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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 390
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 17 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: Contact lenses, Eye protection devices |
| CORNEAL AB-WEARING CONTACTS W/ SAFETY GOGGLES WHILE SAWING WOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Contact lenses, Balloons |
| EYE IRRITATION;LEFT BEFORE EXAM/22YOF PUT CONTACTS IN LAST NIGHT.WENT TO ***, TOUCHED LATEX BALLOONS.RUBBED EYES.EYES BURNING/ITCHING. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/23/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Contact lenses, Golf |
| L CORNEAL ABRASION; GOLFING YESTERDAY,L EYE STARTED BOTHERING, WHEN GOT HOME FOUND THAT LEFT CONTACT WAS SPLIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Contact lenses, Televisions |
| CONTACT ON, WATCHING TV, SUDDENLY BLACKNESS IN THE VISION THAT STARTED GETTING LARGER, FOLLOWED BY H/A "VISION CHANGE/HA'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Contact lenses, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| DROPPED CONTACT INTO CIGARETTEE ASH, PUT BACK IN EYE AFTER CLEANSING IT , CAN'T GET CONTACT OUT/ RT IRRITATION 2ND TO CONTACT LENS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2007 | Age: 24 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: Contact lenses, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| 24 YO F CORNEAL ABRASION PT WEARS CONTACTS VISION BECAME BLURRY WHILE PT WAS WASING CABINETS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Contact lenses, Basketball |
| PT ELBOWED IN EYE WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL. WAS WEARING CONTACT LENSES. LENS STUCK IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY, EYE, ORBIT CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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