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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 153
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2003 | 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND SOMETHING FLEW IN E YE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WENT IN EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 38 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| F.B. RT EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE, PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN AT HOME, SOMETHING CAME UP IN AIR CURRENT AND WENT INTO RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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