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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,298
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Soldering equipment |
| FB TO EYE, PT WAS GETTING READY TO SODDER, SMALL PIECE OF COPPER GOT AROUND SAFETY GLASSES, FB SENSATION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 50YOM WAS HOME GRINDING ALUMINUM AND STEEL,WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES, SOMETHING FLEW INTO LT EYE;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| POKED SELF IN EYE WITH SUNGLASSES CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| CORNEAL AB-GOT SAWDUST IN EYE-WEARING SAFETY GLASSES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| CUTTING WOOD - WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES WITHOUT SIDE PROTECTION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Manual cleaning equipment |
| 20YOM WAS HOME CLEANING A TOOL BRUSH,HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN SOMETHING WENT INTO EYES;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 2 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: Eye protection devices |
| PT BROKE PAIR OF SUNGLASSES IN HALF YEST & POKED BROKEN END INTO EYE, N OW W/EYE PAIN & REDNESS, RUBBING EYE MORE; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 62 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: Eye protection devices |
| ABRASION CORNEA - 62 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH RIGHT EYE IRRITATION - REPOR TS ONSET WHEN HE GOT SAWDUST IN EYE - WAS WEARING GOGGLES - AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Power saws |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE USING CHOP SAW. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSE S. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 28YOM WAS WORKING ON HIS TRUCK AT HOME USING A GRINDING TOOL WEARING SAFETY GLASSES,SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 36 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: Eye protection devices, Welding equipment |
| PT STS WELDING WEARING PROTECTIVE GOGGLES ON BUT DUST FLEW IN L EYE DX FOREIGN BODY L EYE WITH PERSISENT RUST RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Floors or flooring materials |
| 43YOM WAS HOME PUTTING DOWN TILE ON THE FLOOR,WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES,SOMETHING WENT INTO EYES;ABRASIONS LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| PLAYING WITH SUNGLASSES AND SCRATCHED EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SCRAPED EYE WITH SUNGLASSES. DX; EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Motor vehicles or parts |
| WEARING SUNGLASSES WHILE DRIVING CAR SOMETHING BLEW IN EYE FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYEBALL ABRASION RIGHT CORNEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | 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: Eye protection devices |
| ABRASION CORNEA - 25 YO FEMALE REPORTS SHE POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WIT H HER SUNGLASSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 45 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: Eye protection devices |
| PT TRYING ON SUNGLASSES & THE TAG HIT HER LEFT EYE;PAINFUL & WATERY. D X: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| PATIENT WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT UNDERNEATH THE GOGGLES AND HIT HIS LEFT EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY-LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| SOMETHING IN EYE CHIPPING CONCRETE AND DRYWALL WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR CONJUCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 26YOM WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR WEARING SAFETY GOOGLES,SOMETHING WENT INTO EYES,FELT A SENSATION IN BOTH EYES;FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS POKED IN EYE BY SUNGLASSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Licensed two-wheeled motor vehicles |
| RIDING MOTORCYCLE, SUNGLASSES ON, &FELT SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE, NOW WI TH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION>> CORNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| PT REMOVING GOGGLES AT HOME CAUSED ABRAISION TO R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Thermal or sound insulation materials |
| PT WORKING IN HER TRAILER WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES INSTALLING INSULAT ION AND GOT SOME IN RIGHT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| PT WAS CLIMBING ON SOME METAL, WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, BUT SOMEHOW GOT A SMALL PIECE IN L EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 23YOF WAS AT A DEPARTMENT STORE TRYING ON SUNGLASSES,HIT PART OF THE SUNGLASSES IN EYE;CORNEAL HEMMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | 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: Eye protection devices |
| 25 Y0 INJURED EYE WITH SUNGLASSES CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 29 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: Laceration |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Flying toys |
| PT PLAYING *** FELL STRIKING HIS SUN GLASSES WHICH CAUSED A SMALL LACER ATION TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Clothing accessories |
| 30 YOM WAS CUTTING METAL, WORE PROTECTIVE GOGGLES, WAS PUTTING ON HIS HAT AND FELT SOMETHING GO IN HIS EYE. DX-LT CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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