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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 742
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| PT.STATES WHILE WORKING IN GARDEN AT HOME WIND BLEW FERTILIZER IN RT. EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| WEEDING HIS GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN SPRINKLED WITH LIME. DX ALKALINE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 57 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: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| SPRAYED WEEK KILLER INTO EYES CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| WASHING BASEMENT WALL IN HIS HOME WITH LIME AND SPLASHED BY CHEMICAL C ONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| 79 YOM GETS LIME IN EYES WHILE SPREADING IT ON GRASS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| 'LIME' SPLASHED INTO PATIENT'S EYES AT HOME. DX-ALKALI BURNS BOTH EYES . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| 74 YO FEMALE WAS USING *** IN GARDEN AND IT BLEW IN EYECONTACT DERMATIT IS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 88 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: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| 88 YOM GOT ROUND UP IN EYE CONJUNCTIVIITS CHEMICAL L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| DOING YARD WORK AT HOME WHEN SPRAYED WEED KILLER IN R EYE DX FOREIGN SUBSTANCE R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| CHEMICAL BURN RT EYE-WAS SPREADING LIME ON SOCCER FIELD AND A PIECE FLE W IN RT EYE. EYE IS RED WITH SHARP PAIN AND BURNING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS/62YOWM STS HE GOT THE CHEMICAL LIME IN L EYE ABOUT 1 1/ 2 HR. AGO. WAS POWDERED LIME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2001 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/1999 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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