Accidents - Batteries - Year 2006 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,864
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	21
6-15 years old:	125
16-25 years old:	459
26-50 years old:	940
50+ years old:	318

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
LEFT CORNEAL CHEMICAL BURN HAPPENED WHILE PATIENT WAS UNDER CAR WORKING ON IT & SOMETHING DRIPPED INTO EYE, UNSURE IF IT WAS ACID FROM BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Cigarette or pipe lighters
BATTERY EXPLODED IN CAR CAUSING ACID TO GET IN PT'S EYESAFTER USING ALI GHTER TO GET A BETTER LOOK DX: CHEMICAL BURN/CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Hammers
PT WAS HITTING A BATTERY WITH A HAMMER, & BATTERY BROKE OPEN & BATTERY ACIDE HIT PT IN THE FACE & EYES. DX: LT CORNEAL ABRASION FROM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
PT GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE BATTERY IN CAR DX: BATTER ACID IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
CORNEAL FB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE CHANGING CAR BATTERY-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
TOUCHED BATTERY THEN RUBBED EYE/CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Thermometers
PT SUSTAINED CHEMCIAL BURN TO EYE WHILE PUTTING A MEAT THERMOMETER BETWEEN TWO BATTERIES THERMOMETER BURST AND BURNED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
CLEANING CAR BATTERY AT HOME WHEN CORROSIVE MATERIAL GOT IN BOTH EYES DX CHEMICAL EYE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
TRUCK BATTERY BLEW UP IN FACE. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
25 YOM WAS POURING BATTERY ACID INTO HIS CAR AT HOME WHEN THE ACID SPLA SHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION AND CONJUNTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	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: Batteries
VILAT CORNEAL ABRASION; EXPOSURE IN FACE - BATTERY ACID. BATTERY EXPOLD ED IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
CORNEAL ABRASION - 23 YOM WAS SCRAPING CORROSION OFF A BATTERY AND THIN KS GOT SOME BATTERY ACID INTO LEFT EYE SUSTAINING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	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: Batteries
PATIENT SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYE WHILE CLEANING BATTERY CABLES. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
27YMC ACID AND LIQUID INTO EYE AFTER BATTERY EXPLODED/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS WHEN BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE AFTER IT EXPL ODED WHILE CHARGING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT HAD BATTERY EXPOLDE IN EYES; CHEMICAL BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 62 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: Batteries
62YOM BATTERY ACID IN EYES BATTERY WAS DRY CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE SCH O D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
21 YO DROPPED BATTERY AND BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYES CONJUNCTIVA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 7 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: Batteries
DX: F.B. (BATTERY POWDER) IN EYE; MOM CALLED POISON CONTROL; FLUSHED EY E OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 24 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, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Motor vehicles or parts
B/L CHEMICAL EYE EXPOSURE: HOOKING UP NEW CAR BATTERY, NEPHEW TRIED TO START CAR, BATTERY BLEW UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Fire or smoke alarms
GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE CHANGING BATTERY IN SMOKE DETECTOR CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE / NO FD RESPONSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 43 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: Other
Product: Batteries, Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE TAKING A BATTERY OUT OF FLASHLIGHT GOT BATTERY AC ID IN L EYE DX ACUTE CHEMICAL IRRITATION L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries, Power lawn mowers
CHEMICAL ABRASIONS TO EYES; STATES WAS @ MOTHER IN LAWS DOING LAWN WORK , BATTERY FROM LAWN MOWER' EXPLODED' WHEN TRYING TO ADD WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BURNED EYE WHEN RUBBED EYE WITH LEAKING BATTERY ACID ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries, Other sound recording, reproducing or receiving equipment
BATTERY ACID IN CD PLAYER SPRAYED IN PATIENT'S EYE AT HOME; CHEMICAL CO NJUNCTITITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 33 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: Batteries
PT WAS GETTING A BATTERY OUT OF THE REFRIDERATOR AND IT EXPLODED IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
MOM REPORTS PT WAS PLAYING W/BATTERY W/DRY BATTERY ACID ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT, REPORTS RUBING EYES AFTER PLAYING W/BATTERY, D-CHEMICAL CONJUNC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 68 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, Chemical
Product: Batteries, Stairs or steps
PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL CONJUNTIVITIS FROM BATTERY ACID BY FALLING DOWN S TAIRS WHILE CARRYING A BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT @ SCHOOL ANOTHER STUDENT WAS OPENING A D-CELL BATTERY, BATTERY FLUID SPLASHED ONTO PT'S L EYE AND FACE FLUSHED WITH H2O. DX ACID BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
GOT BATTERY ACID IN RIGHT EYE WHILE CLEANING BATTERY CABLES. CONJUNCTI VITIS, RIGHT EYEI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 19 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: Other
Product: Batteries
PT GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES YESTERDAY, FLUSHED THEM BUT CONTINUES TO HA VE EYE PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
46 YO MALE GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYE CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Batteries
PATIENT WAS TAKING COVER OFF A BATTERY WHEN ACID WPILLED IN EYE, WASHED EYE. DX-EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Batteries
PT'S BROTHER THREW A BATTERY AND HIT PT IN RIGHT EYE, HEMMORRHAGE TO RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Batteries
ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYE DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNTIVITIS / CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER GETTING BATTERY ACID IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL EYE BURN FROM BATTERY ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 41 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: Batteries
PT GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PT GOT BATTERY ACID ON FACE; CORNEAL ABRASION FROM CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
BATTERY EXPLODED - GOT FLUID IN FACE CORNEAL BURN FROM BATTERY ACID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 49 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Batteries
PATIENT WAS SPLASHED IN EYE WITH BATTERY ACID. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Batteries
PT.STATES AT HOME WHEN SLPASHED BATTERY ACID IN RT.EYE. DX; CHEMICAL BU RN RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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