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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,983
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS TEARING OUT DRYWALL AND SOME FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 28 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO EYE FROM PLASTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| GOT PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE FROM ALUMINUM SIDING ON TUESDAY. FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE-REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS REMOVING DRYWALL AND SOME WENT INTO PTS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUTTING SHEET METAL F.B. LEFT EYE F.B. RIGHT CORNIEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| WAS UNDER HOUSE WORKING AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 43YOM WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 26 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: House repair or construction materials |
| WOOD CHIP FLEW IN LT EYE WHILE SAWING BOARD. CORNEAL ABRASION LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WORKING ON ROOF AT HOME SPLASHED TAR IN LEFT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIV ITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 26 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: House repair or construction materials, Eyeglasses |
| CORNEAL ABRASIONS, BOTH EYES, WAS TRIMMING FASCIA ON HOUSE AND SAW DUST FLEW INTO EYES, WEARING GLASSES, NOT STATED WHAT WAS USED TO TRIM WITH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RT EYE PAIN-PT STATES HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RT EYE THIS A.M. WHILE HA NGING DRY WALL. CONTINUES TO HAVE PAIN AND IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| / 26 YEAR OLD MALE INJ TO EYE WITH ROOFING SHINGLE AT HOME DX ABRASION RT CORNEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 33 YOF STATES SHE GOT A PIECE OF DRYWALL INTO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING ON PATIO COVER, GOT WOOD CHIP INTO RT. EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY RT. EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 47 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 47 YO MALE HAD CEMENT SPLASH IN EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUTTING ROOF TILES LAST NIGHT AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| GOT DRY WALL DUST INTO LEFT EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT DOING WORK ON HIS PATIO AT HOME WHEN THE WIND BLEW MORTER INTO RIGHT EYE CONJUNTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PIECE OF DRYWALL WENT INTO EYE, FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 30 YR OLD MALE WITH RIGHT EYE PAIN. HE THINKS HE GOT A PIECE OF PLASTER IN HIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 34 YOM C/O PAIN TO L EYE WHILE ROOFING DX;L. CORNEAL SCRATCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| HIT IN EYE WITH A BRICKLEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| TILE PARTICLES IN EYES 1 HR PTA-DX-ACUTE R EYE INJURY POSSIBLE CORNEALA BRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Eye protection devices |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS HE HAS A METAL CHIP IN LEFT EYE ANDS TATES HE HAD BEEN CUTTING METAL ROOFING - WAS WEARING GOGGLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WALKING PAST CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE THEYWER E DOING CONCRETE DEMOLITION. D: EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 29 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: House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING ON ROOFLEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 28 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: House repair or construction materials |
| CUTTING SHEET METAL, FB IN EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT PAINTING AND PLASTERING PARTICLES IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FB LEFT EYE.PT HAS SOME METAL SIDING GO INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 42 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: House repair or construction materials, Saws |
| 42-YOM SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF HIS CORNEA AS A RESULT OF SAWING A *** BOARD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT WAS "GUTTING" A HOUSE HE PURCHASED AND BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE GOT TEN PLASTER IN HIS EYES, AROUND 1600-1700. DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 48 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: House repair or construction materials |
| RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS-AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO DRYWALL DUST AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT HAD SOMETHING IN EYE SINCE BUILDING ROOF ON HIS DECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 43 YOM WAS CUTTING METAL SIDING; A SMALL PIECE SCRATCHED HIS LEFT EYE.C ONJUNCTIVITIS, LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2002 | Age: 39 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT STRUCK IN EYE WITH PLASTER BOARD, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT HAS BEEN HANGING SHEETROCK AND DUST GOT IN EYES 3 WEEKS AGO. DX: DENDRITIC LESION L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 32 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: House repair or construction materials |
| ABRASION CORNEA - VICTIM REMOVING PLASTER GOT A SPECK IN EYE - PRESENTS RED, IRRITATED EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT GOT A PIECE OF METAL FROM SHEET METAL THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH IN HIS EYE; FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 46 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: House repair or construction materials |
| POSSIBLY GOT DRYWALL INTO EYE DX: EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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