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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,163
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS PAINTING A TRUCK BED LINER AND GOT PAIN IN HIS EYE/ FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS CHIPPING PAINT & GOT SOME IN (R) EYE DX;# CORNEAL ABRASION (R ) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| 40YOM WAS PAINTING HIS CEILING AND GOT SOME PAINT IN EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 72 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Aerosol containers |
| PT SUSTAINED A CHEMICAL BURN OF THE CORNEA BY SPRAY PAINT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 72YOM WAS HIT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A BRANCH FROM A TREE WHILE HE WAS PA INTING HIS TRAILOR C/O SOMETHING IS IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Stairs or steps |
| A PAINT CHIP FELL INTO PT'S EYE WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STEPS. DX EYE PA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WITH SOME PAINT IN EYES, WAS PAINTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 7 YOM, PAIN IN EYE FROM TOY PAINT KIT, CONJUCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 29 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| REPORTS WAS HAMMERING SOMETHINGIN THE CEILING WHEN A PAINT CHIP FELL IN TO EYE>>FB REMOVAL/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 5 YO MALE WITH A PAINT CHIP IN EYE. DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING POLYUREHTANE, CAUISNG A REACTION, DX ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT. WAS ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED IN THE EYES WITH A VARNISH-TYPE OF SPRAY DX: IRRITANT CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| POLYURETHENE VARNISH SPLASHED IN EYE/ CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 29 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| PT PAINTING A CEILING WITH A FRIEND WHEN A PIECE OF THE CIELING WENT I NTO RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SPRAYED PAINT IN EYES;DX CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Windowsills or frames |
| PT SANDING WINDOW SILLS, CHIP PAINT WENT TO EYE DX: FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| PT PAINTING HIS CEILING WHEN GOT SOME PAINT IN EYE. DX:CHEMICAL IRRITAT ION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS PAINTING AND GOT PAINT IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WITH WHITE PAINT CHIP IN EYE, FB REMOVED IN ED; EYE FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHEMICAL INSULT TO EYE-? LATEX PAINT SPLASHED IN EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SPLASHED *** PREPRIMER INTO L EYE-CHEMICAL BURN DX L CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS/ MILD * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| EYE FB-SCRAPING PAINT OFF A HOUSE WHEN PAINT CHIP FLEW INTO EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT WAS SCRAPING PAINT OFF OF GLASS AND GOT A FLECK IN EYE. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/30/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 41 YOF SPLASHED PAINT INTO LEFT EYE SUSTAINING CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| FB SENSATION LT EYE WHILE OUTSIDE PAINTING/ FB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 49 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| BLEPHARITIS L EYE-PT GOT PAINT IN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINT IN L EYE. DX PAINT L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 22 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DOING WORK ON HIS HOUSE, STRIPPING PAINTS&SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FB SEN SATION>>FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 61 YOF WAS PAINTING IN HOME, FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN EYE, BRUSHED IT AWAY, WENT TO BATHROOM AND NOTICED BLEEDING, DX: SUBCONJ. HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Other manual workshop tools |
| 54YOM AFTER SCRAPING PAINT AT HOME FELT SOMETHING GO INTO LT EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT SCRAPING HOUSE PAINT & PIECE WENT INTO (R) EYE DX;; CORNEAL ABRAS ION / PAIN / FB REMOVED (R) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS-? PAINT PRIMER DRIPPED INTO EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| ? PAINT CHIP RT EYE; BLURRED VISION. DX: FB RT EYE, CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Other manual workshop tools |
| 49YOM WAS IN HIS SHED SCRAPING AND USING PAINT RT EYE BECAME IRRITATED BEGAN TO TEAR;FOREIGN BODY SENSATION RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORN ABR. PT GOT PAINT THINNER INTO EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers |
| PT HAD A PAINT CAN EXPLODE IN FACE/ BURN TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT GOT PAINT CHIP IN LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls |
| CORNEAL FB-SPLATTERED EYE W/ PAINT WHILE PAINTING CEILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT GOT PAINT IN EYES ACUTE BLINDNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 54 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT HAD A CHIP OF PAINT IN EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE, REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 21 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORNEAL AB-GOT PAINT CHIP IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT ACCIDENTLY HAD SPRAY PAINT (PRIMER) TO BOTH EYES C/O SEVERE BURNING DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Bathtubs or showers |
| TOOK A SHOWER; HAD PAIN (DRIED) ON HANDS, BELIEVES PAINT CHIP GOT IN EY E. CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2009 | 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT PAINTING & SOMETHING GOT INTO EYE DX;; CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION (L) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE-SPLASHED *** IN EYE-@ HOME ME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORN ABR. PT GOT PAINT IN EYE WHEN PAINTING HIS BEDROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2009 | Age: 50 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: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Eye protection devices |
| DX LWOBS: L EYE INJ. PAINT'G, W SAFETY GLASSES ON, PAINT RAN OFF FORE- HEAD AND DROPPD INTO L EYE. HAS CARC PAINT (FLECK OF PAINT) ON L EYE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/28/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE WHILE PAINTING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CORNEAL AB-PAINT CHIP FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT PAINTING HIS HOUSE YESTERDAY AND GOT SOME PAINT IN RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LEFT EYE IRRITATION. PT WAS PAINTING AND DROPPED PAINT INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 28YOM USING A WATERPROOF TYPE PAINT THAT HAD A BONDING AGENT,TOOK OFF SAFETY GLASSES WHEN A SPECK WENT INTO LT EYE;CHEMICAL EXP,ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2009 | Age: 13 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DX CONJ: WORK'G ON SCIENCE PROJECT & ACC SPRAYED SELF IN R EYE W SPRAY PAINT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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