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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 474
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Date: 11/21/2004Age: 62 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH NAIL FROM BOARD - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2004Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Lubricants
WHILE SPRAYING *** ON BOLT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2004Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PIECE OF SCREW FLEW IN EYE - CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH BLUNT END OF METAL SCREW CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
52 YOF HAD A SCREW FROM DOOR IN LEFT EYE CAUSING CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS DOING SOME CARPENTRY WORK WHEN A FINISHING NAIL FLEW UP AND STR UCK HIM DIRECTLY IN THE LEFT EYEBALL. DX: LEFT EYE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/10/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
52 YO MALE WAS GRINDING A NAIL WHEN THE DUST FLEW INTO EYE F/B CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cutting torches
PT. STATES WORKING ON CAR YEST AT HOME, CUTTING BOLT W/TORCH, RUST FROM CAR FELL IN EYE. DX. FB L EYE/W/RESIDUAL MATERIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2004Age: 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE GOING IN ATTIC HE RAN INTO A NAIL, HITTING HIMSELF IN THE EYE DX RT EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL FLEW INTO EYE WHEN PULLING DX. CORNEAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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