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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,057
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CLEANING UP SCRAP LUMBER WHEN A PIECE OF SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE . DX. CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING WITH FRIEND AND GOT PLASTER IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials, Tools |
| ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER CUTTING WOOD SHAKES -ALSO HAS EYE LID SWELLING AND ITCHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| L CORNEAL BARS/FB; STATES WAS HELPING HANG PLASTER TODAY - THINKS MAY HAVE GOTTEN PIECE IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO EYE FROM PIECE OF SHEETROCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT EYE FB. PT GOT A PEBBLE IN EYE WHEN WORKING ON HIS ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 37 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT POKED HIS EYE WITH VINYL SIDING. DX-LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2005 | Age: 40 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: House repair or construction materials, Air compressors |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS/40YOM C/O IRRITATION TO EYE FOR OVER 1 WEEK.WAS CLEANIN G BRICK AT HOME WITH AIR TOOL THINKS DUST MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| GRINDING STAINLESS STEEL, PIECE IN LEFT EYE. DX: IRRITATION CORNEAL LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING ALUMINUM SIDING UNDER HIS HOUSE, ALUMINUM SCRATCHED EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT AT HOME TEARING OFF WALLS IN BATHROOM AWOKE TODAY POSS FB EYE DX FB ( DRYWALL PARTICLES ) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| R CORNEAL ABRAS/36YOM WORKING ON ROOF AND HAD SUDDEN EYE PAIN. DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT BEING AT WORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Cutting torches |
| 38 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HOUSE AND DOING SOME FRAMING AND A PC OF WOOD WENT NTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| RT CORNEAL AB-WHILE WORKING ON REMODELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials, Tools |
| CORNEAL ABRASION: CUTTING PLYWOOD AT HOME, SOMETHING IN R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE REMOVING DRYWALL. DX: L CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| STATES WAS PUTTING METAL ROOF ON A BUILDING AND POSS. PIECE OF METAL IN LT EYE. FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CORN ABR. PT WAS COMING OFF ROOF AND GOT SOMETHING OFF ROOF INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| BUILDING HOUSE FOUNDATION & SOMETHING WENT IN EYE. FOREIGN BODY OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| DOING PLASTERING AT HOME AND GOT PLASTER DUST IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| LT CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS FROM DRYWALLING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| WHILE CHIPPING CEMENT AT HOME GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE WORKING ON HIS HOUSE YESTERDAY HE WAS NOT GRINDING METAL ON METAL. HE WAS NOT USING POWER TOOLS CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Pet supplies |
| CUTTING WIRE ON CHICKEN CAGE A PIECE OF WIRE HIT HIS EYE FB RT EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2005 | Age: 33 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: House repair or construction materials, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DOING ELECTRICAL WORK AND PAINT AND PLASTER CHIPS MAY HAVE FALLEN INTO EYE CORNEAL IRRITATION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER LOADING ROOFING SHINGLES ON TRUCK PRIOR TO ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2005 | 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT GOT POWDERED CEMENT IN EYES TODAY. FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYES S/P RINSING WITH WATER. UNKNOWN IF WORK-RELATED. D:CHEMICAL BURNS, EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT AT NEIGHBORS PHME HELPING PUT WOOD TRIM ON HOUSE FB IN EYE DX FB WOOD PARTICLES R CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| TEARING DOWN BUILDING, GOT PIECE OF WOOD IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH DRYWALL AT HOME AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| DRY PLASTER FELL IN EYE,WASHED OUT WITH WATER THEN *** CORNEAL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT EYE FB. PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHEN UP ON A ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FB RT EYE-REMOVED.PT GOT PLASTER IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| CHIPPING PLASTER AND GOT PIECE OF PLASTER IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY RIG HT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| STANDING UNDERNEATH WHERE STUCCO WAS BEING CUT COMPLAINS OF IRRITATION IN LEFT EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2005 | Age: 37 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: House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING WITH DRYWALL AT HOME - A PIECE FLEW IN EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT AT HOME CUTTING FIBERBOARD FB R EYE DX FB R ORBITAL AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT STATES HE WAS HANGING SHEETROCK AT HOME FB IN EYE NO SAFETY GLASSES CORNEAL ABRSION RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LT CORNEAL AB-HIT IN EYE W/A CHUNK OF ICE FROM THE ROOF-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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