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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 543
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wire, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING WIRE WHICH POKED EYE.DX: R CORNEAL ABR, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, HYPHEMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| POKED IN L EYE W/WIRE AT DEER LEASE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 15 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: Wire |
| 15 Y/O ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WIRE IN EYE. DX-CONTUSION EYEBALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire, Medical equipment, general |
| SCLERAL AB-A WIRE HIT EYE @ HOME-PT HAS AN INTRAOCULOR LENS IMPLANT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN EYE W/WIRE. DX: R CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wire |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A PIECE OF WIRE THAT WAS HANGING FROM CEILING. D X EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| PIECE OF WIRE HIT HER IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| PT MOVING A ROLL OF WIRE WHEN THE END OF WIRE POKED PT IN LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 26 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: Wire |
| PT WAS POKED IN LT EYE BY WIRE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 8 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: Wire |
| DX INJ TO PALPEBRAE L EYE: MOP STATES PT WAS STRIPP'G COPPER WIRE W WIRE FLIPPED BACK HITTING HIS L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH PLASTIC COVERED WIRE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| END OF WIRE HIT EYE/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | 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: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Wire, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT WAS HOLDING A FLASHLITE WHILE FRIEND TRIED TO GET A WIRE IN THE FUSE BOX, ELECTRICAL FLASH OCCURED WHEN WIRES TOUCHED,ULTRAV.KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 43 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: Wire |
| RAN INTO A CEILING GRID WIRE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wire |
| 27 YOM C/O EYE PAIN SINCE BEING STRUCK BY A WIRE TWO DAYS AGO, BOTH EYE S RED, DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| HIT IN L EYE W/WIRE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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