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Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 559
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Date: 11/09/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE LT EYE WHILE TRIMMING THE BUSHES DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
CORN ABR RIGHT EYE. PT WAS USING A TRIMMER ON BUSHES AND SAP FLEW INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
POSSIBLE DUST GOT INTO LT EYE TODAY AFTER TRIMMING TREES. ACUTE SUBCONJ UNCTIVAL HEMATOMA LT EYE CORNEAL AB@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
HIT IN OS WHILE WATCHING SOMEONE W/***. DX. FB L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
TRIMMING A TREE 1/2 HOUR AGO WHEN SOMETHING HIT HIS R EYE. R EYE F.B. $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PATIENT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE TRIMMING LIMBS 2 DAYS AGO. D: CORNEA L ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
FOREIGN BODY EYE - WAS PRUNING A TREE AND SOMETHING GOT INTO RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
WAS *** AND A STICK HIT EYE. PT PULLED STICK OUT HIMSELF.PUNCTUR E WOUND TO RIGHT EYE. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
/60YOM AT HOME USING GRASSTRIMMER FB L EYEDX/L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
PT CUTTING BRUSH WITH HEDGE CUTTERS TWIGS HIT EYE, CORNEAL CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
RIGHT CORN ABR. PT WAS PRUNING A PINE TREE WITH CLIPPERS AND WAS POKED IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
54 Y.O. W MALE W/EYEBALL LAC. PT STS HE WAS PRUNING SOME TREES IN HIS Y ARD & WAS INJ. E9208 E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION SINCE USING *** AT HOME. HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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