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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,576
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 33 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 33 Y/O TRYING TO FIX HIS CAR GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE USING A GRINDER DX-FOREIGN BODY CONJUNCTIVA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| 30YO HISP MALE SANDING PAINT FROM A CAR-STS PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO R EYE,BLURRED VISION,DX FOREIGN BODY-CORNEAL(REMOVED),CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, House repair or construction materials |
| PT SEIZURE HX LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND HIT CEMENT POST IN MVC.DX:AMS,S/P MVC,TRAUMATIC IRITIS OF RIGHT EYE AND HYPHEMA. ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 38 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Eye protection devices |
| R EYE CORNEAL ABRAS/38YOM STS SOMETHING FELL IN EYE WHILE WORKING UNDER TRUCK. WAS WEARING GOGGLES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WAS WORKING ON CAR GRINDING METAL & A PC FLEW INTO EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 64 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Gasoline |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS L EYE, PT WAS CHANGING FUEL FILTER IN CAR WHEN GAS FUEL SPRAYED BACK AND GOT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT GOT FB IN LT EYE SINCE SANDING TRUCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Hammers |
| WAS HAMMERING ON A CAR BATTERY AT DAD'S HOME ONE WEEK AGO AND GOT SPRAYED IN RIGHT EYE, WHEN IT BROKE EYE BURNING. DX CAUSTIC EYE SLASH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| CUTTING AUTO FENDER IN TWO WITH GRINDER GOT SOMETHING IN EYE RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 31 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Batteries |
| PRESENTS WITH EYE FOREING BODY SENSATION, BURNING SENSATIN AFTER ACCIDE NTALLY GETTING GREEN ERROSION MATERIAL OFF OF CAR BATTERY TERMINAL>CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 19 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| 19 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE GRINDING ON TRUCK GOT SOMETHING IN EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Automotive chemicals |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME AND GOT BRAKE FLUID IN RIGHT EYE CHEM ICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AT HOME WHEN HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN RT EYE WITH A WRENCH. DX - RT CORNEAL ABRAS, RT EYELID LAC, RT CONJUNC LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Antifreeze |
| PT WORKING ON CAR AT HOME AND RADIATOR BLEW UP AND HE GOT SPLASHED IN E YES WITH ANTI FREEZE DX// BILAT CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 2 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Automotive tools or accessories |
| ^PT POKED IN EYE BY RETRACTABLE SUN SHADE FROM CAR WINDOW, EYE PAIN ; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 23 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Power saws |
| CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY: WORKING ON HIS TRUCK WITH SAWZAW CUTTING PIPE POSSIBLE METAL LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Welding equipment |
| EYE FB-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE GRINDING & WELDING WHILE RESTORING A CAR-@ H OME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Chemicals |
| GOT *** IN EYES LAST PM WHILE WORKING ON HIS CAR. DX-BILATERAL EYE PAIN AND EXPOSURE TO ***. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Automotive chemicals |
| PT WORKING ON HIS CAR WHEN SOME OF THE AUTOMTIVE FLUIDS GOT IN EYE CHEM ICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 34 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Eye protection devices |
| ABRASION CORNEA - 34 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE PAIN - RELATES "I WAS ADJUSTING MY SUNGLASSES WHILE DRIVING AND THEY SNAPPED & POKED EYE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 18 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WHILE GRINDING ON CAR GOT SOMETHING IN EYE/ DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | 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: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Welding equipment |
| FLASH BURN BIL EYES-C/O IRRITATION TO BIL EYES AFTER WELDING WHILE WORK ING ON CARS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 6 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Fuel storage tanks |
| 6 YO F CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHILD WAS FILLING GAS TANK WITH GRANDMA WHEN LEVER POPPED OUT OF CAR AND SPLASHED GAS IN FACE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| ^FB TO LEFT EYE WHILE BUFFING PAINT OF OF TRUCK DX; FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Batteries |
| PT WORKING ON HIS CAR AND BATTERY ACID SPLASHED INTO EYES CHEMICAL BURN S TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT WAS CLEANING BACK OF TRUCK AND HANGER FLEW UP AND STUCK HIM IN EYE DX:RT EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT WORKING ON CAR WITH METAL GRINDER AND GOT METAL IN EYE DX// LEFT EYE FB RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 40 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: Other |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Gasoline |
| 10 DAYS AGO @ GAS STATION PUMPING GAS INTO CAR, SOME ONE PULLED FIRE HA NDLE&GOT SHOWERED WITH WHITE POWERDER, NOW WITH EYE PAIN>> STY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 66 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Batteries |
| WHILE CHANGING CAR BATTERY, PT STATES ACID SPLASHED IN FACE, EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Welding equipment |
| WATCHING MUFFLER BEING WELDED ONTO CAR, R EYE PAIN, BURNED BY LARGE FOREIGN BODY, REMOVED DX R EYE FB WITH ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 71 YOM WAS USING AIR HOSE TO BLOW OFF TOP OF CAR AND GOT SOMETHING IN E YE SUSTAINING CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN WORKING ON HIS CARS EXHAUST SYSTEM,USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT F.B. IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL F.B. REMOVED FRON RT.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Gasoline |
| WORKING UNDER CAR, GASOLINE SPILLEDINTO EAR AND EYE/ EXPOSURE TO GASOLI NE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 19 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Eyeglasses |
| FB SENSATION L EYE;NO FB FOUND/19YOM STS WAS WORKING UNDER CAR & NOW FE EL FB SENSATION L EYE.WAS WEARING GLASSES AT THE TIME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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