Accidents - Light bulbs - Year 2008 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 643
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	13
6-15 years old:	21
16-25 years old:	221
26-50 years old:	267
50+ years old:	119

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 59 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: Light bulbs
C/O EYE PAIN&IRRITATION/FOREIGN BODY SESNATION S/P WAS IN THE AREA WHER E LIGHT BULB BURST>>RULE OUT EYE FOEING BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 27 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: Light bulbs
PT DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION WHILE ADJUSTING LIGHT BULB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 17 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: Light bulbs
PT HIT A LIGHT BULB AND INJURED EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN THE RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AND SHATTERED PIECES OF BULB IN EYES. C/O IRRITATION,BLURRED VISION.DX:CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	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: Light bulbs
ABRASION TO EYE AFTER LIGHT BULB BROKE IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Light bulbs
PT.NIJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN CHANGING A LIGHTBULB & IT BROKE ? SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; RT.EYE IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 51 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: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB WHICH BROKE, THINKS PIECE HIT EYE, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT STATES THAT LIGHT BULB BROKE; PT GOT A PIECE IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
53 YOM GOT A PIECE OF LIGHT BULB IN LEFT EYE THIS MORNING WHEN THE LIGH T BULB BROKE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Light bulbs
PLAYING WITH LIGHT BULB AND BROKE IT, DX PUNCTURED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 19 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: Light bulbs, Fans
DX 379.91 PAIN INOR AROUND EYE: PULL'G OUT BROKE LIGHT BULB FROM CEIL'G FAN W SOMETHING FELL INO L EYE; PT IRRIGATED W WATER; EYE STILL PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 36 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: Light bulbs
REPORTS FLORESCENT LIGHT BROKE INTO EYES, ?MECH, +GLASS INTO EYE >>CORNEAL ABRS/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 18 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: Light bulbs
PT STS A FLOURECENT BULB BROKE AND PT HAS GLASS IN RT EYE DX:RT CORNEAL AB, AND FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
BROKE LIGHTBULB ;DX FOREIGN BODY EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 25 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: Light bulbs
LT CORNEAL ABRASION: CHANGING 6 FT HALOGEN BULB AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, HIT BULB ON SOMETHING, FELT GLASS GET IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 56 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: Light bulbs
CHANGING A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. SOME PIECES GOT IN EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA SION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Light bulbs
LIGHT BULB BROKE AND LAC EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
AT HOTEL PT WAS WALKING IN LOBBY,A LIGHTBULB FELL-SHATTERED,POSS GLASS IN PT EYE,DX FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
38 YO FEMALE HAD FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB BREAK IN RESTAURANT AND GOT IN EYE - F/B EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
EYE FB-CAUSED BY UNKNOWN DEBRIS WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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