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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,227
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tools |
| GOT A FLYING WOOD INTO THE EYE WHILE ?CHOPPING/SPLITTING WOODS " HYPHEMA" +" EYELID ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT WAS GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AND PIECE WENT INTO EYE. DX: FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools, Eye protection devices |
| GRINDING METAL AT HOME WHILE WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AND GOT SOMETHING I N EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | 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 |
| GRINDING METALL X: FB EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2005 | Age: 60 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-CUTTING WOOD-@ HOME-? SAWDUST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tools |
| GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL 1 DAY AGO AND SMALL PARTICLE WENT INTO EYE AT FEDERAL PRISON. LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | 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: Tools, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CORNEAL AB-GRINDING A NAIL-DEBRIS HIT EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tools |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WITH PIECE OF METAL WHILE USING GRINDER DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YO MALE WAS GRINDING METAL AND F/B GOT INTO EYE METALLIC F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY. DX: CORNEAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 54 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 RT EYE.PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | 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 |
| PT AT HOME GRINDING METAL FB EYE DX FB R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| FB TO L EYE, GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY DX: FB L EYE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tools, Bathtub or shower enclosures |
| PT WAS GRINDING SHOWER DOOR AND SOMETHING WENT IN EYE. DX: CHEMOSIS R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | 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 SENSATION RT EYE, WAS GRINDING SOME STEEL AND FELT PIECE GO IN EYE/ FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| PT GRINDING METAL ON SUNDAY AND HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE SINCE THAT TIME. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | Age: 75 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 |
| TRIMMING TREES FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE...FB R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 55 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 DX: FB CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 52 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: Tools |
| GRINDING METAL SOMETHING IN EYE METALLIC FOREIGN BODY OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2005 | Age: 66 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 |
| DX LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY: USING METAL GRINDER AT HOME, GOT SOME THING IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| GINDING METAL, THINKS PIECE IN EYE/ FB LT EYE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 60 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 EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - GOT STEEL IN EYE WHEN GRINDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 89 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 WITH A GRINDER AND GOT A FLECK OF METAL IN HIS EY E. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 55 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 |
| PATIENT USED A GRINDER, GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY CORNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | 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, Eye protection devices |
| PT WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY USING SAFETY GOGGLES. DX: FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 58 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: Tools |
| PATIENT WAS GRINDING SOME STONE & FEELS HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A FOREIGNBOD DAY IN HIS RT EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 61 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 WAS GRINDING METAL & GOT A PIECE IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2005 | 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, Eyeglasses |
| L EYE PAIN, GRINDING AND BLADE FLEW OFF AND HIT IN L EYE W/GLASSES. DX . FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | 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 |
| FB SENSATION LT EYE, WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY/ FB LT EYE WITH RESIDUAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 60 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 |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS HE GOT "GRIT" IN RIGHT EYE WHEN GRI NDING METAL AT HOME EARLIER TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tools |
| RT EYE IRRITATED WITH BLOOD IN IT, WAS GRINDING 2 DAYS AGO/ SUBCONJUNC TIVAL HEMORRHAGE RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 58 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 |
| PATIENT WAS GRINDING METAL & NOT WEARING GOGGLES, GOT SOME METAL IN RT EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY RT EYE WITH RUST RING, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 58 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, Eye protection devices |
| PT WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WHEN HE FELT HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS E YE. PT WAS WEARING FACE SHIELD. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2005 | Age: 55 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-@ HOME-CAUSED BY FB WHILE CUTTING WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 65 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 |
| PT WORKING WITH GRINDER AND THINKS METAL MAY HAVE FLOWN INTO EYE. D: CO RNEAL FOREIGN BODY AND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | 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 |
| F.O. R CORNEA - SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHEN USING GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | 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: Tools |
| CORNEAL AB LT EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL IN GARAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 51 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 |
| RT CORNEAL AB-SAW DUST WHILE CUTTING WOOD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tools |
| 55 YOM HAS CONJUNCTIVITIS IN EYE AFTER TRIMMING TREES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| 54 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHILE USING METAL GRINDER AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY L EYE REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | 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 FB IN L EYE AFTER GRINDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| 65 YOM USING GRINDER AT HOME AND GOT DUST IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2005 | Age: 57 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 |
| GRINDING METAL GOT PIECE OF METAL EMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE ACUTE FOREIGN BO DY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 58 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-SAW DUST IN EYE WHILE CUTTING WOOD IN SHOP-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tools, Wire |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE - 59 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN SINCE HITTING SELF IN TH E EYE WITH A TOOL WHILE WORKING ON WIRING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tools |
| WAS GRINDING METAL GOT FRAGMENT IN HIS RT EYE. C/O PAIN. REACTIVE KETATITIS RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tools |
| 67 YOM WAS GRINDING SOMETHING AND A PIECE OF STEEL GOT INTO LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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