Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,138
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Date: 12/21/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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, Hammers
PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO RT EYE (NAIL) - DUE TO HAMMERING LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 43 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
43 Y/O M C/O EYE INJURY - WITH NAIL. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE, ACUTE EYE PAIN RIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 28 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT C/O PAIN TO LT EYE AND BLURRED VISION S/P HAMMERING A NAIL THAT FLEW AND HIT HIS LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	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
PT WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH A NAIL DX: CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORAGE +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 32 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
STATES SCREW WENT INTO R EYE.BLURRED VISION.DX CONJUNCTIVAL ABR OD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 44 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, Hammers
HIT IN THE R EYE WITH A NAIL WHILE HAMMERING. R EYE LAC TO SCLERA AND CORNEA $
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
31 YOM HIT IN EYE W/ SCREW LAC EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 36 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
36 YO M HIT IN EYE WITH A SCREW CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 27 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 HAMMERING A NAIL WHEN IT POPPED UP STRIKING LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 29 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
FB IN EYE - PEICE OF SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PULLING A NAIL OUT AND IT CAME BACK AND HIT LT EYE DX: LT SUBCONJUNC TIVAL HEMORRHAGE TO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 28 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 CUTTING A NAIL AND METAL WENT INTO EYE. DX: R EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT STRUCK IN EYE BY NAIL FROM NAIL GUN. DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVE HEMORRHAGE RIGHT EYE FROM TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 35 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
REFERS TRAUMA TO RT.EYE WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHANGING OIL IN HIS CAR AT HOME, OPENED UP A NUT & IT WAS ANTIFREEZE, I T SPLASHED INTO BOTH HIS EYES. DX ANTIFREEZE EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
@ HOME TODAY, CUT A STEEL SCREW-FEELS LIKE PIECE IS IN LT EYE. LT CORNE AL AB@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 37 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
SCREW FLEW INTO EYE 30 MIN PTA-DX- ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION, ABRASION OF R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 36 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, Hammers
PT WAS HAMMERING A NAIL. DX: FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 49 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
PT WORKING WITH A PIECE OF WOOD AT HOME WHIUCH HAD A NAIL IN IT THE WOO D FLIPPED UP AND THE NAIL STRUCK RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 38 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
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION - HIT IN THE EYE WITH A NAIL @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2002	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
32 YO M HIT IN EYE W/NAIL CORNEAL ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2002	Age: 40 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, Floors or flooring materials
WORKING ON TEARING UP WOODEN FLOOR AT HOME AT 1600, HE FEELS A NAIL MAY HAVE HIT HIS RIGHT EYE & GLANCED OFF. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	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
DOING UPHOLSTERY WORK AND WAS STRUCK IN EYE WITH A NAIL DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 33 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
PT DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS - S/P HIT BY BOLT IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 50 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, Hammers
CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYEBALL, PT STS HAMMERING A NAIL & SOMETHING FELL INTO HIS EYEBALL, C/O BLURRED VISION AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
ACUTE RT EYE CONTUSION-HIT A NAIL WITH A HAMMER THE NAIL BOUNCED B ACK AND HIT LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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