Accidents - Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 691
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	98
Year 1998:	19
Year 1999:	66
Year 2001:	126
Year 2002:	68
Year 2005:	31
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	71
Year 2009:	75
Year 2010:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
58YOM, WEARING CONTACT LENSES&STRUCK ONTO EYE WITH GARDEN HOSE >>SUBCONJ HEMAORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 62 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
62YOM, ROLLING HOSE HOSE FLEW BACK AND HIT IN THE EYE, CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
60YFC HIT IN EYEBALL WITH BROKEN PIECE OF HOSE/EYEBALL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 56 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT CLIPPING A TAMPER PROOF ASSEMBLY OFF HOSE,PLASTIC PIECE HIT PT IN L EYE,C/O SEEING FLOATERS, DX L EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATIENT WAS GARDENING & THE HOSE SHE WAS USING FLIPPED BACK & STRUCK HER IN THE LT EYE. DX - SCLERAL ABRASION & CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
HIT IN EYE WITH METAL PART OF THE HOSE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2005	Age: 85 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
ACC POKED INTO EYE C PLASTIC PIECE OF HOSE " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT DIGGING UP A SPRINKLER HEAD AT HOME AND GOT DIRT IN RIGHT EYE FOREIG N BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 75 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Tools
CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE , USING WATER HOSE TO CLEAN SOME TOOLS AND SOME THING SPLASHED INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2001	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2001	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/1999	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1997	Age: 60 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/1997	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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