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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 157
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/10/2009 | 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: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| 50YOM GRINDING WOOD AT HOME, GOT PIECE IN LEFT EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers, Welding equipment |
| DX KERATITIS BIL: PT W GRIND'G ON A METAL EXHAUST WEAR'G CLEAR GLASSES. THEN STARTED WELD'G EXHAUST ONTO BIKE NOW W BIL EYE IRRITAT'N/REDNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| EYE FB-SHARD OF METAL IN EYE WHILE USING A GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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