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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,651
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FOREIGN BODY SENSATION OF LEFT EYE, HE DID GET SOME PAINT CHIPS OUT OF HIS EYE AT HOME, NO FOREIGN BODY SEEN ON ERV. DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| STAIN SPLASHED IN EYE DX: R EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RT EYE FB-FB IN EYE WHILE PAINTING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 50 Y.O. B MALE W/CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE. PT ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED GOLD SPRAY PAINT IN HIS EYES @ HOME. E914 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT C/O OF R EYE PAIN TEARING SCLERA GOT PAINT IN HIS EYE JUST BEFORE PA IN STARTED R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DOING PAINTING AT HOME,GOT PAINT CHIP IN HIS EYE,FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 43 YOM PRESENTS WITH C/O PAINT CHIP IN RIGHT EYE SIN CE LAST NIGHT, SCLERA IS RED, PAINFUL AND TEARING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2003 | Age: 30 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| ACUTE L CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS PAINTING OUTSIDE AT HOME, SENSATION OF SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE X 2 DAYS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 50 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: Puncture |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| 50 YOF PAINTING,RAN INTO A DEER ANTLER W/LEG-DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 44 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS SCRAPPING PAINT OFF SIDE OF HOUSE AND SONE W ENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| 36 YOF WAS PAINTING CEILING AND PAINT DRIPPED INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINT SPLASHED INTO EYE ON WED BECOMING PAINFUL DX: FB OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT SEEN FOR CHEMICAL IN THE EYE . LATEX PAINT DROPPED IN THE PT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 50 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: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials |
| 50 YOMU WORKING WITH PAINT & METAL & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE, NOT WORK-REL ATED/IRRITATION OF LT EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Fans |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 31 YOM STATES HE GOT SPRAY PAINT IN HIS LEFT EYE THI S MORNING, BLEW IN BY A FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORNEAL ABRASION. GOT PAINT CHIPS IN HIS EYE WHILE SCRAPING HIS BOAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SPLASHED PAINT IN EYE DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 34 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE. POSSIBLE PAINT CHIP. D: CORNEAL F OREIGN BODY AND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 45 YO MALE HAS PAINT CHIPS IN EYE FOR TWO WEEKS CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| F/B IN EYE WHILE PAINTING LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FOREIGN BODY RT EYE WHEN CHIPPING PAINT TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 40 YO MALE GOT PAINT CHIPS IN EYE RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 45 YO F PAINT PRIMRE SPLASHED IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL IRRITATION TO L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT GOT PAINT IN EYE WHILE PAINTING BATHROOM YESTERDAY. D: CHEMICAL CONJ UNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT DX METALLIC FOREIGN BODY LT EYE - PT "WAS SCRAPING PAINT OFF HIS APT WHEN FOREIGN BLEW TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT CHIPPING PAINT YESTERDAY. ACUTE FOREIGN BODY RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINT MAY HAVE SPLASHED IN EYE DX: L EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FB L EYE; PAINT CHIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| WAS WALKING THRU WHERE SOME PEOPLE WERE PAINTING AND GOT A FOREIGNBODY IN EYE AT *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT SPRAYED SELF W/VARNISH. DX: R CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2003 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 42 YOM WAS PAINTING OVERHEAD AND GOT SOME PAIN IN RI GHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT WAS SCRAPING PAINT OFF AND EYE BECAME RED AND IRRITATED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Pressurized containers |
| FB BILATERAL EYES.PT HAD A SPRAY PAINT CAN EXPLODE IN FACE AND PAINT WE NT INTO BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| GOT PAINT IN EYE DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS PAINTING AND DRIPPED IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT GOT PAINT IN R EYE AT HOME, IRITIS, CORNEAL ULCER OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT. BECAME ALLERGIC TO EXPOSURE OF *** AND PAINT FUMES - EYES REDAND SW OLLEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2003 | Age: 29 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT PAINTING WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING FALL INTO R EYE FOREIGN BODY R EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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