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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 657
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 35 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: Power saws |
| PT.REPORTED RUNNING METAL SAW AND C/O METAL PEICE GETTING INTO RT.EYE WITH PAIN. DX-FOREIGN BODY CORNEAL ABRASION /CORNEAL INJURY RT.EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| 50 YOWM WAS USING A RE***CATING SAW TO CUT THROUGH PLASTIC WHEN SOME FB GOT STUCK IN HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| 35 YOWM WAS SAWING WOOD WITH A SKEE SAW WHEN SAW DUST PARTICLES GOT IN HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | 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: Power saws |
| PT WAS SAWING AND GOT SAW DUST IN EYE DX: RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power saws, House repair or construction materials |
| WHILE SAWING WOOD W/ POWER *** SAW, GOT SOMETHING INTO LT. EYE DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT USING ELECTRIC SAW AND GOT SAW DUST IN EYE DX: FB LT EYE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| 44 Y/O M GOT SAWDUST IN L EYE WHILE SAWING WOOD AT HOME.DX: L CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - WAS USING A POWER SAW AND GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power saws, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LEFT EYE TRAUMA.PT WAS USING AN ELECTRIC SAW AND STRUCK A NAIL AND HEAD OF NAIL FLEW IN PTS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 46 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| WEARING GLASSES USING POWE SAW DUST FLEW IN R EYE....R CORNEAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| PARTICLES FLEW UP FROM POWER SAW DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws, Eye protection devices |
| CUTTING STUCCO WITH ELECTRIC SAW WEARING GOGGLES, PARTICLES GOT IN EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | 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: Power saws, Eye protection devices |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: SAWING WOOD WITH ELECTRIC SAW, SAFETY GLASSES CAM E OFF AND WOOD CHIPS STRUCK EYE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | Age: 50 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: Power saws |
| PT C/O PAIN AND TEARING TO RT EYE S/P CUTTING METAL W/SAW YESTERDAY.(DX F.B RT EYE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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