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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,998
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2006 | Age: 34 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: House repair or construction materials |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT GOT DRYWALL DUST IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE-GOT DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE USING CHAULKING-@ HO ME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2006 | Age: 40 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, Chain saws |
| CUTTING BOARDS WITH CHAIN SAW, CHIP FLEW IN EYE DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2006 | Age: 34 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 ABRASION.PT WAS SANDING DRYWALL AND SOME FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2006 | Age: 47 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: House repair or construction materials |
| GOT DUST INTO EYE WHILE USING DRY WALL " FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Saws |
| PT WAS CUTTING REBAR WITH A SAW AND A PEICE OF METAL GOT IN EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING WITH CEMENT - NO SAFETY GOGGLES - NOT WORK COMP CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2006 | 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 |
| ABRASION CORNEA - 45 YO MALE REPORTS HE GOT A PIECE OF BRICK IN HIS L EFT EYE - WAS CUTTING A BRICK WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES - AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2006 | Age: 43 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, Portable circular power saws |
| ACUTE RT CORNEAL ABRASION: FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM R EYE:PUTTING UP FRP BOARD, CUTTING WITH CIRCULAR SAW,FRAGMENT FELL INTO RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2006 | Age: 35 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 |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT INJURED EYE ON A PROTRUDING WIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2006 | Age: 45 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 |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 45 YOM WAS PUTTING UP PLYWOOD IN THE GARAGE AND GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 37 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 |
| BIL EYE ABR. PT WAS UP ON ROOF AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 26 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 |
| PT AT HOME FIXING CABLE WHEN PIECE OF WOOD FLEW INTO LEFT EYE CAUSING CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 35 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT HAD A FOREIGN BODY IN AN EYE WHILE WORKING WITH SHINGLES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 35 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 |
| PT WAS MIXING CONCRETE AND SOME WENT INTO EYE. DX: L CORNEAL ABR W/CONJUNCTIVAL INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| GOT CONCRETE MIX IN EYES AT HOME YESTERDAY CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 28 YO MALE WAS WORKING ON ROOF AT HOME AND LARGE AMOUNT OF DUST FLEW INTO EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE CUTTING DRYWALL. DX: L CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 31 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: House repair or construction materials |
| BENT OVER THIS AM AND HIT EYE ON EDGE OF BRICK CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 34 YO MALE WAS CUTTING CONCRETE AND PIECE FLEW INTO EYE F/B EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2006 | Age: 39 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER CUTTING TILE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PAITENT GOT AN ABRASION IN THE EYE AFTER HITTING IT ON LUMBER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 44 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 |
| CUTTING TILES AT HOME WHEN PIECE OF TILE FLIPPED INTO R EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 35 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 |
| PATIENT GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE FROM LUMBER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 27 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 |
| 27YOM DRYWALLING FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUTTING BOARD AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT GOT A CHEMICAL BURN IN EYE WHILE USING LIQUID CONCRETE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2006 | 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, First aid equipment |
| CUTTING METAL,PIECE GOT IN EYE,WIFE REMOVED SOME WITH COTTON SWAB CORNEAL F.B. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 36 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 TAKING DOWN SOME DRYWALL IN BATHROOM AT HOME, GOT PIECE IN LT EYE, A BRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 49 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 |
| EYE FB-DEBRIS WHILE ROOFING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 32 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 ABRASION.PT WAS CARRYING SHINGLES AN D SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH SHEETROCK ON HIS HOUSE WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF SOMET HING IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials, Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUTTING SHEET METAL WITH SKILSAW GOT METAL IN EYE AT HOMEFB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 44 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT HAD PIECE OF DRYWALL FALL INTO EYE YESTERDAY. D: EYE FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS INSTALLING *** AND SOME WENT INTO EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2006 | Age: 45 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: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT CORN AB. PT WAS UP ON A ROOF WHEN HE GOT A WOOD CHIP INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 29YMC C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WORKING WITH DRYWALL/CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 35 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 GOT PIECE OF FLAKEBOARD INTO RIGHT EYE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT HIT EYE WITHN A WIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 48 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 |
| L MILD CORNEAL ABRAS;SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA/48YOM AT HOME WAS REMOVIN G WOOD SIDING AND WAS STRUCK IN L EYE BY BOARD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| LT CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS IN EYE FROM WOOD-WHILE REMODELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 34 YO MALE WAS REMOVING CEDAR ROOF AND PIECE FLEW INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2006 | 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 |
| WORKING ON HIS HOUSE AND NOT WEARING GOGGLES AND GOT PLASTER IN EYE FOR EIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2006 | Age: 30 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 |
| PAIN R EYE, GOT SOMETHING IN IT WHILE UNDER HOUSE DX: FB, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT WAS POURING CONCRETE, MIXING THE POWDER & IT WENT INTO BOTH EYES, RT EYE FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS IN IT. DX - BILAT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2006 | Age: 50 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 |
| LEFT EYE CORN ABR. PT WAS REMODELING HER HOUSE AND GOT DRYWALL DUST IN HER EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CUTTING CERAMIC TILE AND A PIECE OF IT GOT IN EYE. DX. ABRASIONI NNER EYELID. NOT WORK RELATED-UNEMPLOYED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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