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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 950
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes, Tools |
| + EYE PROTECTION - MAKING WINDCHIME BY CUTTING GALVANIZED ELECTRICAL CONDUIT WITH GRINDING DEVICE DX F B EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2002 | Age: 33 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: Pipes, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FIXING A PIPE AT HOME IN BATHTUB & DUST PARTICLES GOT IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | 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: Pipes |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A METAL ROD USED TO CLEAN SEWER LINES, ROD BROKE AND HIT PT IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pipes, Lighting equipment |
| PT. WAS PUNCHED IN R EYE W/A METAL ROD FROM A LAMP SHADE AT 11 PM. DX. EYE INJURY ON R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2002 | 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: Pipes |
| WAS CUTTING PIPE @ HOME OVERHEAD YESTERDAY. FOREIGN BODY LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT CUT A METAL PIPE YESTERDAY & HAS EYE PAIN, HEADACHE. FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. ALSO WORKED WITH PALMS IN WIND TODAY. D:EYE ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pipes, Thermal or sound insulation materials |
| WORKING UNDER OWN HOUSE WITH PIPES AND INSULATION, NOW EYE IS RED, PAIN FUL. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | 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: Pipes |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT WITH ATEEL ROD CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THE LT EYE AFTER BEING HIT W/A LEAD PIPE X12 HRS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 42 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: Pipes |
| PT RAN INTO A METAL BAR LAST WEEK CAUGHT EDGE OF EYE DX CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes, Awls, chisels or planes |
| PT SAYS PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE CHISELING DOWN RODS. DX: FB RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| GOT PIECE OF P.V.C. PIPE INTO EYE DX: ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | 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: Pipes, Tools |
| HIT IN EYE WHILE GRINDING PIPE DX: ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | 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: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pipes |
| PATIENT TRYING TO PRY OPEN OBJECT WHEN HIT IN EYE BY THE BAR. NO OTHERD ETAILS. D: CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE AND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT STS CUTTING PIPE W/O PROTECTION, SOME DEBRIS FLEW INTO HIS EYE, C/O BLURRED VISION & PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| FB LEFT EYE. PT WAS CUTTING A PIPE AND PARTICLE WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | 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: Pipes |
| CORNEA ABRAS R EYE; FB REMOVED - PT @ HOME WORKING ON PIPES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 41 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: Pipes |
| PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE CUTTING PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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