Accidents - Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,550
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Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 53 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 trimmers or edgers, powered, Eye protection devices
PT STATES WHILE TRIMMING BRUSHES YESTERDAY POSSIBLE GOT A PIECE OF WOOD IN HIS LEFT EYE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 53 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
PT STATES SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE *** ATHOMEDX: SMALL LEFT EYE CO RNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	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: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Doors
REPORTS DEVELOPING EYE FOREING BODY SENSATION WHILE ***, SUSPECTS METAL FROM A DOOR>>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 53 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 65 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE USING ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 54 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL ABRASION LT EYE: RUNNING ***, STONE FLEW OFF THE LINE STRUCK EY E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	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 trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL ABR- DEBRIS FROM ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE AFTER UNKNOWN OBJECT HIT PT IN RIGHT EYE WHILE ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	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 trimmers or edgers, powered
PT "***", SOMETHING HIT LEFT EYE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEEDWACKING - SOMTHING FLEW INTO EYE - C/O DULL PAIN. EMBEDDED FB R EY E.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/04/2008	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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT INJURED EYE WHILE USING A ***. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS USING A *** YESTERDAY, WHEN GOT A PIECE OF GRASS IN EYE DX: FORE IGN BODY TO EYE, WITH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING ***, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
AT HOME WEED EATING GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE DX CONJUCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 55 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
PT AT HOME USING A *** AND A PIECE OF DIRT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** WHEN SMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY WITH PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 54 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS *** & SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE AT HOMEDX; RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRAS ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 51 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
CORNEAL AB-HIT W/A ***-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 73 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
AT HOME USING *** STICK HIT HIM IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WAS WORKIGN IN HIS YARD WITH A *** AND SOMETHING WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
USING *** SOMETHING GOT IN EYE ABRASION LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
PT WITH FB TO EYE FROM USING A ***
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
WEED WACKING - NO SAFETY GOGGLES MULT FB'S TO EYE WITH CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
EYE FB-USING A *** WHEN DEBRIS HIT EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 73 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
73YOM WAS AT HOME USING WEED TRIMMER ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON,SOMETHING WENT INTO EYES CAUSING IRRITATION;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 51 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE USING *** AT HOME. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
*** YESTERDAY, FB SENSATION R EYE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 69 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 trimmers or edgers, powered
GOT HIT IN EYE WITH A ROCK WHILE USING *** AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
57YOM WAS HOME USING A ***, WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE; SUBCONJ UNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	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 trimmers or edgers, powered, Day wear
CORNEAL ABRASION, FB, WORKING @ HOME WITH ***, WHEN TOOK OFF SHIRT TO S HOWER AFTER, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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