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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,168
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A BROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 67 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 67 Y/O USING HIGH SPEED WIRE BRUSH, FELT ONE OF THE BRISLES HIT HIM IN THE EYE. DX-ABRASION CORNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT WAS SWEEPING AROUND THE HOUSE AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 53 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH BROOM HANDLE YESTERDAY, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 33 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHEN ACCIDENTALLY JAMMED BROOM INTO IT AT HOME. DX; L CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE SWEEPING. DX: L EYE FB, CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 12 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT ACCIDENTLY POKED IN THE EYE WITH A BROOM HANDLE BY BROTHER CORNERAL ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT WAS SCRATCHING A PC OF METAL WITH A WIRE BRUSH & SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 21 YOM WAS SWEEPING UP WOOD PIECES IN GARAGE AT HOME CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | 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: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS SWEEPING GARAGE FLOOR AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| WAS SWEEPING EARLIER DURING THE DAY WHEN DEVELOPED EYE FOREIGN BODY SEN SATION>> CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| GLASS FB TO L EYE SWEEPING UP BROKEN GLASS DX: FB REMOVAL AND CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 3 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PLAYING WITH A BROKEN METAL BROOM STICK, FELL POKING EYE >>CORNEAL ABR/EYE LID LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 34 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN EYE WITH BROOM ED-ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| COUSIN WAS SWINGING A BROOM, HIT PATIENT IN RIGHT EYEDX: SUBCONJUNCTIVA L HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT POKED IN L EYE W/A BROOM TODAY BY A 19 MONTH OLD CHILD. DX. CORNEAL ABRA L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE BY A BROOM HANDLE WHILE MOPPING. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 4 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| HIT IN EYE WITH A BROOMSTICK. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| HIT WITH BROOM;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, General purpose household cleaners |
| FOOLING AROUND WITH GIRLFRIEND AND SPONGE AND CLEANER THAT SPLASHED IN HIS EYE WITH CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 16 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 16 YO M CORNEAL ABRASION BENDING TO PICK SOMETHING UP GOT HIT IN EYE WITH A MOP HANDLE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| HIT WITH BROOM BY BROTHER;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT SUST CONT TO EYE WITH A MOP# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER A PIECE OF METAL FROM A MOP FLEW INTO HER EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN BROOM STICK HANDLE POKED HIM IN EYE AT HOME DX: ACUTE RT EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A BROOM -@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A BROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CORNEAL AB-SCRATCHED EYE W/A BROOM BRISTLE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 3 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| POKED IN EYE WITH A MOP HANDLE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 3 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH BROOM-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 6 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH BROOM BRISTLES DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 5 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: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT HIT IN CHEEK WITH HANDLE OF BROOM WHILE SHOVEL OFF SNOW, CONTUSION T O EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH BROOM HANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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