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Accidents - Hammers - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 527
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Date: 11/13/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT NAIL WITH HAMMER, HEAD FLEW OFF DX. EYEBALL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 39 YOF WAS HAMMERING NAILS AND FELT SOMETHING GO INT O HER RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Windowsills or frames
CLEANING WINDOW SILL IN SHOP BY HITTING ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER, GOT FB IN EYE 2 HRS AGO. DX; FB IN EYE PER CAT SCAN, BLIND L. EYE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 08/26/2003Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Heavy-duty workshop staplers
43YOWM WHO WAS HAMMERING TO KNOCK STAPLES OUT OF FLOOR WHEN A PIECE OF A STAPLE FLEW UP AND STRUCK IN R EYE AT HOME.DX:FB TO R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT WAS NAILING A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF WOOD WENT I NTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2003Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT. WAS USING A HAMMER AT HOME, THE HANDLE BROKE AND A PIECE OF WOOD HIT HIS EYEBALL - EYE INJURY - VISION THREATENING - REFERRED TO DR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY EYE HAMMERING NAILS INTO WOOD YESTERDAY, F OREIGN BODY OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT FOREIGN BODY INTO EYE WHEN HAMMERING A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
36YOM WOOD IN EYE HAMMERING AT HOME DX/ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2003Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
WORKING ON CAR-HIT IT W/ HAMMER & ALOT OF RUST WENT INTO FACE. CORNEAL AB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT POUNDING HAMMER WHEN HE HIT EYE. D: EYE LACERATION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB LEFT EYE. PT WAS POUNDING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF THE N AIL BROKE OFF FLYING INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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