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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,034
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 29 YO MALE WAS SPRAYED WITH PEPPER *** CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 41 YO FEMALE SPRAYED IN FACE WITH *** CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 37 YO MALE EXPOSED TO *** CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2002 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS AFTER BEING **** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE AFTER BEING ***D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX:BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM TEAR GAS HE WAS SPRAYED WITH INBRAZIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 35 Y OLD FEMALE WAS SPRAYED WITH *** CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED WITH ***- CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| WAS SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY IN EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 9 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: Personal protection devices |
| CHEMICAL EXPOSURE LT EYE, ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED SELF WITH PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED PEPER SPRAY IN HIS EYES - GOT AHOLD OF MOTHERS ** *- CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 31 YO FEMALE WAS IN ROOM WHEN PEPPER SPRAY WAS SPRAYED THROUGH WINDOW CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED WITH *** AT APPROX 11:30 TODAY, C/O BURNING AND NO VISION IN RT EYE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Chairs |
| 27 YO MALE SPRAYED IN FACE WITH ***, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON CHAIR CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 47 YO MALE GOT SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL WHEN ANOTHER CHILD SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY RESULTING INEY E IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY AT SCHOOL, RESULTING IN A CHEMICAL BURN TO T HE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUST CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES FROM *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 23 YOF ***D CHEMICAL BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 18 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: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT WAS SPRAYED IN EYE WITH *** AT HOME LAST NIGHT, EYE PAIN WITH S WELLING; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| *** IN EYES- CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES- PT. LEFT AMA NO OTHER INFO FOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH PEPPER SPRAY AT HOME 3 NIGHTS AGO, EYES RE D, INTENT NOT MENTIONED; SUBCONJUNCTUAL HEMORRHAGE, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT ACCIDENTILY SPRAYED SELF IN FACE WITH PEPPER SPRAY - CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY DURING TRAINING 1 HR PTA-DX-ACUTE CHEMICAL CO NJUNCTIVITIS, INHALATION INJUYR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT DX OF ACCIDENTALLY SPRAY OF PEPPER SPRAY TO EYES - C/O PEPPEREDSPRAY TO FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| ***D IN EYECHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 34 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: Personal protection devices |
| PT DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS - PT C/O "MY EYES ARE BURN-I NG" EYES WERE PEPPER SPRAYED AFTER HE GOT AGITATED IN THE HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PEPPER SPRAY IN FACECHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| RT EYE CHEMICAL IRRITATION - SPRAYED WITH *** "LWBS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 27 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH ***. EYES BURNING. NO DETAILS AS TOINTENT. D: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| ***D BY POLICECHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SPRAYED SELF IN FACE WITH ***,REDNESS AND TEARING OF EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED IN EYES WITH PEPPER SPRAY, CONJUNTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 55 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: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT INHALED PEPPER SPRAIN, SYNCOPIAL EPISODE. DX-EYE IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 21 YO F HAD *** SPRAYED IN EYES CHEMICAL INSULT-EYE CHEMICAL INSULT-EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 19 YO M HAD *** SPRAYED IN FACE CHEMICAL INSULT-EYE CHEMICAL INSULT-EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| *** SPRAYED IN FACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT WAS ***D CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY PEPPER SPRAY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 45 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: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 45 YO M SPRAYED W/*** TO EYE CORNEAL EDEMA CORNEAL EDEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT WAS ***D IN FACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED PEPPER SPRAY TO EYE LAST NIGHT. INTENT UNSTATED. D: CHEMICAL IRRITATION, EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT. WAS SPRAYED IN THE FACE WITH *** WHILE AT SCHOOL. RESULTING IN A CH EMICAL BURN TO THE EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY INTO EYES ACCIDENTALLY DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - TRIED TO SPRAY PEPPER SPRAY ON A DOG THAT WAS S CHASING HIM AND THE WIND BLEW THE SPRAY INTO HIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2002 | Age: 22 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 22 YO M ***D TO EYES CAUSING TO BURN CHEMICAL INSULT -EYE CHEMICAL INSULT -EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | 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: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS ***D TO EYE, NO DETAILS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| CHEMICAL BURNS BOTH EYES AND SKIN IRRITATION WHEN SPRAYED PEPPER S PRAY ON SELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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