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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,598
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 73 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: Ceilings and walls |
| 73YOF, REPORTS SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FB SENSATION WHILE CLEANING THE CEIL ING VS GOT POPCORN FLAKE INTO EYE>>CONJ ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2009 | Age: 5 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: Ceilings and walls |
| CORNEAL AB-5 Y/O M-FOR DRYWALL DUST IN EYE THROUGH A HOLE IN THE WALL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 30 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT RAN INTO A CEMENT WALL INJURING EYE. DX CONTUSION OF EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2009 | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| 49 YOM, CLEANING COBWEBS OFF OF CEILING, PIECE OF CIELING FELL IN EYE, ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Age: 13 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: Ceilings and walls, Tapes |
| PT PULLING TAPE OFF OF CEILING AT SCHOOL WHEN SOMETHING FELL INTO HIS R EYE. STILL HAS TEARING, REDNESS. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 3 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: Ceilings and walls, Other toys |
| 3YOF LOOKING AT THE CIELING WHEN A GLOW IN THE DARK CIELING STICK ON ST AR FELL OFF INTO EYE ABRASION ARE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX PAIN IN OR AROUND LT EYE - SECONDARY TO FALLING DEBRIS FROM CEILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| WHILE CLEANING GARAGE CEILING SOMETHING FELL IN L EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION CHEMOSIS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT REPORTS FALLING YESTERDAY AFTER DRINKING BEER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A WALL. TREATED FOR CORNEAL ABRASION* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2009 | Age: 35 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: Ceilings and walls |
| 35YOM WAS CHISELING A WALL YESTERDAY HAD A FOREIGN BODY FLY INTO RT EYE ;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 57 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS TEARING DOWN A WALL AT HOME AND GOT A PIECE OF THE WALL IN RIGH T EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX CONTUSION OF LT EYE - S/P PT RAN INTO A WALL AND HIT HIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE PUTTING UP CEILING TILE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WALKED INTO WALL RESULTING IN RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| RUNNING AND RAN INTO A WALL. DX SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - S/P CEILING DEBRIS FELL ON EYE,DIRECTBL OW FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT A PIECE OF CEILING FELL INTO EYE AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 43 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: Ceilings and walls |
| WAS LIFTING UP CEILING TILES&FELT LIKE SOMETHING FELL INTO EYE >>FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT SUSTAINED EYE LACERAITON WHEN BUMPED AGAINST THE WALL.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HAD DUST DROP FROM CEILING INTO HER L EYE. HAS BEEN RUBBING IT, STIL L HAS FB SENS, REDNESS, TEARING. DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Wallpaper |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE - 42 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH EYE PAIN AFTER GETTING SPECK OF MATERIAL IN IT WHEN REMOVING OLD WALLPAPER FROM HER WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Painting equipment, powered |
| WAS PAINTING CEILING AND EYES STARTED BURNING CORNEIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| CORNEAL AB-PIECE OF CEILING TILE FELL IN EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| 59YOF SCRAPING OLD PAINT FROM WALL AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF PAINT FLEW INTO RT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASIONS AFTER SOMETHING FELL FROM THE CEILING AND WENT INTO EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 44 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: Ceilings and walls |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS/44YOM C/O L EYE PAIN AFTER KILLING AN ANT ON THE CEILIN G. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 2 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT RUBBING EYE, NOW C/O EYELID SWELLING, REDNESS AND PAIN, ALSO RAN INT O WALL TODAY; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX OREIGN BODY TO RT EYE - C/O FOREIGN BODY IN EYE FROM CEILING YILES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | Age: 21 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WORKING ON CEILING AT CHURCH AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX// FB LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 24 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: Ceilings and walls, Aerosol containers |
| R EYE PAIN BURNING, REDNESS WHEN CLEANING E CEILING W SOME SPRAY. CONJUCTI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2009 | Age: 23 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY IN LT EYE - S/P PT C/O CEILING FELL ON HIS HEAD AT HOME LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| WAS INSTALLING CEILING TILE IN HIS GARAGE WHEN A PIECE OF TILE FELL INT O R EYE DX- EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| EYE FB-DEBRIS FROM CEILING TILE FELL IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| FB SENSATION WHILE INSTALLILNG CEILING/ FB OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WALKED INTO A GLASS WALL HITTING EYE. DX EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/20/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Fans |
| PT A PIECE OF CEILING TILE FLEW OFF CEILING FAN DX// FB RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL THIS AM STRUCK RIGHT EYE ON THE CORNER OF THE WALL NOW THERE IS BLOOD IN THE EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| DUST FROM CEILING FELL ON EYE. CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HAD EYE PX WHILE SCRAPING CEILING. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2009 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| EYE CT FALLING AGINST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2009 | Age: 70 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: Ceilings and walls |
| 70 YO M CORNEAL ABRASIOIN GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE PUTTING CEILING TILE IN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 34 YO M FOREIGN BODY IN EYE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE INSTALLING CEILING TILES* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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