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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,199
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YOM EYE PAIN, GRINDING METAL C/O FB SENSATION DX: FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58 YOM, USING GRINDER IN GARAGE, FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| FB SENSATION WHILE GRINDING/ FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| CORNEAL AB-51YOM-METAL DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRINDING IN THE GARAGE-@ HOM E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 59 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 |
| PT WAS WORKING A THOME USING GRINDER AND GOT FOREIGN MATERIAL IN EYE DX: LARGE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Age: 69 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, Sinks |
| FB R CORNEA/69YOM YEST AT HM AT 10A WAS GRINDING METAL UNDER SINK WHEN PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 51 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, Eye protection devices |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 51 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH FB IN HIS RIGHT EYE - STATE S HE WAS GRINDING METAL, WEARING GOGGLES BUT PIECE GOT IN HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| FB;EYE INJ R EYE/52YOM STS WAS GRINDING METAL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HI T HIS EYE. TRIED TO FLUSH EYE WITHOUT SUCCESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | 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 |
| 51 YR OLD USING A GRINDER AT HOME AND GOT METAL IN HIS EYE DX/ RIGHT EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | 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 |
| 51YOM GRINDING METAL, PIECE LODGED INTO RIGHT EYE - FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2009 | 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 TO GRIND A PIECE OF STEEL FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| FB TO R EYE AFTER GRINDING DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | Age: 81 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 FELT SOMETHING IN EYE ..FB REMOVAL TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 62 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE GRINDING ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2009 | Age: 62 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| C/O EYE PAIN SINCE GRINDINGCORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GOT PEICE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE USING A GRINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 63 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, Poles |
| 63YOM WAS GRINDING THE METAL ON A LAMP POST WITH GRINDER,WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 68 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 ALUMINUM AT HOME AND GOT METAL IN EYE, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FR OM EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YOM GRINDING METAL THIS EVENING WAS NOT WEARING APPROPRIATE GLASSES SUSTAINED METAL IN LT EYE;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2009 | Age: 59 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 |
| FB SENSATION L EYE/59YOM C/O FB SENSATION L EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 53 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 |
| PT GRINDING AT HOME AND INJURED EYE DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WITH PIECE OF METAL WHILE USING GRINDER AT HOME DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| 64YOM USING A GRINDER AT HOME WAS GRINDING OLD METAL,SOMETHING WENT INTO RT EYE;EYE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | 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: Other |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS USING A WORKSHOP GRINDER AND INJURED EYE. DX: NORMAL LEFT EYE EXAM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices |
| GRINDING METAL 2 DAYS AGO WHILE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND HAS PAIN, BU RNING TO EYE. FB REMOVED FROM EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 56 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 |
| R EYE FB;ABRAS/56YOM STS TAHT HE HAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. USING GRINDE R WITHOUT GOGGLES AND GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING CAR PARTS AT HOME, HAS METAL FB IN EYE WITH CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-WHILE GRINDING METAL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 68 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 AND GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE FOREIGN BODY IN EYEBALL # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 87 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: Other |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Power lathes |
| DX SUBCONJ HEMMORHAGE/INR 2.5. PT ON ****: US'G METAL GRINDER LASTNOC, POSS METAL IN L EYE W SHARPEN'G A COUPLE OF LATHE TOOLS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 59 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT GOT FB IN EYE USING A METAL GRINDER DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2009 | 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 |
| PT WAS USING A GRINDER AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2009 | Age: 61 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, Eye protection devices |
| GRINDING METAL WEARING EYE PROTECTION, C/O RT EYE DISCOMFORT/ CORNEAL F B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2009 | 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, Eye protection devices |
| GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY, FB SENSATION LT EYE, WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGL ES/ CORNEAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2009 | Age: 57 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| HE WAS GRINDING METAL DX R CORNEAL ABRASION - FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | 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 WHILE GRINDING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 51 YOM C/O PAIN AND IRRITATION TO RIGHT EYE, HAD BEEN GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND POSSIBLY THE CAUSE, FOUND TO HAVE METAL IN EYE, CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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