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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 140
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS CARVING WOOD WITH A KNIFE AND A PIECE OF W OOD WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Knives |
| ACCIDENTLY POKED IN EYE BY SON'S BUTTER KNIFE SCLERAL ABRASION SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Plastic wrapping products |
| DX:CONJUCTIVAL LAC. ATTEMPTING TO OPEN SHRINK WRAP ON CHEESE WITH BUTTE R KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED PT STABBED IN R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Knives |
| FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE , CORNEAL ABRASION - WHILE SHARPENING KNIFE A PIE CE FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT ACCIDENTLY POKED SELF IN EYE WITH KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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