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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,434
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| CHLORINE FROM SWIMMING POOL SPLASHED IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 48 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| 48 YO M CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS USING ACID IN POOL TO BALANCE CHEMICALS ACID SLPASHED IN EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| IN SWIMMING POOL WITH STRONG CHLORINE LAST NIGHT & TODAY, NOW WITH BILA TERAL EYE IRRITATION/REDNESS, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2007 | 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT AT HOME CLOSING POOL AND GOT POOL CHEMICALS IN EYES/ DX ACUTE BILATERAL EYE CHEMICAL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2007 | Age: 61 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT HAD BLEPHAROCONJUNCTIVIS AFTER RUBBING EYES WITH SWIMMING POOL CHEMI CALS ON FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| 27 YO MALE HAD POOL CHEMICALS SPLASH IN EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT STATES HE WAS OPENING A BOX OF POOL CHEMICALS WHEN THE CHEMICAL SPLA SHED INTO HIS EYE AT HOME. DX. CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Water slides |
| PT AT THE WATER PARK GOING DPOWN A WATERSLIDE WHICH HAD JUST BEEN ***ED WITH CHLORINE EYES BURNING CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 15 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| 15YOWM WITH CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE AFTER PUTTING CHEMICALS INTO P OOL AND THEY SPLASHED BACK INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Contact lenses |
| FB R EYE/39YOF AT HOME LAST NIGHT HAD PART OF CHLORINE TABLET ENTER EYE WEARS CONTACTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT HAD SMALL AMOUNT OF CHLORINE SPLASHED IN LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 13 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT TO ER WITH EYE SWOLLEN, PAINFUL, EXPOSED TO CHLORINE WHILE IN SWIMMI NG POOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT HAD POOL CHEMICALS SPLASH INTO BOTH EYES, CHEMICAL BURN TO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT WORKING ON POOL. PUT "SUPURE ALGAE" & "SUPER CONCENTRATED CLARFIER" IN FILTER & IT SPLASHED IN EYES. D:CORNEAL BURN, CONJUNCTIVAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 18 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| GOT A BLOW OF SWIMMING POOL PH LOWERING AGENT INTO EYE ' CHEMICAL CONJ'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT HAVING ALLERGIC REACTION TO CHLORINE AFTER SWIMMING IN CHLORINATED POOL TWICE THIS WEEK. DX: SWELLING OF EYE & TONGUE PAIN AND SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT SUST BURN TO EYES FROM CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT EYES RED AND BURNING FROM CHLORINE IN THE POOL DX// CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT ACCIDENTLY GOT POOL CHEMICAL CLEANER IN EYE DX: CONJUCTIVITIS BIL EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2007 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PTS EYES ARE RED FROM THE POOL CHLORINE. D: CELLULITIS VS ACUTE ALLE RGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 49 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| GOT POOL CHEMICALS IN EYES. DX.BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 3 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: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT'S PARENTS THINK PT GOT POOL CHEMICAL TESTER IN R EYE DX R EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 7 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming |
| PT SWIMMING INFLATABLE BACKYARD POOL, UNSURE IF TREATED W/CHLORINE, NOW W/EYE REDNESS AND PAIN; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 2 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT IN CHLORINATED POOL FOR 1ST TIME THIS SEASON 2 DAYS AGO, EYE REDNESS AND GREEN DISCHARGE FROM EYE FOR 1 DAY; PINK EYE, CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 5 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| IN CHLORINATED POOL FOR 1ST TIME THIS SEASON X2 DAYS,STARTED W/RED SCLE RA/PUFFY EYELIDS YEST,OVERNIGHT W/CLEAR MATTING TO EYELIDS;PINK EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 17 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| THROWING GREY POWDERED CHLORINE INTO SWIMMING POOL, GOT SOME IN EYES. DX; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| GOT CHLORINE IN L EYE YESTERDAY PUTTING TABLETS IN POOL DX; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT WAS SWIMMING, NOTICED EYE WAS BURNING AND TURNED RED, CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 9 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE REACTION TO CHLORINE IN POOL EYES IRRITATED / DX EYE IRRIATION SEC TO CHLORINE REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 6 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE REACTION TO CHLORINE IN POOL EYE IRRIATION / DX EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS SEC TO CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2007 | Age: 15 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE SWIMMING IN POOL EYES RED BLURRY / DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS BILATERAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools |
| PT WAS CLEANING HER SWIMMING POOL AND GOT SOME ALGICIDE CONCENTRATE IN LEFT EYE STRATED TO BURN CHEMICAL CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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