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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 749
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AT THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL YESTERDAY AND IT WAS VERY WINDY GOT SAND IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2005 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LEFT EYE RED - WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A KITCHEN TOWEL. D: TRAUMA LE FT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2005 | Age: 21 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT STRUCK ON EYE WITH TOWEL. NOW WITH EYE PAIN. WAS WEARING CONTACT LEN SES. D:TRAUMATIC IRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT FLIPPING A TOWEL AND ACCIDENTLY POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE GOT A TOWEL FLICKED IN HIS FACE CAUSING A CORNEA L ABRASION TO HIS RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 35 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS WASHING HIS FACE AND BRUSHED HIS LEFT EYE WITH A WASH CLOTH ABRA ISON EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 15 months | 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT SCRATCHING RT EYE WITH A CLOTH//HAND WITH REDNESS//BURNING TO EYES , CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2005 | Age: 4 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: Towels or cloths |
| HYPHEMA RT EYE - SNAPPED IN EYE WITH A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2005 | Age: 82 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT WIPING HIS FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND RUBBED LEFT EYE WITH THE EDGE OF THE CLOTH NOW RED AND PAINFUL ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT. WASHED MASCARA OFF OF EYES WITH WASHCLOTH AND NOW HAS WATERING AND DRAINAGE OF EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Towels or cloths, General purpose household cleaners |
| C/O EYE PAIN - MAY HAVE USED A TOWEL THAT HAD "***" ON ITDX: L EYE CHEM ICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2005 | Age: 42 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: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT WAS REMOVING A TOWEL FROM A PLASTIC TOWEL RACK AND THE RACK CAME LOO SE STRIKING HER IN THE EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PTS BROTHER WIPING CHILDS EYES WITH WASHCLOTH, TO AGGRESSIVLY, CHILD ST ARTED TO CRY, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 2 DAYS AGO PT PLAYING WITH SISTER - GOT HIT IN R EYE WITH TOWEL WHIPPED IN PT'S DIRECTION. DX: HYPHEMA EYE, CONT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 43 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: Towels or cloths |
| WAS AFTER SOWERING RUBBED FACE W/ A TOWEL C/O EYE PAIN DX CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ WASHCLOTH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2005 | Age: 32 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: Towels or cloths |
| 32 YO - DX: BLUNT INJURY TO L EYE - DAUGHTER WAS "POPPING" TOWEL AND IT HIT HIM IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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