Accidents - Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,870
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Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; F.B. O.S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WHILE GRINDING METAL, GOT PIECE INTO EYES. NO GOGGLES DX: FOREIGN BODY RT. EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION LT. EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
USING A HIGH SPEED GRINDER ON METAL ,FELT FOREIGN BODY STRIKE O.U. DX F.B. IN O.U.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER GRINDER & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE .DX; F.B. REMOVAL RT.EYE WITH RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AT HOME, GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 50 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING METAL AROUND 1630, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN R EYE. DX. FB R EYE - LEFT W/O BEING SEEN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 44 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
DX: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY REMOVED. USING ELECTRIC GRINDER , SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW OOFF AND INTO L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WAS AROUNG BROTHER WHO WAS GRINDING, NOW WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE. FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FOREIGN BODY L EYE FROM GRINDING METAL.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME WITH A POWER GRINDER NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE E YE WEAR GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RI GHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A GRINDING WHEEL AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
42 YOM USING METAL GRINDER PIECE OF METAL IN EYE F'BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING POWER GRINDER AT HOME, FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT USING A POWER GRINDER WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS GRINDING ALUMINUM AND SOME FLEW IN PTS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 50 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
USING A METAL GRINDER AND SOME METAL SHAVINGS FLEW INTO L EYE DX CORNEA L ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING & GOT METAL IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 27 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WORKING ON HIS CAR USING A GRINDER SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE B. REMOVED R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB WITH RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS GRINDING AT HOME AND METAL FLEW IN P TS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY, EYE PAIN SINCE/FB LT EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Eye protection devices
=41YOM AT HOME GRINDING WITH GOOGLES ON FB EYE DX/FB EYE LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FOREIGN BODY EYE - VICTIM STATES HE WAS GRINDING ON HIS CAR AND NOW HAS PAIN AND IRRITATION IN HIS LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PATIENT WAS USING A GRINDER AT HOME AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
INJURED WHILE GRINDING SHEET METAL. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT GRINDING ON SOME METAL FROM TRUCK AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
RT CORNEAL FB-GRINDING METAL-4 DAYS PTA-LOCALE NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
46 YOF USING GRINDER PIECE OF METAL IN EYE F'BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE-WHILE USING A GRINDING WHEEL @ HOME YESTERDAY GOT METAL IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 46 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
46YOM-FOREIGN BODY-RIGHT EYE-PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 46 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PATIENT HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE SINCE GRINDING METAL ONE WEEK AGO. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM GRINDER DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FOREIGN BODY OD CORNEA - EYE IRRITATION AFTER GRINDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB SENSATION RT EYE SINCE GRINDING SATURDAY/FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
28YOWM USING GRINDING MACHINE METAL FRAG. GOT IN EYE DX: R EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	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: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY OD - GOT METAL IN EYE WHEN GRINDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 46 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: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
SUNDAY WAS GRINDING METAL AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE CORNEAL ABRAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
BILATERAL EYE PAIN-FROM ? FBS-@ HOME-GRINDING AN ALLEN WRENCH-META L HIT HIS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WAS USING A GRINDER GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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