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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 267
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 27 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 |
| PT DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION WHILE ADJUSTING LIGHT BULB AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND SHATTERED PIECES OF BULB IN EYES. C/O IRRITATION,BLURRED VISION.DX:CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| ABRASION TO EYE AFTER LIGHT BULB BROKE IN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT.NIJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN CHANGING A LIGHTBULB & IT BROKE ? SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; RT.EYE IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 32 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 THAT LIGHT BULB BROKE; PT GOT A PIECE IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| REPORTS FLORESCENT LIGHT BROKE INTO EYES, ?MECH, +GLASS INTO EYE >>CORNEAL ABRS/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 38 YO FEMALE HAD FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB BREAK IN RESTAURANT AND GOT IN EYE - F/B EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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