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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 264
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| PIECE OF WIRE HIT HER IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 26 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: Wire |
| PT WAS POKED IN LT EYE BY WIRE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 31 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: Wire |
| END OF WIRE HIT EYE/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | 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: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Wire, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters |
| PT WAS HOLDING A FLASHLITE WHILE FRIEND TRIED TO GET A WIRE IN THE FUSE BOX, ELECTRICAL FLASH OCCURED WHEN WIRES TOUCHED,ULTRAV.KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | 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: Wire |
| RAN INTO A CEILING GRID WIRE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wire |
| 27 YOM C/O EYE PAIN SINCE BEING STRUCK BY A WIRE TWO DAYS AGO, BOTH EYE S RED, DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wire |
| HIT IN L EYE W/WIRE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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