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Accidents - Hand saws - Year 2005 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 228
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:162
50+ years old:66

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hand saws, Ceilings and walls
LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION: USING ***HAND SAW CUTTING 2X6 IN CEILINGPIECE OF WOOD FELL INTO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hand saws
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/WOOD WHILE USING HAND SAW. DX: FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hand saws
USING HAND SAW, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hand saws
PT CUTTING ALUMINUM WITH A HANDSAW AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF THE ALUMINUM WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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