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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 442
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 76 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: Towels or cloths |
| CONTUSION RT.EYE.PT.REFERS WHILE BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP CLOTH,ACCIDENT ALLY HITTING WOOD STICK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2009 | 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 |
| 42 YOF C/O EYE PAIN, THINKS MAYBE SHE CAUSED IT WITH A TOWEL AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2009 | Age: 81 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 81YOF AT THE NURSING HOME HAVING FACE WASHED WITH A WASH CLOTH AND SUST AINED A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS FOLDING LAUNDRY AND TOWEL HIT EYE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| HIT WITH TOWEL;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2009 | Age: 11 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: Towels or cloths |
| LEFT EYE ABRASION-SUS INJ TO LEFT EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER AND WA S HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2009 | Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS SNAPPED IN LT EYE WITH THE END OF A TOWEL BY SISTER C/O PAIN & BURNING TO EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | 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 |
| PLAYING WITH ANOTHER CHILD WHO STRUCK PT'S EYE WITH A TOWEL >>TRUMATIC HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 WAS SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AT THE BEACH AND GOT AND IN EYES CORNEAL ABR ASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 25 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: Towels or cloths |
| C/O RASH&EYE PAIN FOR 4D WITH SWELLING&ITCHING, NOT SURE IF TOWELS @ T HE HOTEL ARE CAUSING IT>>CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 39 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 |
| ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION: DRYING HIMSELF WITH A TOWEL EARLIER TODAY, EYE HAS BEEN BOTHERING HIM SINCE, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 27 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 |
| RIGHT EYE CORN ABR. PT HIT HIMSELF IN EYE WITH A COTTON WASHCLOTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2009 | Age: 27 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: Towels or cloths |
| DX CORNEAL INJ: C/O L EYE PAIN. SUDDEN ONSET PAIN STARTED AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER & RUBBED HIS FACE W TOWEL. GOT FB IN HIS L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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