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Accidents - Wire - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 192
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Date: 12/21/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION (LT EYE) - DUE TO PIECE OF WIRE YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: REWIRING LAST PM AT HOME, EXPOSED WIRE FELL INTO RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
POLED HIMSELF INEYE WITH PIECE OF WIRE/ LT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Wire
WORKING W/ WIRE WHICH STUCK HIM IN EYE. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wire, Fences or fence posts
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A FENCE AND STUCK A PIECE OF WIRE IN HIS EYE AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL LACERATION & ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wire
PT DX LT EYE ABRASION - S/P TRAUMA,STRUCK IN LT EYE BY METAL WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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