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Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - Year 2003 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 139
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Date: 12/06/2003Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HIT IN LT. EYE WITH VACUM CLEANER HOSE BY SIBLING DX: LT. PERIORBITAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CONTUSED EYEBALL ON VACUUM CLEANER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT STATES "I HIT MY LT EYE TO THE HANDLE OF THE VACUUM CLEANER THIS AM"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT STATES SHE WENT TO UNPLUG VACUUM CLEANER AND CORD SWUNG UP AND STRUCK HER IN THE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LT EYE FB-A "DRY VAC" BLEW DEBRIS INTO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT FIXING VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME, SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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