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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,221
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 02/25/2010 | Age: 19 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: Wire |
19YO MALE WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM WIRE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/05/2009 | 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: Wire |
AT HOME MOVING WIRE, SOMETHING IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
PT STATES LOST NIGHT HIS FRIEND WAS CUTTING A WIRE AND IT WENT IN HIS E YE. DX. CORNERAL ABRASION. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/23/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
21YOM ACCIDENTLY STRUCK RT EYE WITH A WIRE WHILE AT HOME; CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
PT WAS STRUCK IN EYE W/WIRE. DX: R CORNEAL ABR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 23 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: Wire |
PT WAS TIEING TWO PIECES OF WIRE TOGETHER AND SCRATCHED SELF IN THE RIG HT EYE ABRASION EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 24 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: Wire |
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM PIECE OF WIRE, UNSURE IF WORK RELATED |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/18/2007 | Age: 24 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: Wire |
ABRASION CORNEA - 24 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH REPORT OF RIGHT EYE INJURY W HEN HE SCRATCHED EYE SURFACE WITH A PIECE OF WIRE THIS MORNING |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/12/2007 | 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: Wire |
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/SMALL WIRE. DX: R CORNEAL ABR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 24 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: Wire |
ABRASION EYE - 24 YO MALE REPORTS BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT EYE SINCE BEING "SNAPPED" IN EYE BY PIECE OF WIRE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
CUTTING WIRE AND PIECE FLEW UP AND HIT R EYE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Wire |
POKED IN EYE WITH WIRE DX: R EYE PUNCTURE WOUND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 24 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: Wire |
POKED IN EYE WITH COPPER WIRE/ CORNEAL TRAUMA,ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Wire |
PUNCTURE WITH STEEL WIRE TO EYE WHILE HELPING FRIEND STRIP METAL DX GLOBE LACERATION |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 02/09/2007 | 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: Wire |
PT CUTTING WIRE AT HOME AND WIRE SPRANG UP AND SCRATCHED EYE DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Wire |
PT SWINGING A HOG WIRE WHEN IT STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE LACERATION E YE TO THE OR |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 07/12/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Wire |
F.B. L CORNEA - WIRE STRUCK EYE WHEN STEPPING ON IT |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/08/2006 | Age: 16 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: Wire |
PT POKED SELF IN EYE W/COPPER WIRE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 19 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: Wire |
PT DOING SOME WIRING AT HOME WHEN POKED EYE WITH COPPER WIRE. D: CORNEA L ABRASION. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/16/2005 | 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: Wire |
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT HAD A PIECE OF WIRE POKE PT IN EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/02/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
CORNEAL ABRASION - 21 YOM C/O LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY SOME SORT OF WIRE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Wire, Power lawn mowers |
METAL WIRE INPALED INTO L EYELID. RUSTY WIRE FROM YARD WHILE MOWING. DX. PW L EYELID, ACUTE L EYE PAIN. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/27/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
Product: Wire |
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/WIRE. DX: L CORNEAL ABR/SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/24/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Wire |
STRUCK IN RIGHT EYE BY PIECE OF WIRE C/O REDNESS AND ITCHING DX: EYE PAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Wire |
POKED EYE WITH CAR WIRE EYE PAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
CUTTING 9 GAUGE WIRE AT HOME AT 1745, END OF WIRE HIT PATIENT IN RIGHT EYE. DX CONTUSION OF RIGHT EYE GLOBE, LACERATION RIGHT EYELID. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 24 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: Wire |
PT, WHO HAD JUST CUT WIRE, POKED IN EYE WITH THIN METAL WIRE. D: CONJUN CTIVAL ABRASION. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 19 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: Wire |
PT WAS CUTTING CABLE WIRE 4 DAYS AGO AND NOW FEELS LIKE FOREIGN OBJECT IS IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION, EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Wire, Tools |
PERFORATED CORNEA WITH WIRE - WIRE FROM GRINDING WHEEL FLEW INTO EYE |
Disposition: Held for observation |
Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
CORN ABR. PT HIT EYE WITH A PIECE OF WIRE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 21 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: Wire |
PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P HIT IN LT EYE WITH TELEPHONE WRIE - C/OBLU RINESS OF VISION IN THE EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
TURNED HEAD INTO PIECE OF WIRE CUT EYE - CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/14/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
=18YOF POKED IN EYE WITH A WIRE AT SCHOOL ACCIDENTAL DX/RIGHT EYE ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
CORN ABR. PT WALKED INTO A HANGING WIRE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/09/2001 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/03/2001 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/30/2001 | 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/03/2000 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/10/2000 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/13/2000 | 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/14/2000 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/12/2000 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/10/1999 | Age: 21 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/19/1999 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/22/1998 | 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/18/1998 | Age: 17 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/17/1997 | Age: 25 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/23/1997 | Age: 23 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: Wire |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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