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Accidents - Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches - Year 2009 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 571
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 11/30/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
LEFT CORN ABR. PT POKED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSED PLIE RS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Cabinet or door hardware
PT STAES A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS SLIPPED OFF SPRING AND POKED SELF IN EYE AT HOME DX: LARGE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Electrical wire or wiring systems
STRIPPING ELECTRICAL WIRING AT HOME YEST & HIT SELF IN EYE W/WIRE PLIER S,EYE PAIN/REDNESS,BLURRY VISION; RUPTURED GLOBE W/LAC & UVEAL PROLAPSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
17YOM LOST GRIP OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS AND HIT RIGHT EYE C/O BLURRED VIS ION. DX:RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION,RIGHT CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
25YO WHITE MALE POKED IN L EYE WITH PLIERS,C/O L EYE PAIN & SWELLING DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
STUCK SELF IN EYEBALL WITH PLIERS ACCIDENTALLY CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A WRENCH DX: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, STRUCK SELF WITH ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/PLIERS. DX: CONJUNCTIVAL TEAR, DOUBLE VISION R EYE, ORBITAL ECCHYMOSIS, TRAUMATIC SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT CUT SOMETHING WITH WIRE CUTTERS, METAL FLEW INTO RT EYE AND SHAT- TERED HARD CONTACT LENSES. DX-FOREIGN BODY-RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
26Y/O,M,CUTTING WITH TIN SNIPS, THINKS PIECE OF WOOD IN EYE, CORNEAL AB RASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUTTING A STRIPPED SCREW WITH WIRE CUTTERS THE HEAD OF THE SCREW CAME UP AND HIT IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
50 YOM WAS HIT IN EYE WITH NEEDLENOSE PLIERS SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
C/O FOREIGN BODY IN EYE ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN LEFT EYE WITH PLIERS. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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