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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 644
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Saws |
| 46 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHILE CUTTING TREE LIMB WITH SAW AT HOME. DX; L CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sports and recreational activity |
| PT WAS OUT IN THE WOODS HUNTING AND A TREE BRANCH STRUCK HIM IN THE RIG HT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2006 | Age: 35 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS IN A TREE DOING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2006 | Age: 50 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT WAS POKED BY TREE LIMB WHILE RAKING LEAVES CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE CUTTING A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND GOT A PIECE OF THE BUSH IN LEFT EYE SUST AINED A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| MOWING LAWN WAS HIT IN ETE BY TREE BRANCH CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Faucets or spigots |
| PATIENT WAS BENDING OVER TO TURN OFF WATER FAUCET & SCRAPED HIS RT EYE WITH THE FROND SEGO PALM. DX - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Manual pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT C/O EYE PAIN AFTER GETTING DUST IN EYE WHILE TRIMMING TREES DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION; WAS MOWING LAWN @ HOME, UNDER PINE TREE, WAS POKED BY PINE NEEDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| 45 YOM CORNEAL ABRASION FROM CUTTING A TREE DOWN WITH A CHAIN SAW AT HO ME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2006 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT STRUCK A TREE LIMB WHILE TRIMMING HEDGES AT HOME. DX-ABRASION EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING A TREE BRACH WHICH FELL HITTING EYE " SUBCONJ HEAMORRHAGE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 31 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT CUTTING CACTUS IN YARD WHEN BRUSHED EYE AND CHOLLA CACTUS POSSIBLY G OT INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, EYE FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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