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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,316
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 74 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: Lawn mowers |
| EYES BURN SINCE MOWING GRASS LAST WED.DX ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers, Tools |
| SAYS SHARPENING LAWN MOWER BLADE 1 PM W/GRAINDER AND PIECE OF METAL GOT IN L EYE. DX. FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers, Paint or varnish thinners |
| LEFT OCULAR IRRITATION SECONDARY TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE.PT WAS MOWING THE LAWN AND RAN OVER A CAN OF PAINT THINNER AND IT AEROSOLIZED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 65 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: Lawn mowers |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION - FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE WHEN MOWING YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| CORN ABR LEFT EYE. PT WAS MOWING GRASS AND WAS STUCK IN EYE WITH A PINE NEEDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT STATES SHE HAD GRASS FLY INTO HER EYE WHILE MOWING HER LAWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 54 YOM WAS MOWING LAWN AND THEREAFTER DEVELOPED CONJUNCTIVITIS. BILATER AL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| R CORNEAL ABRAS/58YOM STS WAS MOWING THE LAWN AT 8PM AND SOMETHING WENT INTO R EYE. FROM TREE? |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 51 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: Lawn mowers |
| LT CORNEAL AB-MOWING THE LAWN-AT HOME-A PINE BRANCH SNAPPED & HIT HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT STATES HE WAS WORKING ON HIS LAWNMOWER WHEN HE PULLED THE CAP OFF OF THE BATTERY AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | 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: Lawn mowers |
| MOWING LAWN WHEN SOMETHING WENT INTO LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 52 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: Lawn mowers |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: MOWING LAWN, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| =63YOM MOWING LAWN FB TO EYE AT HOME DX/CONJUNCTIVITIS RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| CUTTING GRASS WHEN FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO RT EYE. CORNEAL AB RT EYE@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | 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: Lawn mowers |
| 70 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYE. PT GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE S HARPENING A LAWN MOWER BLADE @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 64 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT FELT SOMETHING BLOW INTO EYE WHILE MOWING GRASS, FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 55 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: Lawn mowers |
| LT CORNEAL AB-CUTTING THE GRASS AT HOME-WENT THROUGH PINE TREE-HIT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY EYE MOWING LAWN, CORNEAL ABRASION SUBCONJU NCTIVAL HEMATOMA OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT. STATES MOWING GRASS YEST. FELT SOMETHING FLY INTO EYE. DX. FB L EY E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PATIENT WAS MOWING HIS YARD AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PATIENT WAS MOWING THE YARD WHEN SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE. DX-CONTUSION , ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT MOWING LAWN, SOMETHING FELL IN EYE, FB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | 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: Lawn mowers |
| RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS-SINCE MOWING LAWN WHILE WEARIING CONTACTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 61 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: Lawn mowers |
| RT CORNEAL AB-SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE MOWING GRASS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 71 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: Lawn mowers |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS-WHILE MOWING YARD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2002 | Age: 58 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| RT CORNEAL AB-MOWING LAWN-FELT SOMETHING HIT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 53 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION OS - FELT SOMETHING IN EYE AFTER MOWING YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| RAN INTO BRANCH OF TREE WHILE USING PUSH MOWERCORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| 57 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FB TO EYES. PT GOT GRASS IN EYES WHILE MOWING THE LA WN W/A LAWN MOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 69 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: Lawn mowers |
| CATARACT SURGERY 3 WEEKS AGO, MOWING LAST NIGHT ?FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.RI GHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT OUTSIDE MOWING LAWN. GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 81 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: Lawn mowers |
| LT EYE PAIN. WAS MOWWING, PARTICLE FLEW IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR OS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB IN EYE.PT WAS MOWING THE GRASS WITH A LAWN MOWER AND GRASS WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: MOWING LAWN AT HOME, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| FB LT EYE-SOMETHING HIT EYE WHILE MOWING HIS YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE WHILE HE WAS MOWING LAWN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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