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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 850
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2007 | Age: 40 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT RAKING LEAVES AT HOME FB TO EYE HAS PAIN DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 38 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, Tree stands |
| PT WAS CLIMBING DOWN A TREE STAND AND GOT BARK IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN EYE BY A TREE BRANCH WHILE HE WAS RIDING HIS 4-WHEEL ER. CORNEAL ABRASION, RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS PICKING UP CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL IN TREES AND BRUSHES THAT HAD B LOWN OFFAND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | 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, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING A TREE WHEN GOT FB IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING BUSHES, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 WAS CUTTING A MESQUITE TREE AND THINKS SOMETHING GOT INTO EYE. C/O W ATERY, SWELLING, PAIN IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES POKED IN THE EYE BY A BRANCH CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| 48 YOM WAS CUTTING GRASS AT CHURCH AND WENT UNDERNEATH A TREE AND WAS S TRUCK IN THE RT EYE BY A BRANCH SUSTAINING SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| ABRASION CORNEA - 27 YO MALE REPORTS HE WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE ON BIKE TRAIL AND GOT A TREE TWIG IN RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2007 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING A TREE & BRANCH CAME DOWN AND POKED PT IN EYEDX: RIGHT E YE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 40 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, Saws |
| PATIENT GOT FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE CUTTING DOWN TREES WITHA SAW. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 29 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, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PATIENT C/O EYE PAIN, BENT OVER, HURT EYE WITH A POTTED PLANT. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT WAS CHANGING PLANTS IN POTS AND ONE SCRATCHED EYE DX: LT CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| STRUCK INTO EYE BY A BRANCH WHILE RIDING BICYCLE "CORNEAL ABRS'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN LT EYE AFTER PRUNING VINES YESTERDAY. DX - FOREIGN BODY SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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