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Accidents - Pruning or trimming equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 266
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Date: 10/14/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs
CORNEAL ABRASION - 52 YOM WAS IN A PINE TREE CUTTING LIMBS AND WAS POKE D IN THE RIGHT EYE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2006Age: 52 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 GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE TRIMMING HEDGES; EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2006Age: 79 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - TWIG HIT EYE WHEN TRIMMING BUSHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2006Age: 61 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
TRIMMING VINES IN HIS YARD AND SOMETHING FELL INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 84 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, Plants, trees and shrubs
PATIENT STARTED CUTTING WITH HEDGE CLIPPERS, GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2006Age: 74 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: USING PRUNING CUTTERS, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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