Accidents - Manicuring devices - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 880
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 2000:	42
Year 2002:	67
Year 2003:	33
Year 2005:	98
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	85
Year 2008:	116
Year 2009:	156
Year 2010:	156

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/20/2010	Age: 58 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
58YOF,ABRASION TO LEFT EYEBALL/CORNEAL S/P ACCIDENTALLY POKING SELF IN THE EYE WITH TWEEZERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manicuring devices
PT WAS TWEEZING EYE BROWS ACCIDENTLY HIT EYE WITH TWEEZERS DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manicuring devices
90 Y/O FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN EYE WITH CUTICLE SCISSORS AT HOME DX: RIGHT SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
78 YO F WAS USING TWEEZERS WHEN TWEEZERS SLIPPED AND SHE POKED SELF IN EYE. DX:CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 57 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: Manicuring devices
57YOF POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PAIR OF CUTICLE SCISSORS SUSTAI NED AN ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
54 YOF WAS TWEEZING EYEBROWS AND GOT ONE IN EYE CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
PT DROPPED TWEEZERS INTO EYE WHILE TWEEZING EYEBROWS, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manicuring devices
PT WAS TRYING TO PLUCK EYEBROWS AND TWEEZERS HIT EYE.DX: R EYE SUBCONJ UNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	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: Manicuring devices
DROPPED TWEEZERS INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN L EYE WITH TWEEZERS WHILE PLUCKING EYEBROW - ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 59 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: Manicuring devices
CLIPPING NAILS, ONE FLEW HITTING EYE ' CORNEAL ABRS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manicuring devices
LEFT SCLERAL LACERATION.PT WAS USING TWEEZERS AND SLIPPED AND SCRATCHED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manicuring devices
STUCK SELF WITH TWEEZERS/SCLERAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A PAIR OF TWEEZERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manicuring devices
PT WORKING IN THE GARDEN AT HOME AND FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN HER EYE SO SHE TRIED TO GET IT OUT WITH TWEEZERS- CHEMOSIS EYE- RED AND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	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: Manicuring devices
PT WAS PULLING HIS EYEBROWS OUT WITH A PAIR OF TWEEZERS AND ACCIDENTLY POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 53 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: Manicuring devices, Bathtubs or showers
PT IN SHOWER CLEANING NAILS WITH FILE, SLIPPED AND FELL, POKED SELF IN EYE WITH NAIL FILE, ABRASION RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manicuring devices
GOT A FINGER NAIL INTO EYE WHILE CLIPPING GRANDSON FINGER NAILS. " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
LT CORNEAL AB-PIECE OF TOENAIL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE CLIPPING TOENAILS @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
DX:CORNEAL ABRASION. USING TWEEZERS TO PULL CAT HAIR OUT OF EYELASHES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manicuring devices
PT STATES SHE SCRATCHED EYE WITH A TWEEZERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2000	Age: 67 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: Manicuring devices
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/1997	Age: 83 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: Manicuring devices
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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