Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,011
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Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 33 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
PIECE OF NAIL SPLINTERED WHEN HIT DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 33 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
PT HAMMERING AT HOME THE NAIL WENT ITNO LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 40 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, Hammers
F.B RETINA. NAIL BROKE OFF WHILE BEING HAMMERED AND PIECE FLEW INTO HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 28 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 SELF IN EYE WITH A NAIL DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 41 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
PATIENT STRUCK NAIL IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 39 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, House repair or construction materials
R CORNEAL ABRAS; PULLING NAIL OUT OF BOARD - NAIL FLEW BACK STRIKING HI S EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
HIT IN EYE WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN AT FRIENDS HOUSE. DX: SUBCONJUNCTIV AL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 36 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, Hammers
36 YO MALE STRUCK A GALVANIZED NAIL WITH HAMMER INTO METAL HANGER 14 MINUTES AGO - F/B LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 48 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
PT HIT RT EYE ON SCREW DX: EYE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	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, House repair or construction materials
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS POUNDING A BOARD IN CLOSET AND A NAIL BOUN CED OFF AND HIT PT IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 49 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, Hammers
49 Y.O. W MALE W/LAC TO EYEBALL. PT WAS HAMMERING A NAIL W/A HAMMER & T HE NAIL FLEW UP & STRUCK PT IN THE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INJURED WHILE RIDING BUS BOLT FROM SEAT FELL AND HIT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 36 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
36 Y/O O INJURED R EYE WHEN HE STRUCK NAIL AGAINST LID OF EYE. DX; R CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
A NAIL `BOUNCED INTO EYE CAME OUT TRANSIENT VISION LOSS LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 28 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, Ladders
SCREWING IN A SCREW ON LADDER, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: L EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 34 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
PT LOOKING UP WHEN SCREWING IN SCREW AT HOME , WHEN SOMETHING FELL INJURING EYE DX:CORNEA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other electric lighting equipment
TRYING TO TAKE OUT PLASTIC SCREWS FROM FLOOD LIGHT PIECE OF PLASTER WEN T INTO EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 41 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, Ceilings and walls
PULLING NAIL OUT OF WALL AND NAIL BECAME EMBEDDED IN EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 26 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE SCREWING IN A SCREW, IT FELL INTO EYE(WAS WORKING OVERHEAD),
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 28 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
RT CORNEAL AB-HIT IN EYE W/A NAIL FROM NAILGUN THROUGH DRYWALL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 43 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
CORNEAL ABRASION - 43 YOM INJURY SUSTAINED TO LEFT EYE BY A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 37 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 GOT A PIECE OF METAL SCREW IN LT EYE 1 WEEK PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 39 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, Hammers
39 Y.O. B MALE W/EYE INJ. PT STS HE WAS HAMMERING A NAIL & THE FLAT PAR T FLEW BACK & STRUCK PT IN THE EYE. E9208
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2003	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: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT IN EYE WITH A NAIL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 42 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 THE HEAD OF A NAIL GO INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 40 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED R EYE WITH A NAIL. DX. R EYE MECHANICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, SUBCO NJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 46 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
46 Y.O. W MALE W/LAC TO EYE. PT GOT HIT IN THE EYE W/A PENNY NAIL. E920 8
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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