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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 939
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO EYE, WAS SANDING SOMETHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Chain saws |
| FILING CHAIN SAW IN THE WIND, HAS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE, NO FO REIGN BODY NOTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 40 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION WHILE SANDING YESTERDAY >>EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WHILE SANDING METAL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT FILING DOWN METAL 2 DAYS AGO AND GOT SHAVING IN EYE. CONTINUED PAIN. LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 67 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: Manual filing or sanding tools, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SENSATION AFTER ?SOMETHING FLEW IN TO EYE WHILE SANDING A RAILING>> CORNEAL ABR/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT WAS SANDING YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY--EYE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT WAS FLAT FILING ON METAL STEEL GOT IN TO R EYEBALL CAUSING ABRASION TO R EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS SANDING FLOOR AT FRIEND'S AND GOT SOMETHING IN IT. DX: L EYE FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| AT HOME SANDING AND GRINDING HAVING EYE IRRITATION DX FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 30 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: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| 30 YO M CORNEAL ABRASION GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE PAINTING AND SANDING AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| REPORTS PAINT DUST INTO EYE AFTERE SANDING THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT >> CHEMICAL CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 30 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| REPORTS SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FOREING BODY SENSATION WHILE SANDING >>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 25 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: Manual filing or sanding tools, Chains |
| PT WAS FILING A CHAIN AND GOT FB IN EYE. DX: METALLIC FB IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| SANDING METAL GOT A SHAVING IN EYE NOT WEARING GOGGLES FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 48 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: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| WAS SANDING&MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHINGINTO EYE, NOW WITH REDNESS&IRRIT ATION >> CORNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA-WAS WORKING SANDING METAL AND FELT A PIECE FLY INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual filing or sanding tools |
| SANDING METAL, DUST IN EYE DX: WELDER'S RETINOPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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