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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,748
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 28 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN, GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE *** AT HOME.DX-CORNE AL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM DEBRIS FROM *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE USING LAWN TRIMMER AT H OME. DX: LT EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 44YMC USING *** AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE NOT WEARING EYEPROTECTION/C ONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 41 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WHILE WEEDING GOT HIT IN EYE WITH PIECE OF WOOD AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 41 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE ***. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 33 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CORNEAL ABRASION POSSIBLE FB WHILE WEED EATING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| EYE FB-DEBRIS HIT EYE WHILE USING A ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 32 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| POSS PIECE OF WEED IN EYE FROM ***. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION /FOREIGN BOD Y |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 38 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** HIS YARD YESTERDAY WHEN STRUCK IN EYE WITH AN OBJECT, C/OPAIN TO EY E. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT USING A *** AND A PIECE OF DIRT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 41 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 41 YO MALE REPORTS *** THIS AM AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO RIGHT EYE - CORNEAL FB AT 8 OCLOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE USING A *** AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** & HAD A STICK HIT HIM IN EYEDX: LARGE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRAS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** ON 1 WK AGO AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT PT IN EY E. D: CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 38 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYES AFTER *** IN YARD. LPTMS. MS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 47 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 47 YOM WAS USING A *** AND WAS STRUCK LEFT EYE BY A ROCK THAT HAD BEEN KICKED UP SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 32 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 32 YO USING *** HIT IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING A *** WHEN FELT SOMETHING HIT PT IN R EYE FEELS IT MIGHT S TILL BE THERE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 43 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| *** WACKING AND SOMETHING FLEW IN MY EYE. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE *** DX; EYE INJ DX; EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING ***, FELT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO RIGHT E YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ***, SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. DX CORNEAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| INJURED WHILE *** AT HOME. LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS FLEW INTO EYE WHILE USING A ***-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 27 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| WHILE *** ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT PT IN EYEDX; CORNEAL AB DX; CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 48 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered, Eyeglasses |
| 48 YO MALE WAS USING *** AND ROCK FLEW UNDER GLASSES CORNEAL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 27 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| LT CORNEAL F.B. (REMOVED: USING *** YESTERDAY, FELT SOMETHING LT EYE LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 26 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING *** AND WAS STRUCK IN EYE W/ROCK. DX: R CORNEAL ABR. DX: R CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK WITH A *** AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| HIT IN EYE WHILE *** DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 38 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS *** AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYEDX: CORNEAL AB DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| 32 YO USING *** GOT SOMETHING IN EYE CONJUNCTIVAL EYE CONJUNCTIVAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 28 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: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| DX RIGHT EYE PAIN: S/P ROCK OR FB INTO EYE FROM HUSBAND WHO WAS USING A *** MACHINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE FROM A FB WHILE "***". |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| USING ***, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WAS USING AN ELECTRIC *** AND A BLADE OF GRASS WENT INTO LEFTEYE COR NEAL ARASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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