Accidents - Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,829
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Date: 12/29/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
EYE FB-? METAL FB AFTER GRINDING METAL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Other furnaces
POSSIBLE PIECE OF METAL FROM GRINDING FURNACE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION L EY E/FB L EYE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
WAS USING A GRINDER WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. GOT SOMETHING IN RIGH T EYE. FOREIGN BODY, RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT HAS FOREIGN BODY IN BOTH EYES AFTER GRINDING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING STEEL, FRAGMENT IN EYE, DX; FB R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY IN EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL AT HOME CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
HIT IN EYE WITH F.B WHILE GRINDING BRICK DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 53 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PATIENT USING GRINDER-GRINDING METAL IN EYE-FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 65 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT HAD EYE INJURED WHILE GRINDING. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. D: CORNEAL FB RE MOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
77Y/O,M,GRINDING AT HOME, POSSIBLE METAL IN R EYE, FB R EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
WHILE GRINDING METAL, PT FELT FB SENSATION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND SOME FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
EYE FB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT USING A GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL AT HOME WHEN HE GOT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
RT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH RUST RING.PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND SOMETHIN G FLEW IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
WORKING IN SHOP GRINDING , FB SENSATION RT EYE/ CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 70 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACUTE FOREIGN BODY L EYE:WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, GRINDING BOLT OFF HIS CAR YESTERDAY, "SOMETHING IN EYE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME HAS FB IN EYES DX// FB BILAT EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREIGN BODY EYE WHEN SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE WHILE GRINDING A BOLT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT USING A GRINDER @ HOME HAD FOREIGN BODY IN L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
USING GRINDER AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, HAS SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; FB EYE REM OVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	Age: 73 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/25/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PATIENT WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME, GOT METAL IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 64 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT STS GRINDING METAL,FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN R EYE DX POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY TO R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 59 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WITH PAIN AND REDNESS TO EYE SINCE GRINDING METAL ON SATURDAY. D:FOR EIGN BODY CORNEA, CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2007	Age: 54 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING STEEL AT HOME. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
USING GRINDER, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE DX FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING SMALL FRAGMENT METAL & GOT INTO EYESEYE FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment
GRINDING PREVIOUS DAY - ? WELDING SPEC IN EYE - WEARING GOGGLES EYE PAIN - NO FB SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 53 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GRINDING METAL AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE. EYE NUMBED AND META L REMOVED. DX- FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
54 YO M FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL R EYE WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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