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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 515
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| POKED EYE WITH A NAIL DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers |
| LEFT EYE PERFORATION.PT WAS HOLDING A NAIL GUN AND ACCIDENTLY WENT OFF AND NAIL WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/11/2003 | Age: 23 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: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE EYE - PATIENT REPORTS NAIL PUNCTURED LEFT EYEBALL - ADMITTED T O SURGERY - RUPTURED GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS HAMMERING ON A NAIL AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| OS HIT WITH NAIL, FB SENSATION, REDNESS DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 25 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT GOT SHAVINGS FROM METAL LUG NUTS IN EYE. WAS NOT GRINDING, WELDING O R HAMMERING AT THE TIME. D: CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH NUT OR BOLT 2 DAYS AGO, EYE PAIN, BALCK SPOT IN EYE; SCLERAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes |
| 23 Y.O. W MALE W/LAC TO EYE. PT WAS PUTTING A BED TOGETHER & THE SCREW HAD WENT INTO THE HOLE CROOKED & HE PULLED IT OUT & IT STRUCK HIM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A HAMMER ON A NAIL AND NAIL HEAD BRO KE OFF AND WENT INTO PTS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT IN EYE WITH PIECE OF NAIL DX: ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT WITH A NAIL; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers |
| FB RT EYE.PT HIT A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND NAIL HEAD FLEW OFF AND WENT I NTO PTS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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