Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2004 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,067
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	281
16-25 years old:	651
26-50 years old:	653
50+ years old:	474

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS HITTING A NAIL AND IT FLIPPED OUT HITTING HIM IN THE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 24 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
TRAUMA RT.EYE.PT.REFERS WHILE PUTTING NAIL IN WALL,NAIL BOUNCE BACK HI TTING EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT PULLING NAIL OUT OF WALL GOT SOMETHING IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 28 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
WHILE HAMMERING A NAIL INTO A BOARD, NAIL HIT EYE CAUSING ABRASION TO E YE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 62 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH NAIL FROM BOARD - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
19 YO MALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH NAIL WHEN HE HIT A KNOT ON THE WALL BLUNT TRAUMA RIGHT GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
CORNEAL ABRASION - 22 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER NAILING A WALL FOR 3 -4 HOURS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENTLY POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH A TACK. DX: RIGHT EYE SUPERFICIAL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 24 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PIECE OF NAIL IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Wood paneling and particleboard
PT WAS REMOVING A WOOD PANELING FROM THE SIDE OF HIS HOUSE WHEN A NAIL STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 34 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
34 YO M STATES SOMEONE PULLED NAIL OUT OF SOMETHING NAIL HIT IN EYE EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT WAS HAMMERING A NAIL AT HOME WHEN IT POPPED UP IN HIS RIGHT EYE ABRA SION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Lubricants
WHILE SPRAYING *** ON BOLT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL ON STREET, TIP OF NAIL WENT INTO EYE; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMO RRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PIECE OF SCREW FLEW IN EYE - CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2004	Age: 6 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD PLAYING WITH FRIEND AT FRIEND'S HOUSE WHEN SCRATCHED ON EYE WITH SCREW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH BLUNT END OF METAL SCREW CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CORNEAL FB-PIECE OF GALVANIZED NAIL HIT PT'S EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tools
RIGHT EYE FB. PT WAS CUTTING ON A BOLT WHEN A PIECE FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CORNEAL ABRASION, HIT IN EYE BY SCREW THROWN BY BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 28 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FLEW BACK FROM NAIL GUN, HIT EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
29 YOM HAS LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION FROM A NAIL FLYING BACK IN EYE .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
52 YOF HAD A SCREW FROM DOOR IN LEFT EYE CAUSING CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/NAIL FROM NAIL GUN. DX: L EYE INJURY W/VISION LOSS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS DOING SOME CARPENTRY WORK WHEN A FINISHING NAIL FLEW UP AND STR UCK HIM DIRECTLY IN THE LEFT EYEBALL. DX: LEFT EYE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT EYE WITH A NAIL DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/RUSTY SCREW. DX: R CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 20 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
EYE PAIN-CAUSED BY FB WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT & CAUSED DEBRIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
50 YEAR OLD FEMALE SCRATCHED LEFT EYE WITH NAIL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POKED EYE WITH THUMB TACK DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A SCREW WHILE WORKING AT HOM E ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
HIT EYE WITH A NAIL WHILE HAMMERING DX: R EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
52 YO MALE WAS GRINDING A NAIL WHEN THE DUST FLEW INTO EYE F/B CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
F.B R EYEBALL, FATHER STS PT WORKING UNDER THE CAR, A SCREW FELL INTO EYE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, ITCHING, ERYTHEMA, SCLERA, PUPILS NML.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT WAS HAMMERING A SCREW TO A SEAT AND SCREW FLEW UP AND HIT PT IN EYE. D: PENETRATING INJURY TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CORNEAL ABRASION LT EYE, STRUCK IN EYE WITH A NAIL IN SHOP CLASS AT SCHOOL, WAS WEARING CONTACTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cutting torches
PT. STATES WORKING ON CAR YEST AT HOME, CUTTING BOLT W/TORCH, RUST FROM CAR FELL IN EYE. DX. FB L EYE/W/RESIDUAL MATERIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GOT STRUCK IN EYE WITH A NAIL AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS USING SCREWS AND A PIECE OF ONE WENT INTO HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB RT EYE WITH CORNEAL ABRASION.PT HAD TIP OF A NAIL GO INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CONTUSED EYE WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
26 Y.O. W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT GOT A PIECE OF NAIL IN EYE @ HOME . E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 19 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT DX INJURY TO LT EYE - S/P NAIL HIT EYE WHILE HAMMERING NAIL BOUNCED BACK AND HIT IN EYES 2 WEEKS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
44 Y.O. W MALE W/PW TO EYE. PT GOT STRUCK IN THE EYE W/A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 67 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE GOING IN ATTIC HE RAN INTO A NAIL, HITTING HIMSELF IN THE EYE DX RT EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 14 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
R EYE INJ/14YOM STS HE GOT A NAIL IN THE R EYE. STS HAMMER AND NAIL FLE W BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. STS CAN ONLY SEE OUTLINES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 44 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PULLED A THUMB TACK OUT OF WALL AND HIT HER EYE DX ABR TO EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
36 Y.O. W MALE W/LAC TO EYE. PT STS A NAIL WAS STICKING OUT OF A CABINE T @ HOME. E9208 PT ADM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 16 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Aerosol containers
16 YO MALE WAS HINGING A PICTURE AND USING FURNITURE POLISH, NAIL PENET RATED CAN AND POLISH SPRAYED IN EYES - CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL FLEW INTO EYE WHEN PULLING DX. CORNEAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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