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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 123
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Date: 11/05/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS THROWING MAGAZINES IN A DUMPSTER AND WHEN LID CLOSED DIRT WENT INTO PTS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN TO DUMPSTER AND SOM ETHING FLEW IN EYE FROM CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT THROWING GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER AND FELT SOMETHING FLY INTO EYE DX: COR NEAL ABRASION TO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT CORN ABR. PT WAS CARRYING A TRASH CAN AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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