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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,602
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 15YOM- 2 DAYS AGO PT WAS TRYING TO BREAK A ROCK WITH A HAMMER, WHEN PIECED OF ROCK FLEW INTO EYE. DX R EYE FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Batteries |
| 7YOM MINOR ACID SLPASH (EXPOSURE) TO RIGHT EYE POUNDING OLD BATTERIES WITH A HAMMER AT FRIENDS ACID SPLASHED INTO PT'S EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2010 | Age: 14 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: Hammers |
| 14YOM HAMMERING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN PIECE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2010 | Age: 13 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: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials |
| CORNEAL AB-13YOM THREW A HAMMER TO THE GARAGE FLOOR AND AN UNKNOWN OBJECT HIT HIM IN THE EYE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| RIGHT EYE CORN ABR. PT WAS POUNDING METAL WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE FLE W INTO EYE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2007 | 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: Hammers |
| CONTUSED EYE PLAYING WITH HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 7 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 7 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PIECE OF ROCK IN RIGHT EYE - WAS SMASHING ROCKS WITH A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 10 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: Hammers |
| PATIENT SMASHING ROCKS WITH HAMMER YESTERDAY, PIECE OF ROCK WENT IN EYE , EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2006 | Age: 14 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAMMERING, NAIL FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK EYE/ CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 7 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: Hammers |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH HAMMER. DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2006 | Age: 14 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: Hammers |
| PT WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER CUTTING CEMENT AND A PIECE OF CEMENT HIT HI M IN THE EYE DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HITTING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER PICE OF NAIL FLEW UP INTO EYE F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 15 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: Hammers |
| BOUNCING HAMMER UP AND DOWN AND HIT IN EYE DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | Age: 12 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: Hammers |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS HELPING TO BUILD A DOG HOUSE AND USING A HAM MER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| EYE CONTUSION, HAMMERING AND PIECE OF NAIL FLEW UP HITTING EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2004 | Age: 15 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: Hammers |
| WAS HAMMERING WOOD FB IN EYE ...CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| EYE CONTUSION, GOT HIT WITH A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CORNEAL AB-@ HOME-HIT A ROCK W/A HAMMER-DEBRIS HIT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| BENDING PLASTIC HAMMER, IT BROKE & HIT HIS EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 12 YOM WAS HAMMERING METAL SPIKES AND GOT SOME OF TH E METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE, C/O PAIN, MILD PHOTOPHOBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS HAMMERING WOOD AND WIND BLEW. DX: L CORNEAL ABR/FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 12 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: Hammers, Christmas decorations |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - F.B. IN EYE WHEN HAMMERING AN ORNAMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2002 | Age: 8 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: Hammers |
| CHILD HAMMERING ROCKS AND CEMENT WHEN CHUNK OF ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT EYE. D: HYPHEMA. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 15 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT EYE FB-WHILE HAMMERING A TACK INTO A WALL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE WHEN HITTING PIECE OF METAL WITH HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - WAS HAMMERING ON SOME WOOD IN THE WOODS BEHIND HOME AND A PIECE OF WOOD GOT INTO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| HIT SPRAY CAN OF PAINT PRIMER WITH HAMMER AND PAINT SPRAYED EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2001 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/13/2001 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/06/2001 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2001 | Age: 10 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: Hammers, Batteries |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2000 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2000 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2000 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2000 | Age: 7 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: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2000 | Age: 13 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: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/1999 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Batteries |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/1999 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/1999 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/1999 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/1999 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/19/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/1997 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/1997 | Age: 12 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: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/1997 | Age: 6 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/1997 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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