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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,459
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tools |
| LT CORNEAL AB-FB HIT EYE WHILE CUTTING WOOD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2004 | Age: 62 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: Tools |
| RETAINED FOREIGN BODY TO RT CORNEA WITH PARTIAL REMOVAL, METAL OR SAWDUST GRINDINGS, CUTTING HOLE IN GARAGE FOR WOOD BURNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | 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: Tools |
| RIGHT EYE FB. PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND OBJECT FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2004 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| FB SENSATION L EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL DX: CORNEAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2004 | 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: Tools |
| 53YOM AT HOME WAS GRINDING NOW SOMETHING IN EYE DX/L EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| LT EYE FB-GRINDING A BOLT-PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2004 | Age: 54 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: Tools |
| R CORNEAL ABRAS/54YOM C/O FB SENSATION R EYE. WAS USING METAL GRINDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| FB SENSATION RT EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL./ FB RT EYE, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL. DX: FB R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2004 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| GRINDING METAL FB REMOVAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | Age: 58 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| WHILE GRINDING METAL, PT GOT FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 64 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: Tools, House repair or construction materials |
| RT CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE CUTTING SIDING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tools, Doors |
| RIGHT EYE TRAUMA. PT WAS GRINDING A DOOR WHEN THE GRINDER BLEW UP IN FA CE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT GRINDING METAL A PIECE OF GRINDSTONE OR METAL IN EYE FB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| USING GRINDER AT HOME WHEN FOREIGN BODY WENT INTO RIGHT EYE, TRANSFERRE D TO DR. FARMER, OPTOMETRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/26/2004 | Age: 55 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| FOREIGN BODY AND CORNEAL ABRASION LT EYE, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WATCHING ANOTHER PERSON GRIND METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| 76 YOM WAS SHARPENING BLADE WITH A GRINDER AND NOW HAS METAL SHAVINGS I N RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tools |
| PT WAS NEARBY WHILE HIS SON WAS USING A GRINDER. SOMETHING HIT HIM IN T HE EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| C/O LT EYE PAIN SINCE GRINDING METAL TWO DAYS AGO/ FB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 64 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: Tools, Eye protection devices |
| ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE REDENSS AND FB SENSATI ON AFTER GRINDING AT HOME WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tools |
| GRINDING METAL, STATES "GOT CHIP IN MY EYE" NO FOREIGN BODY FOUND, CORNEA HAS ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2004 | Age: 62 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: Tools |
| PT. WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME, A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. NOW HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSA TION TO EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO RT. EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PATIENT WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE, REMOVAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| FB SENATION RT EYE, WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY/ FB RT EYE, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT WAS GRINDING SOME GALVANIZED METAL. NOW FEELS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY (METAL) RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2004 | Age: 56 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: Tools |
| WHILE GRINDING METAL, SOMETHING HIT EYE, FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2004 | Age: 58 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: Tools |
| PT GRINDING METAL TODAY AND GOT F.B. IN EYE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT WORKING WITH GRINDING WHEEL AT HOME, PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RT EYE , FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| USING GRINDER @ HOME WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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