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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 577
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 19 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 |
| 19YOM WAS HIT IN RT EYE WITH A NAIL C/O MINIMAL BLURRED VISION, OCCURRED WHILE STRAIGHTENING OUT A NAIL AT HOME. DX - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2007 | 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 |
| PT HIT EYE W/A NAIL. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other portable or stationary power tools |
| USING A POWER TOOL A NAIL HIT EYE TRAUMA LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 22 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SCREWING A SCREW IN WOOD SOMETHING IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PUNCTURE EYE WHEN PULLING A NAIL OUT OF A BOARD AND IT CAME BACK AND WE NT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT HITTING A NAIL AT HOME AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE DX//. RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 22 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HIT EYE WITH A NAIL DX: RT CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 16 PENNY NAIL POPPED BACK AND HIT EYE EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/02/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| DX RIGHT EYE CONTUSION: HIT BY FLYING BOLT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 23 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 |
| PAIN TO EYE HITHIT WITH PIECE OF SCREW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PULLING RUSTY NAIL OUT YESTERDAY WHEN PT FELT SOMETHING STRIKE HIM IN EYE. CC: INCREASING PAIN IN EYE. EXAM: NO FOREIGN BDY. DX:CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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