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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,002
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO RT EYE S/P BLUNT TRAUMA BY METAL GATE. PT FELL ON GATE AND HIT RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HIT METAL FENCE W/OD DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Eyeglasses |
| DX:NO INJURY. WALKING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION SITE WHEN TEMPORARY FENCE FL IPPED UP UNDER HIS GLASSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CORN FB. PT WAS WORKING ON A FENCE AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - 43 YOF WAS OUTSIDE WALKING AND FELL HITTIN G HER LEFT EYE ON A GARDENING POST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 43 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: Fences or fence posts, Tools |
| PT GRINDING METAL FENCE POST YESTERDAY WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE IN WIND. POSSIBLY WOOD. WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES. D:CORNEAL FOR. BODY, ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | 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: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HIT EYE ON A FENCE TRANSFERRED TO *** EYE CENTERLEFT EYE DISLOCATED L ENSE LEFT EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 9 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: Fences or fence posts |
| LT EYE FB-WHILE PARENT WAS BUILDING A FENCE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT WORKING ON FENCE AT HOME, PIECE OF FENCE HIT HER IN RT EYE, ABRASION RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | 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: Fences or fence posts |
| BENT OVER THEN SCRAPED EYE ON BARBED WIRE FENCE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| RAN INTO FENCE, EYE RED AND APPEARS IRRITATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| FELL & STRUCK LT EYE ON FENCE LAST NIGHT. ACUTE TRAUMA LT ORBIT W/ HEMA TOMA, ACUTE FOREIGN BODY LT ORBIT & CT/LAC LT UPPER EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PATIENT GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE WORKING ON A FENCE AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| METAL PART OF A FENCE PUNCTURED EYE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CHILD POKED HERSELF IN LT EYE W/ GARDEN FENCE. LT CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 27 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: Fences or fence posts, Exercise |
| DX RIGHT EYE LACERATION: RUNNING, RAN INTO CHAIN LINK FENCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2003 | Age: 2 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: Fences or fence posts |
| RT EYE INJURY-HIT A SMALL FENCE-LEFT W/O TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Welding equipment |
| WAS WORKING ON FENCE AND WELDING GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT STRUCK IN FACE WITH A METAL GATE NOW C/O LT EYE PN, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CONTUSED EYE WHEN FELL ON FENCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT, PUTTING UP FENCE 4 DAYS AGO, COMPLAINING OF EYE PAIN X 4 DAYS. D:CO NJUNCTIVITIS, PHARYNGITIS, MILD DEHYDRATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT WORKING ON FENCE LAST NIGHT WHEN PIECE OF METAL STRUCK EYE. D:CORNEA L FOREIGN BODY AND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2003 | 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: Fences or fence posts |
| LT EYE PAIN. WAS HELPING DAD WORK ON FENCE. DX; CORNEAL ABR OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 10 Y.O. W FEMALE W/LAC TO EYE. PT RAN INTO WIRE FENCE. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT FELL AT DAY CARE - SCRAPED FACE ON GATE. D: ABRASION / CONTUSION R IGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CORN ABR. PT RAN INTO A GATE AND INJURED EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CHILD CARRYING "U" SHAPED PIECE OF WIRE FROM CHAIN LINK FENCE.RAN INTO FENCE & WIRE POKED EYE. D:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| SUSTAINED CORNEAL INJURY WHEN RAN INTO A GATE A SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HIT BY GATE DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT FELL ON A FENCE X3 DAYS AGO AND SUSTAINED BRUISES AND DISCOLORATION TO RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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