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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 941
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT WITH KERATITIS TO EYES FROM EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT WITH SUPERFICIAL INJ TO EYES FROM EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2008 | Age: 45 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: Lighting equipment |
| PT RAN INTO A LOW HANGING LIGHT DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | 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: Lighting equipment |
| RIGHT EYE CORN ABR. PT DROPPED A BOOK LIGHT ONTO EYE WHEN READING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT SAYS GLASS LIGHT BROKE AS HE LOOKED UP. DX. FB L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lighting equipment, Drills |
| FB S/P DRILLING LIGHT UP AT HOME CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION 2ND TO MECHANICAL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT WAS EXPOSED TO ARC LIGHT. ACUTE FLASH BURNS OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | 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: Lighting equipment |
| PT WAS CLEANING GLASS LIGHT, WHEN BROKE, GLASS GOT INTO EYE SUSTAIEND " CORNEAL ABRS/FB FEMOVAL'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT GOT GLASS FROM BLACK LIGHT IN EYE. DX: FB R EYE, ANISOCORIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT DOING HOME REPAIR WHEN GLASS LAMP COVER BROKE AND GLASS SHATTERED. D : CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2005 | Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - GOT A PIECE OF GLASS IN EYE WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE SHATT ERED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT GOT FB IN LT EYE WHILE PUTTING IN LIGHT FIXTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lighting equipment, Ceilings and walls |
| PT C/O WAS CLEANING FIXTURE IN CEILING W/GOGGLES - FOREIGN BODY SENSATION TO LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| EXPOSED TO UV LIGHT YESTERDAY. ACUTE KERATITIS-"FLASH BURNS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2003 | Age: 34 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: Lighting equipment |
| LT CORNEAL AB-RAN INTO A LAMP SHADE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 44 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: Lighting equipment |
| LIGHT FIXTURE BROKE AT MALL. DX: L EYE PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PT FELL GETTING POKED IN EYE FROM LAMP POLE DX:CORNEA ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| PUTTING UP LIGHTS IN HIS YARD AT HOME WHEN POKED L EYE ON BRANCH OF TRE E DX FB REMOVAL OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2002 | Age: 37 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: Lighting equipment |
| PATIENT OUTSIDE BY LIGHT WHEN BUG FLEW INTO EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY, EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2001 | Age: 33 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: Lighting equipment, Light bulbs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/1999 | Age: 34 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: Lighting equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/1998 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/1997 | Age: 44 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lighting equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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