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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,572
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2002 | 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: Pipes, Tools |
| + EYE PROTECTION - MAKING WINDCHIME BY CUTTING GALVANIZED ELECTRICAL CONDUIT WITH GRINDING DEVICE DX F B EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2002 | Age: 33 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: Pipes, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FIXING A PIPE AT HOME IN BATHTUB & DUST PARTICLES GOT IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A PIPE AND GOT FB IN RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 34 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: Pipes |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A METAL ROD USED TO CLEAN SEWER LINES, ROD BROKE AND HIT PT IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pipes, Lighting equipment |
| PT. WAS PUNCHED IN R EYE W/A METAL ROD FROM A LAMP SHADE AT 11 PM. DX. EYE INJURY ON R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| RAN INTO ROD;CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| WAS CUTTING PIPE @ HOME OVERHEAD YESTERDAY. FOREIGN BODY LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 26 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: Pipes |
| PT CUT A METAL PIPE YESTERDAY & HAS EYE PAIN, HEADACHE. FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. ALSO WORKED WITH PALMS IN WIND TODAY. D:EYE ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | 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: Pipes, Thermal or sound insulation materials |
| WORKING UNDER OWN HOUSE WITH PIPES AND INSULATION, NOW EYE IS RED, PAIN FUL. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT WITH ATEEL ROD CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THE LT EYE AFTER BEING HIT W/A LEAD PIPE X12 HRS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| 21 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHEN GOT PIECE OF METAL IN IT WHILE CUTTING PIPE AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pipes |
| CUTTING A PIPE AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE & GOT FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE, FB REMOVED PRIOR TO ERV BUT FB SENSATION CONTINUES. DX CORNEAL ULCER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 42 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: Pipes |
| PT RAN INTO A METAL BAR LAST WEEK CAUGHT EDGE OF EYE DX CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes, Awls, chisels or planes |
| PT SAYS PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE CHISELING DOWN RODS. DX: FB RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| GOT PIECE OF P.V.C. PIPE INTO EYE DX: ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes, Tools |
| HIT IN EYE WHILE GRINDING PIPE DX: ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| SOMETHING FLEW WHEN CUTTING PIPE DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 48 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: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pipes |
| PATIENT TRYING TO PRY OPEN OBJECT WHEN HIT IN EYE BY THE BAR. NO OTHERD ETAILS. D: CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE AND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT STS CUTTING PIPE W/O PROTECTION, SOME DEBRIS FLEW INTO HIS EYE, C/O BLURRED VISION & PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 19 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: Pipes |
| YEYBALL ABRASION FROM METAL ROD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| FB LEFT EYE. PT WAS CUTTING A PIPE AND PARTICLE WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| CORNEA ABRAS R EYE; FB REMOVED - PT @ HOME WORKING ON PIPES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT. HIT W/ PIPE TO (L) EYE. PLAYING W/OTHER CHILDREN. NO LOC. CRIEDWHEN INJURED NO VOMITING. DX: EYELID LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT WAS POKED IN RIGHT EYE WITH METAL PIPE. D: RIGHT EYE SUBCONJUNCTIV IAL BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 41 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: Pipes |
| PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE CUTTING PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| WHILE CUTTING METAL BAR, GOT SOMETHING IN LT. EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LT. EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| 76 Y M WAS HIT BY PIECE OF PIPE BEING UNLOADED FROM TRUCK. DX: CONTUSION TO LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pipes |
| HIT IN EYE W/ PVC PIPE DX: SUPERFICIAL INJURY LT. EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| L EYE INJURY TODAY, HIT EYE ON OUTSIDE W/METAL ROD, EYE RED. DX. CORNEAL ABRA L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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