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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 436
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manicuring devices |
| 78 YO F WAS USING TWEEZERS WHEN TWEEZERS SLIPPED AND SHE POKED SELF IN EYE. DX:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manicuring devices |
| POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH TWEEZERS. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 57 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: Manicuring devices |
| 57YOF POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PAIR OF CUTICLE SCISSORS SUSTAI NED AN ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 43 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: Manicuring devices |
| PT WAS PLUCKING OWN EYEBROWS AND POKED SELF IN EYE WITH TWEEZERS DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 31 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manicuring devices |
| REPORTS WAS CUTTING NAILS&THINKS SOMETHING HIT EYE NOW WITH FB SENSTION >>R/O RETAINED FB |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/20/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manicuring devices |
| PT ACCIDENTALL STUCK SELF IN EYE W/ TWEEZERS DX: EYE IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manicuring devices |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SCRATCHED HER EYE WITH TWEEZERS, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 28 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: Manicuring devices |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED HERSELF IN EYE LAST NIGHT WITH TWEEZER. DX - ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manicuring devices |
| PT PUNCTURED EYE WITH TWEEZERS WHILE TRYING TO GET HAIR OFF EYE AND DOG JUMPED UP ON HIM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 54 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: Manicuring devices |
| 54 YOF WAS TWEEZING EYEBROWS AND GOT ONE IN EYE CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2009 | Age: 41 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: Manicuring devices |
| TODAY ACCIDENTALL WHILE TRIMMING FINGER NAILS, A NAIL FLEW HITTING EYE >>CORNEAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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