Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,097
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Date: 12/25/2003	Age: 34 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE *** DX: SURFACE FB W/CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEEDWACKING IN HIS YARD YESTERDAY AT 1600, SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS USING A WEEDWAHCKER AROUND A METAL FENCE POST WNE SOMETHING FLEW INTO LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/10/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
HIT IN EYE BY ROCK WHILE WEED WACKING PREVIOUS DAY CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME GOT A PIECE OF DIRT IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: USING *** AND GOT DEBRIS IN EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
49 YOM WAS USING *** AT HOME; GRASS FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. CO RNEAL ABRASIONS, BILATERALLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 45 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
OD IRRITATION - GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHEN USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
41 YOF WAS *** AROUND A CATUS; A CACTUS NEEDLE FLEW INTO HER EYE; SHE F LUSHED EYE BUT STILL HAD EYE PAIN. CORNEAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. REORTS ROCK FLEW UP FROM *** AND HIT HIS EYE THIS AFTERNOON. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT HIT IN EYE WITH F.B. WHILE USING *** DX: ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
***, SOMETHING WENT IN EYE. DX FB R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO EYE WHILE WEED WACKING 1 HOUR AGO.D : CORN EAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM *** DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WAS *** AT HOME AND ACCIDENTLY GOT POSSIBLE F/B IN HIS LEFT EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION WITH INFECTION TO LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FEELS LIKE A FOREIGN BODY IN EYE - HAS BEEN USING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
L CORNEAL ABRAS45YOM AT HOME WAS WEED WACKING AT 2:30P AND A STONE FLEW INTO HIS L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
46 Y/O M INJURED LEFT EYE WHEN *** AND SOMETHING GOT IN EYE AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT. STATES FB HIT L EYE WILE USING *** AT 1400. DX. CORNEAL ABRAL EYE. L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS ***, WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A ROCK. DX-CONTUSION EYE, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT USING A *** AT HOME WHEN A SMALL STONE SHOT UP STRIKING HIMIN THE LE FT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
49 YO M GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE ***. DX CONJUNCITIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
LT CORNEAL AB-USING ***-FB HIT EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
FB WAS THROWN UP FROM ***. DX: R SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. DX: R SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 42 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS USING A *** WHEN A PIECE OF WOOD GOT IN HIS EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CONJUNCTIVAL FOREIGN BODY - SCRATCHED CORNEA ON 6/10 WHILE *** SOMETHING IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Eye protection devices
FB RT R UPPER EYELID W/ REMOVAL 2 CORNEAL ABRASION OD COMMUNITY SERVICE CITY OF MF WAS USING WEED WAKER WITH SAFETY GLASSES,FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY R EYE WHILE WEED WACKING, R EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 39 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL ABRASION OD: C/O FB R EYE X 30 MIN; WAS USING WEDEATER AND AFT ER WASHING FACE, "FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN R EYE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT GRASS IN EYE WHILE *** AT HOME. DX: MECHANICAL CONJUNCTITI VITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 36 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN LEFTE YE - OCCURED WHEN *** - CORNEAL ABRASION NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 39 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT SUBSTAINED EYE INJ WHEN USING *** AT HOME DX:CORNEA ABRASION DX:CORNEA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 50 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DEBRIS FLEW INTO EYE WHILE *** DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL AB-HIT W/A ROCK THROWN BY THE ***-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** ROCK SLUNG UP INTO EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 37 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE USING *** AND SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 30 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT GOT SOMETHING IN RT EYE WHILE WEED WAKING DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 43 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PATIENT WAS ***AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASI ON (RIGHT)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	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: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
STATES HE USED *** ON LAWN AND AN OBJECT WENT IN HIS EYE DX FOR EIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2003	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
DX;RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION. USING *** AND ROCK HIT HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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