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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 279
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 42 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: Air conditioners |
| CHANGING OUT AN AIR CONDDITIONER UNIT AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY WITH CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 23 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: Air conditioners, Drills |
| PT DRILLING ON AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WHEN FELT SOMETHING ENTER EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 22 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: Air conditioners |
| AN AC UNIT FELL HITTING NOSE&EYE " NASAL LAC/TRUMATIC IRITIS'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 22 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: Air conditioners |
| SOMETHING BLEW OUT OF COOLER AND INTO PT'S EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY, CORNEA L ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| T'D&F WHILE TURNING ON THE AC, HITTING EYE " SCLEARAL RUPTURE/HYPONATREMIA" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| FB L EYE, TURNED ON A/C AND SOMETHING BLEW IN EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | 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: Air conditioners |
| PT WAS MOVING AN AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME AND POSSIBLY GOT A PIECE OF ME TAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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