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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 107
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/13/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| USING NAIL GUN & WOOD "EXPLODED." THINKS SOMETHING WENT IN EYE. FOREIGN BODY SENSATION LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HAS BEEN HIT IN THE EYE WITH A NAIL SHOT FROM A NAIL GUN, PT REMOVED THE NAIL HIMSELF, SUSTAINED " PUNCTURE WOUND OF RT EYE, OPENED GLOBE" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/13/2004 | Age: 20 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: Nail guns or stud drivers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SOMETHING FLEW USING NAIL GUN DX. EYEBALL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nail guns or stud drivers |
| PT SUS INJURY TO EYE BY A NAILGUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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