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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 838
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 28 YOM INJURED EYES FROM PICKING UP BATTERY. DX-CHEMICAL CHEMOSIS IRRITANT CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| 47YOM WITH INJURY TO EYES FROM BATTERY ACID COMING FROM C BATTERIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 29 YOF C/O RT EYE PAIN AFTER A DOUBLE A BATTERY EXPLODED DX**: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Batteries, Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| 42YO M PT REPORTS WAS TRYING TO GET BATTERIES OUT OF A FLASHLIGHT W/SC REWDRIVER AT 2 PM & POPPED PIECE OF CORROSION IN L EYE. DX. CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 48 Y/O/M WORKING ON CAR SPLASHED IN EYE WITH BATTERY ACID AT HOME DX/ RT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 37 YOM DX CONJUNCTIVITIS LT EYE - C/O ACID FROM BATTERY SPILLED IN HISE YE WHILE FIGHTING FIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 27 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: Batteries |
| 27 YOF FOREIGN BODY EYE, WAS STANDING BY HER BOYFRIEND WHEN DEBRY FROM THE CAR BATTERY HE WAS CARRYING FLEW IN HER EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 36 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| 36 YO M WORKING ON CAR, GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL BURN TO EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| 35YOM WAS PUTTING CAP BACK ON BATTERY AT HOME & ACID SPLASHED UP INTO EYES C/O BURNING. DX - CHEMICAL EYE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 50YOM HAD LITHIUM BATTERY EXPLODE INTO EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| 41YOM WAS OPENING AN AC BATTERY AT HOME & GOT BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE. DX - CHEMICAL EYE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 44 YO M CAR BATTERY EXPLODED, GOT CHEMICALS IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL CONJUNC TIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| 45 YOM WAS SPRAYED WHEN CAR BATTERY CRACKED. DX: BILAT CORNEAL INJURY, BILAT ACID BURNS TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/31/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 36YOF WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM BATTERY ACID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 45 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| 45YOM, A BATTERY ACID EXPLODED IN HIS FACE TODAY&GOT INTO EYE >>CHEM CONJ/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Batteries |
| 29 YOM-PICKED UP DRY-CHARGE ATV BATTERY WHICH EXPLODED & "YELLOW SLIME" HIT R FACE/EYES TONIGHT DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Batteries |
| A 47 YOM TO ER WITH C/O OF ACID FROM BATTERY SLPLASHED IN EYE, DX CONJU NCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2010 | 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: Batteries |
| 31 YOM CORNEAL ABRASION, COROSION FROM A BATTERY SPLASHED AND GOT IN HI S EYE + DISCOMOFRT AND PAIN, NO VISUAL CHANGES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Batteries |
| 45 YO M GOT CORROSION FROM BATTERY IN EYE. DX EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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