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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 577
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 28 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS TRIMMING A BRANCH FROM A TREE AND WAS HIT IN EYE BY BRANCH DX- COR NEAL ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND STRUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| C/O GRADUAL ONSET OF EYE DISCOFMORT ON WEDNESDAY AFTER WORKING IN THE Y ARD CUTTING HEDGES>>STY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: C/O L EYE FB; W TRIM'G TREES TODAY, THINKS SOME- THING FELL INTO EYE. IRRIGATED MULTIPLE X AT HOM. FB SENSATION PERSISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING VINES AT HOME WHEN ONE POKED HER IN THE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| REPORTS SUDDENLY WHILE TRIMMING BRUSHES DEVELOPED EYE FOREIGN BODY SENS ATION>>FOREIGN BODY REMOVA/CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 73 YO USING HEDGE TRIMMER HIT IN EYE BY OBJECT HEMORRHAGE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| 52 YOM WAS TRIMMING TREE AND WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT EYE BY A BRANCH SU STAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES AT HOME AND ONE FELL STRUCK IN RIGHT EYE AB RAISON EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING GRASS, FELT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE, VERY PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT TO OPEN DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES, TRIPPED ON A BRANCH&FELL POKING EYE AGAINST A B RANCH >> SUBCONJ HEAMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 44 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| REPORTS LOSING HIS GLASSES WHIEL ?TRIMMING, NOW WITH EYE FOREIGN BODY S ENSATION>> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE WALKING AROUND IN HIS YARD CUTTING BUSHES AND BRANCHES WITH HEDGE TRIMMERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Eyeglasses |
| 35YOM WHILE HOME USING PRUNING EQUIPMENT,SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE,WAS WEARING HIS GLASSES AT THE TIME;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| CORNEAL AB-BRANCH SCRATCHED EYE WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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