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Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - Year 2008 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 138
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Date: 12/11/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Motor vehicles or parts
REPORTS A WEEK AGO, WAS VACUUMING A SHATTERED CAR WINDOW DUE TO ROBBERY &SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FOREING BODY SENSATION>>R/O EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Vacuum cleaners
ACCIDENTALLY HIT EYE WITH A VACUUM CORD, ?MECH, NOW WITH EYE REDNESS >> SUBCONJ HEAMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN VACUUM EXPLODED!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Vacuum cleaners
5 YO HIT IN EYE BY VACUUM CLEANER CORD HEMORRHAGE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACCUMING FLOOR SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
37 YOF BENT OVER TO PICK UP CORD OF VACUUM CLEANER AND POKED RIGHT EYE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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