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Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 296
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Date: 12/09/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT STANDING NEXT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS USING A GRINDER AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER GRINDING IRON AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODIES EMBEDDED IN RT AND LT CORNEA EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Lawn mowers
F.B. R EYE W/REMOVAL: CORNEAL ABRASION: SHARPENING MOWER BLADES,WEARING GLASSES, USING *** ROTARY GRINDER, F.B. EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF GRINDING WHEEL INTO EYE,IRRITATING/ITCHY. FB R T EYE, ACUTE RT EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eyeglasses
PT GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY IN HIS HOME BACKYARD WAS WEARING EYEGLASSES BUT NOT PROTECTIVE GOGGLES GOT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT AT HOME GRINDING A PEICE OF METAL FB L EYE/ DX FB L EYE METAL SHAVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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