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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 932
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2010 | Age: 31 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 |
| 31 YOM GOT GLASS IN EYE WHEN FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB BROKE. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2010 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 66 YOM THINKS HAS POSSIBLY GLASS FROM LIGHT BULB IN LEFT EYE, C/O PAIN WHEN LOOKING DOWNWARD, DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 69 Y/O/F LIGHT BULB EXPLODED AND PT GOT GLASS IN HER EYE DX/ LT EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 24 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: Light bulbs |
| DX POTENTIAL CORNEAL ABRASION: 24YOM WAS PICKING UP PIECES OF BROKEN FLORESCENT LIGHT BULB & FELT BURN' IN L EYE, GRITTY SENSATION LOW L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2010 | Age: 53 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: Light bulbs |
| 53YOF LIGHTBULB BLEW AND GLASS GOT INTO EYE. DX. FOREIGN BODY EYES.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2010 | Age: 17 months | 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: Light bulbs |
| 17 MOM ABRASION TO EYE WHEN LIGHT BULB BUSTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 45YOM WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE AND PIECE WENT INTO EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 18 YOM INJURED EYE FROM GLASS FROM LIGHT BULB. DX-EYE PAIN, EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| DX FB EYE - REMOVED: 2YOM C/O FB IN EYE. GLASS BULB BROKE @ *** & WENT INTO MEDIAL CANTHUS OR EYE. MOP STATES SAW SHARDS IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 48 Y/O/F CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX/ LT EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs, Grocery or shopping carts |
| 54YOM SHOPPING CART WITH TWO FLUORESCENT BULBS FELL,SHATTERED GLASS DUST WENT INTO EYES;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 63YOF-EYE FB-FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULBS FELL & SHATTERED-GLASS SHARD IN EY E-@ A RESTAURANT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 11YOM EYE INJURY NEAR FLUORESCENT KITCHEN LIGHT THAT FELL TO FLOOR AND BROKE CAUSING PAIN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47YOM PUTTING IN A LIGHT BULB AND IT BROKE A PIECE OF THE LIGHTBULB WEN T INTO EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2010 | Age: 50 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: Light bulbs |
| A 50 YOF TO ER WITH CONTUSION TO EYE, STATES LIGHTBULB EXPLODED IN HAND , PIECE WENT INTO EYE, CAUSING ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2010 | 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: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 4 YO MALE PLAYING WITH LIGHTBULBS AND SMASHED THEM TOGETHER. GLASS GOT INTO EYES. DX EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 6 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, Ball sports |
| 6YOM, PLAYING BALL IN HOUSE, BROKE LIGHTBULB, PIECE OF GLASS IN EYE, FB REMOVAL OS, CORNEAL ABRASION OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2010 | Age: 51 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 51YOF, REPORTS WAS RETURNING A FLUORESCENT BLUB TO PET STORE WHEN IT EX PLODED INTO HER HAND SENDING DUSTINTO EYE>>CHEMC CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 2YOM; LIGHT BULB EXPLODED AND GLASS IS ALL OVER PTS FACE AND SOME IN P TS EYE. D : FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 26 YOF WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME AND IT BROKE, EYE HURTS AND AFRA ID PIECE OF BULB IS IN EYE. EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 58 YOF, SOMETHING FELL IN EYE, WHEN CHANGING LIGHT BULB DX: FB EYE, C ORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2010 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 3YOM DROPPED A LIGHTBULB AT HOME AND IT SHATTERED A PIECE WENT INTO RIG HT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 4YOHM PT WAS GETTING A LAMP LIGHT BULB DOWN AND PUT HOT LAMP LIGHT TO E YE, EYE NOW BURNING . DX CORNEAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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