING SCREWS ON FRIDAY DX CORNEAL ABRASION L FOREIGN BODY REMOVED *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2009	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
19 Y/O GOT A PIECE OF STEEL IN EYE WHILE PUTTING SCREWS IN SOME OBJECT FELT SOMETHING GO IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 45 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, Saws
EYE FB-METAL DEBRIS FLEW INTO EYE WHILE SAWING A BOLT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 59 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
WAS PULLING NAILS AND ONE HIT HIM IN EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2009	Age: 47 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, Power saws
47Y/O,M,SHAVING OFF A BOLT WITH A ***, R EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 25 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
25YO WHITE MALE PLAYING WITH SON & WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A NAIL DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 46 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, Saws
46 Y/O C/O FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, SAWING WOOD HIT A NAIL, METALLIC FOREIGN BODY GOT IN EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 27 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
HIT IN EYE NAIL. DX EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 29 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other manual workshop tools
DX CORNEAL INJ: RIP'G CARPET UP, PRY'G @ BENT NAK W CROWBAR & NAIL BROKE IN HALF & HIT HIM IN THE L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 38 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
PT HAD A SCREW FALL STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2009	Age: 67 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
DX CORNEAL INJ: W CLIP'G METAL NAIL LAST P.M. THAT STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 31 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
TAKING APART PORCH AT HOME, NAIL HIT PT IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 69 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
PULLING NAILS OUT OF CONCRETE AND FELT SOMETHING HIT EYE - CORNEAL ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 2 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
HIT WITH NAIL ON STICK/PW EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 46 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 46 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE BURNING AND IRRITA TION - WAS "SETTING A NAIL" , HAMMERING WHEN HE FELT FB ENTER HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 6 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
R EYE CORNEAL ABRAS/6YOM AT HOME HAD A SCREW TO R EYE AT APPROX 4:30P. C/O "VISUAL FUZZINESS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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