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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 119
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 69 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| 69 Y/O B/M GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE AND RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE WHEN BLOWING HEATER OUT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| DUST FROM HEATER BLEW IN EYE CAUSING PAIN DX:CORNEA ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 29 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: Heaters or heating systems |
| PATIENT WAS LIGHTING A SPACE HEATER, FLASHED WITH BURN. DX-ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION WITH THERMAL INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heaters or heating systems |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 39 YOM WAS CHANGING FILTER TO HOME HEATING SYSTEM AN D FEELS LIKE SAND GOT INTO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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