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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 936
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 35YOM-EYE FB-CHISELING ASPHALT OFF A REFLECTOR W/A HAMMER WHEN DEBRIS F LEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2010 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44YOM HAMMERING METAL AND A PIECE WENT INTO LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2010 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44 YOM-C/O OS IRRITATION-STRUCK A "STINK BUG" W/HAMMER & TH JUICE FROM BUG SQUIRTED IN EYE DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS,CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 42 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 42YOM, EYE FB SENS AFTER HAMMERING AN OBJECT INTO THE WALL >>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 30 YOM WAS HAMMERING A STONE WHICH SHATTERED. DX: FB R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2010 | Age: 26 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: 26YOM X 1 1/2D, "I WAS HITTING A NAIL W A HAMMER & I FELT PN IN MY EYE" C/O LIGHT SENSITIVITY. O: EYE REDDENED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 52 YOM WAS HAMMERING A NAIL LAST PM WHEN METAL FLEW INTO EYE. DX: R EYE METAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| 26 Y/O MALE WAS HAMMERING STONE AT HOME YESTERDAY NOW FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS IN EYE DX: CONJUNCTIVAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| 43 YOM WAS HIT W/A PIECE OF METAL WHILE HAMMERING. DX: LARGE CORNEAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 39YFC HAMMERING TILE AND PIECE FLEW INTO EYE/EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 08/12/2010 | Age: 45 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 45 YO F USING HAMMER STRUCK WALL AND NAIL POPPED OUT STRUCK IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| 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: 06/24/2010 | Age: 35 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 |
| 35 YOM FB LT EYE; BREAKING UP STONE W/SLEDGE HAMMER;PIECE OF ROCK STRUC K EYE;DISCHARGE,REDNESS/BURNING. DX:CORNEAL ABR, ACUTE EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2010 | 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CORN ABR. 31 YOM WAS HAMMERING NAIL AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 64 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 |
| A 64 YOM WAS USING A HAMMER AND INJURED EYE. DX: LEFT EYE ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | 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: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX PN IN/OR AROUND EYE/FEARED MED CONDITION NOT DEMONSTRATED: 53YOF HAMMER' OUT TILE IN BATHRM YTDY NOC & FELT SHARD HIT HER R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2010 | Age: 5 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: Hammers |
| 5YOM WAS FOSSIL DIGGING W FAMILY ON MOUNTAIN WHEN FELL ON HAMMER SUST I NJ TO L EYE ? FB DX CORNEAL ABRASION OS |
| 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: 04/15/2010 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20YOM USING A HAMMER WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO LEFT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2010 | Age: 16 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 |
| 16 YOM CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2010 | Age: 41 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, All-terrain vehicles |
| 41 YOM WORKING ON HIS 4 WHEELER STRIKING METAL WITH HAMMER SLIVER ON METAL FLEW INTO LEFT EYE, C/O EYE PAIN. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 64 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| EYE PAIN, CAUSE UNCLEAR: 64YOM CHIPPING ICE OFF PORCH W/ CLAW HAMMER FRIDAY & SOMETING WENT IN HIS EYE, VISION BLURRY, SOMEWHAT PAINFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2010 | Age: 2 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 |
| 2 YO M PLAYING WITH A HAMMER HIT HIS EYE BY ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| 23YOF GOT FB IN EYE WHILE HAMMERING DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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