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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,859
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2010 | Age: 61 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, Eye protection devices |
| 61YOM TWO DAYS AGO WAS USING A GRINDER ON CAR AT HOME WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO LT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 56 YOM FB L EYE AFTER GRINDING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2010 | 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 |
| 53YOM WHILE USING A GRINDER WAS GRINDING METAL WHEN A PIECE FLEW INTO LT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2010 | 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 |
| 63 YOM WAS GRINDING A PIPE UNDER CAR LAST PM AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR, FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2010 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 53 Y/O M SPLINTER TO EYE WHILE USING GRINDER FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2010 | 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 |
| 51 YOM FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE S/P GRINDING A MUFFLER FOR HIS CAR AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE$ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | 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 |
| 56 YOM DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY - S/P PT WAS GRINDING A METAL OBJECT PRIOR TO ONSET OF SYMPTOMS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | 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 YO M AT HOME GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY, NOT WEARING GOGGLES, FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE. PAINFUL. DX LEFT EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 71 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 |
| 71YOM THINKS METAL SHAVINGS FROM SOMEONE GRINDING MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN HI S EYE AS HE WALKED BY/ CORNEAL ABRASIONLT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2010 | Age: 64 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 |
| 64 YOM L EYE PAIN AFTER GRINDING AT HOME DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2010 | 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 |
| 68YOM-EYE FB-METAL FB WHILE GRINDING METAL-@ HOME-HAS BIL CORNEAL IMPLA NTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2010 | Age: 68 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 L EYE/68YOM C/O FB L EYE. THINKS IT COULD BE META SHAVING AS HE WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY. WOKE WITH EYE IRRITATED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2010 | Age: 51 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 |
| 51 Y/O/M GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND INJURED EYE DX/ LT EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2010 | 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 |
| R EYE CORNEAL FB/69YOM AT HOME WAS GRINDING AND A PIECE WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2010 | 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 |
| 53YOM GRINDING AT HOME ON VEHICLE, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE/ CORNEAL A BRASION RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2010 | 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 |
| 57 YOM USING GRINDER AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2010 | 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 |
| A 51 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL 2 DAYS AGO, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, FELT FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 71 YOM WAS USING GRINDER AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE-REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2010 | Age: 62 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 |
| 62 YOM INJURED EYE GRINDING METAL, FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| A 60 YOM GOT FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE WHILE USING A GRINDER. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 58 YOM WAS USING A GRINDER ON SOME METAL/EYE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | 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 |
| 68 YOM FB TO L EYE AFTER GRINDING AT HOME DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2010 | 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 |
| 56 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL WHILE WORKING ON CAR. DX: R EYE FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2010 | 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 |
| 51YOM GOT HIT IN EYE WITH METAL WHILE GRINDING METAL DX: CORNEAL ABRASI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
| 54YOM C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN RT EYE, THINKS HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN IT WHILE GRINDING. DX - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2010 | 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, Eye protection devices |
| METALLIC F.B. L EYE REMOVED: RESIDUAL RUST RING; 52YOM DOING GRINDING, WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR, F.B.SENSATION TO EYE X 2 DAYS, LOCATION NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2010 | Age: 67 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 67 YO M GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE USING GRINDING WHEEL. DX CORNEAL ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2010 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 56YOM WAS USING A GRINDER AND GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE, CORNEA ABRASION OF RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2010 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| DX CONJ: 53YOM W GRIND' METAL ON WED WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN R EYE, ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE HAVE BEE UNSUCCESSFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2010 | Age: 64 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, Welding equipment |
| 64YO WHITE MALE STS GRINDING & WELDING METAL C/O L EYE PAIN - REDNESS DX CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY ON EXTERNAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2010 | 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: Other |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| DX CORNEAL ULCER: 51YOM P/W LAC BELOW L EYE/ AFTER GRIND' METAL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DYAS/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | 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 |
| 70YMC GRINDING METAL AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2010 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS/57YOM STS AT HOME YESTERDAY WAS GRINDING AND A PIECE WE NT INTO L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2010 | Age: 70 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 |
| 70YOM WORKING ON A GRINDER YESTERDAY&SOMETHING FELL INTO THE GRINDER&TH EN INTO PT'S RIGHT EYE.DX: FOREIGN BODY IN CORNEA,CORENAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | 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 |
| L EYE CORNEAL ABRA.: 69YOM WORKING ON HIS OLD CAR, GOT SOMETHING IN LT EYE YESTERDAY WHILE GRINDING METAL, L EYE PAIN, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2010 | 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-GOT DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | 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 |
| 55 YOM FB TO L EYE WATCHING SOMEONE GRINDING DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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