Accidents - Log splitters - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 75
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2004:	69
Year 2009:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 8 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: Log splitters
8YOM PT HELPING DAD CHOP WOOD. DAD USING WOOD SPLITTER WHEN PIECE FLEW OUT AND HIT PT IN L EYE. PAIN, FB SENS. DX FB L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 12 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: Log splitters
EMBEDDED FREIGN BODY RT EYE, SPLITTING WOOD AND WIND PICKED UP BLOWING WOOD OR COAL SHAVINGS, SOMETHING WENT INTO HER EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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