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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 301
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 37 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: Air conditioners |
| PT STATES DROPPED A AIR CONDITIONER AND *** GAS SPRAYED INTO FACE AT HO ME DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY AN AC UNIT; DX: CONTUSION TO EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2009 | Age: 54 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 |
| TURNED HIS AIR CONDITIONER ON DUST GOT IN HIS EYE FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| CORNEAL AB-CAUSED BY DEBRIS WHILE REPAIRING AN AIR CONDITIONER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 49 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: Air conditioners |
| L EYE PAIN. PT TURNED ON AIR CONDITION AT HOME & DUST FLEW INTO HIS EYE . CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT PLACING AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IN AIRCONDITIONER COILS FOR FIVE MINUTE S WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION TO KILL FUNGUS NOW EYES BURN - UV KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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