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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| SQUIRTED FERTILIZER IN FACE BY ACCIDENT. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE, RIGHT E YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| PT SPREADING MULCH, GOT PIECE IN RT EYE, ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| BOTH EYES EXPOSED TO LIME YESTERDAY. LT STILL FEELS LIKE IT MAY BE SCRA TCHED@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| PT WAS MULCHING IN THE YARD & SOME FLEW UP INTO HER EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS/62YOWM STS HE GOT THE CHEMICAL LIME IN L EYE ABOUT 1 1/ 2 HR. AGO. WAS POWDERED LIME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2002 | Age: 40 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: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use, Bags |
| 40 YOM CARRYING BAGS OF LIME FELL BAGS BROKE LIKE GOT INTO EYES CORNEAL ABRASION EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use, Buckets or pails |
| PT DROPPED ABUCKET OF LIME & IT GOT IN HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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