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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 659
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs, Sinks |
| LIGHT BULB FELL INTO SINK & PIECES WENT INTO PT'S EYE. DX: FB R EYE, CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT HAD A GLASS LIGHT BULB BURST IN HER FACE AND GLASS WENT INTO EYE DX: GLASS FB IN RT EYE RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| EYE PAIN AFTER CHANGING UV BULBS ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB EXPLODED NEAR FACE DX. CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FLUROSENT LIGHT BULB EXPLODED IN EYES AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB BROKE AT MISSION. DX: CORNEAL ABR OD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Light bulbs, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT THROWING A FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB IN HIS TRASH WHEN IT BROKE THE GAS GOT INTO EYES AND RED AND IRRITATED- CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 46 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: Light bulbs |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB.PT HAD A LIGHT BULB BREAK AND GO IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 31 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: Light bulbs |
| 31YOM-CORNEAL ABRASION-CHANGING LIGHT BULB -DUST GOT IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS.PT DROPPED AND LIGHT BULB AND IT SHATTERED AND INJURED BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 44 YOF WAS CLEANING AND A LIGHTBULB EXPLODED, WITH S HARDS OVER FACE AND EYES, F/B SENSATION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT STATES HE WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB OVERHEAD IN BASEMENT AND IT BROKE AND A PC OF GLASS WENT INTO HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT C/O WHILE WORKING ON A CAR YESTERDAY A LIGHT BULB BROKE AND HE FEELS LIKE A PIECE OF THE BROKEN LIGHT GOT INTO HIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2003 | 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: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB EXPLODED AT HOME, GOT FB IN BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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