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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 182
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| SPLASHED AMMONIA CLEANER IN EYE FLUSHED WITH WATER C/O STILL BURNING DX- CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bottles or jars |
| PT WAS SCREWING THE TOP OF AN AMMONIA BOTTLE ON AND THE BOTTLE RUPTURED AND SOME SPLASHED IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURNS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| EYE INJURY FROM GETTING AMMONIA IN EYE. DX-ACUTE BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITIS, ACUTE RIGHT CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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