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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 131
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS PICKING UP SOME TRASH THAT HAD DUST & MILDEW IN IT. DX; EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 38 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| PT WAS THROWING CARPET INTO A DUMPSTER AND GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE C ORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT TAKING OUT HIS TRASH YESTERDAY AND OPENED THE CAN WHEN SOMETHING FLE W INTO LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2008 | 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE..3 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| WHILE THROWING TRASH AWAY SOMETHING FLEW UP INTO PT'S LT EYE, C/O PAIN ACUTE F/B LEFT EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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