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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,800
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2010 | Age: 33 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 |
| 33YOM-CORNEAL FB-WEARING SAFETY GLASSES-METAL DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRIND ING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2010 | 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 |
| 39YOWM PT STATES WAS BUSH WACKING, HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON BUT SOMETHING CAME UP UNDER GLASSES & GOT INTO L EYE. DX. L CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2010 | Age: 31 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 |
| 31 YOM WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES WAS USING METAL GRINDER & MAY HAVE SHAVINGS IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2010 | Age: 28 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 |
| 28 YOM INJURED RIGHT EYE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT CORNEA, RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2010 | Age: 14 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, BBs or pellets |
| 14YOM CORNEAL ABRASION HIT BY SOFT BB WHICH SHATTERED HIS SAFETY GLASSE S AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2010 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42YOM CUTTING ALUMINUM WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND A PIECE GOT I NTO EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2010 | Age: 16 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 |
| 16 YOM WAS USING EYE PROTECTION WHILE WELDING HOWEVER HE KNOCKED OFF SL AG FROM WELD AND SUSTAINED A FOREIGN BODY TO HIS R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 23 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, Welding equipment |
| 23YOM WAS DOING SOME WELDING WEARING SAFETY GLASSES SOMETHING FLEW INTO RT EYE;FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 42 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: Eye protection devices |
| 42YOM TOOK OFF GOGGLES AND GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 43 YOM WAS WORKING W/STEEL W/GOGGLES ON AND GOT SOME IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 44 YOF WAS SCULPTING W/SAFETY GOGGLES ON AND FELT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: FB R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2010 | 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: Eye protection devices |
| 24 YOM, CORNEAL ABRASION, PT. STATES WAS CUTTING TREES, REMOVED SAFETY GLASSES, CUT MORE WOOD, PIECE OF WOOD GOT INTO PT.'S EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2010 | Age: 49 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, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 49YOM USED A *** YESTERDAY WEARING SAFETY GLASSES SOMETHINGFLEW INTO RT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2010 | 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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| DX RUST RING, R EYE: 36YOM GRINDING METAL W/ EYE PROTECTION SAFTEY GLASSES ON. NOTED AFTER SHOWER FB SENSATION R EYE POSS' METAL SPECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 47YOF, TRYING SUNGLASSES @ *** YEST&GOT POKED INTO EYE WITH THE TAG>>CO RNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 12 YOM CATARACTS S/P LENS PLACEMENT TO EYE. PLAYING AT SCHOOL W/ GOGGLE S ON & BUMPED BY OTHER STUDENT. BLURRY VISION DX TEMP VISION LOSS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2010 | Age: 42 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: Eye protection devices |
| 42YOM, EYE PAIN AFTER POKING SELF INTO EYE WITH SUNGLASSES >>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 28 YO F RESTRAINED PASSENGER IN MVA ROLLOVER AT 75MPH. WEARING SUNGLASS ES WHICH BROKE. C/O EYE PAIN, HEADACHE. DX:MVA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 41 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 |
| 41 YOM WAS TAKING SUNGLASSES OFF WHEN PLASTIC BROKE & METAL SPRUNG INTO EYE. DX: L CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 57YOM WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE GLASSES WHILE GRINDING METAL AND GOT SOMET HING IN LEFT EYE C/O PAIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2010 | 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: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 23YOM POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH SUNGLASSES, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2010 | 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: Eye protection devices |
| 22YO M WAS METAL WORKING 2 DAYS AGO WHEN GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. WAS WEAR ING SAFETY GOGGLES. DX:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 45YOM-POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH SUNGLASSES. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS LEFT EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 49 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: Eye protection devices |
| 49YOM SCRATCHED EYE WITH SUNGLASSES CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2010 | Age: 34 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: Eye protection devices, Saws |
| 34YOM-CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE SAWING WOOD-WAS WEARING SAFETY GLA SSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2010 | Age: 4 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 |
| 4YOF BROTHER POKED PT IN EYE WITH SUNGLASSES LAST NIGHT, EYE PAIN; CORN EAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2010 | 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: Eye protection devices, Soldering equipment |
| 25YOM SOLDERING METAL AT HOME WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN SOMETHING FLEW UNDER GLASSES INTO LT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2010 | Age: 10 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 |
| 10 YO FEMALE PUTTING SUNGLASSES ON AND CUT EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 46 YOM POKED SELF LEFT EYE WITH SUNGLASSES SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2010 | Age: 27 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 |
| EYE FB-27YOM-SAWDUST IN EYES-WEARING SAFETY GLASSES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2010 | Age: 73 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: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX CORNEAL INJ: 73YOM P/W 24HRS L EYE PN. W OPERAT' *** & SOME- THING " KICKED UP" INTO L IEY. WORE SAFETY GLASSES OBJECT PENETRAT' LENS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2010 | Age: 51 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: Eye protection devices |
| 51YOBF PT WAS STRUCK IN L EYE W/SALES TAG FROM SUNGLASSES SHE WAS TRYI NG ON IN STORE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| R SUBCONJ. HEMORRHAGE: 64YOM PUTTING ON SUNGLASSES, GOT POKED IN R EYE REDNESS SCLERA, YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 5 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: Eye protection devices |
| 5YOM ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN EYE WITH SUNGLASSES CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2010 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47YOF, C/O EYE PAIN S/P GETTING TAG O NEW SUNGLASSES IN HER EYE >>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2010 | 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: Eye protection devices, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GOOGLE WEARING 21YOM WAS GRINDING METAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND FEELS LI KE THERE IS METAL IN RIGHT EYE FROM SPARKS.DX:RIGHT CORNEAL METAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Eye protection devices, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 33 YOF WAS TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES WHILE WEARING PROTECTIVE GLASSES & SOMETHING WENT UNDER GLASSES. DX: CORNEAL LAC PROBABLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2010 | Age: 56 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, Tools |
| 56YOM, C/O EYE FB SENSATION AFTER REMOVING THE SAFETY GOGGLE WHOSE FRAM E HAD SAW DUST ON IT, WAS CUTTING WOOD>>R/O EYE FB/IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 34 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 |
| 34YOM HISP WORKING ON THE CAR WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE GOGGLES,STS GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE, DX FOREIGN BODY R EYE - REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2010 | Age: 37 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: Eye protection devices, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| DX FB EYE/RUST RING: 37YOM W/METAL GRIND'; TOOK OFF GOOGLES; PLASTIC CAUGHT ON TABLE & FLICKED METAL DUST PARTICLE INTO L EYE; ~2X1M SHARDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 26 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 |
| CORN ABR. 26 YOF POKED HERSELF IN EYE WITH SUNGLASSES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Eye protection devices |
| 3YOF WAS PLAYING WITH SIBLINGS, AT THE HOUSE, WHEN SHE HIT HER RT EYE WITH A GOGGLE STRAP- EYE RED. DX; ACUTE TRAUMATIC GLAUCOMA, HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/03/2010 | Age: 24 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 |
| 24 YOM POKED SELF IN EYE W/SUNGLASSES. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | 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, Tools |
| 31 YO M CUTTING WOOD WHEN HE THINKS HE GOT A PIECE OF WOOD IN EYE. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. DX:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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