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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,165
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 49 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: Pipes |
| STATES SHE STUCK METAL ROD IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2003 | Age: 13 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: Pipes, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH PVC PIPE BY FRIEND. FRIEND FOUND IT IN DUMPSTER, BRO KE IT AND & IT HIT PT'S EYE. D: CORNEAL ABARSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN BENT DOWN ON STEEL BAR AND POKED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 25 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: Pipes |
| RT CORNEAL AB-? CAST IRON FRAGMENT IN EYE WHILE WORKING ON PLUMBING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| METAL BAR HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| DOING PLUMBING AT HOME YESTERDAY AND GOT DUST IN HIS EYES, PAINFUL RIGH T EYE, SENSITIVE TO LIGHTS. DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2003 | Age: 32 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: Pipes |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH A SMALL STEEL ROD, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 2 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: Pipes |
| CHILD PLAYING IN YARD, FELL AND HIT PIECE OF PIPE. GOT DIRT IN EYE. ALS O HIT HIMSELF AS HE COULDN'T SEE WELL. D: CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2003 | Age: 3 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: Pipes |
| PT POKED SELF IN LT EYE WITH A METAL PIPE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| FB IN RT EYE WHILE WORKING WITH PIPES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2003 | Age: 37 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: Pipes |
| PT GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHEN CUTTING PIPE AT HOME DX:CORNEA ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 54 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: Pipes, Tools |
| 54 YOM USING GRINDER ON IRON PIPE F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 39 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: Other |
| Product: Pipes |
| STRUCK IN EYE WITH PIPE - HYPHEMA RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes, Saws |
| PT SAWING PVC PIPE WHEN A PIECE GOT IN HIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 31 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: Pipes |
| PATIENT CUT A PEICE OF PLASTIC PIPE. POSSIBLE GOT SOME OF IT IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | 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: Pipes |
| PT CUTTING PIPE OVER HIS HEAD & IT BROKE. FOREIGN BODY CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN THE EYE WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPING ABR ASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 20 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: Pipes |
| 20 YO FEMALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH METAL BAR CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH METAL ROD, LARGE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA, QUESTION CORNEAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT PLAYING WITH SIBLING WHEN SHE WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PIPE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT WAS RIDING IN A BUS WHEN BUS HIT A PIPE - GLASS SHATTERED AND PT C/O GLASS IN EYES. D; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT WAS A PASSENGER IN A BUS WHEN BUS HIT A PIPE - PIPE BROKE GLASS AND GLASS SHATTERED , PT C/O GLASS IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| 4 YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A PIECE OF PVC PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| HIT EYE WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PIECE OF WOOD LOG FLEW INTO LT. EYE AFTER POKED W/ METAL PIPE DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes, Acids |
| PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION/CHEMICAL BURN - S/P EYES SPLASHED WITH SOLUTION W/SULFURIC ACID WHILE CLEANING PIPES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pipes |
| HEMATOMA EYEBALL WHEN HIT WITH METAL BAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT WAS CUTTING A PVC PIPE AT HOME YESTERDAY WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF PLAS TIC IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2003 | Age: 36 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: Other |
| Product: Pipes, Hot water |
| PT SPLASHED HOT WATER IN EYE WHILE WORKING WITH PIPES, EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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