Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 26-50 years old - Year 2007 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,010
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Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WALKED INTO NAIL IN ATTIC/PW EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2007	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
PT METAL GOT IN EYE WHEN HE USED A CUTTER TO CUT A BOLT AT HOME DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 50 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, Eyeglasses
CORNEAL AB-HIT W/A NAIL THAT WENT UNDER READING GLASSES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 37 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
PT POKJED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A NAIL SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 50 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
PT DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS/LACERATION OF LT EYEBROW - S/P TRAUMA WITH NAIL TO LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2007	Age: 47 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 HIT IN EYE W/NAIL LAST PM DX; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
HITTING NAIL WITH HAMMER & HAMMER SLIPPED, NAIL HIT EYE DX GLOBE RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 41 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
41YOM WAS AT HOME SCREWING A SCREW WHEN THE HEAD OF THE SCREW,FLEW UP HITTING HIM IN RIGHT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	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
PT WAS NAILING AT HOME AND A NAIL FLEW UP & HIT PT IN EYE DX: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 29 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
PT WAS SCREWING IN A SCREW AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 32 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
C/O CUTTING NAILS, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE, DX; FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	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, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered
EYEBALL LAC-ACCIDENTLY HIT IN EYE W/A SCREW WHILE CHANGING STRING ON ** *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS POUNDING NAILS AND GOT A PIECE OF ONE IN HIS EYE. DX: FB LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 26 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
PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A RUSTY NAIL, EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
38 YOM STATES A NAIL HIT HIS LEFT EYE, C/O EYE PAIN AND BLURRED VISION, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 HIT IN EYE WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN 2 DAYS AGO HAS PAIN DX// RIGHT EYE PAIN EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 46 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, Fences or fence posts
NAIL HIT EYE WHILE WORKING ON FENCE DX SCLERA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 29 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
29 YOM WAS STRUCK IN L EYE BY NAIL - ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 37 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
PT WAS POPPED IN THE LEFT EYE YESTERDAY ACCIDENTLY WITH A SCREW SUSTAI ED AN ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 LEFT EYE-C/O PAIN TO LEFT EYE WHEN A BLUNT END OF A NA IL FLEW UP AND HIT HER IN THE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 45 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS PUTTING A METAL TRACK ONTO FLOOR & SCREW POPPED BACK INTO EYE EYEBALL PUNCTURE W/FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2007	Age: 28 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
POSSIBLE FB IN L EYE, NAIL BROKE AND HIT IN EYE, DX; EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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