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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 897
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PATIENT GOT GLASS IN EYE WHEN CHANGING BROKEN LIGHT BULB; FB WITH POSSI BLE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DEVELOPED BURNING TO EYES FROM LIGHTBULB THAT WAS SMOKING DX: SMOKE EXPOSURE TO EYES FROM LIGHTBULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 28 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PATIENT WITH EYE PAIN. ONE WEEK AGO, LIGHT BULB BROKE AND PIECE MAY HAV E GOTTEN INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB SHATTERED IN CLASS ROOM-GLASS IN EYE AT SCHOOL LACERATION SCLERA RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 30 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: Light bulbs |
| PT SUS CONT TO EYE BY A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| A PIECE OF LIGHTBULB WENT INTO EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 60 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: Light bulbs |
| 60 YOWM WAS LOOKING UP AT A FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB WHEN IT BROKE SHOWER ING PT IN GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| A LIGHT BULB BROKE AND GOT GLASS IN PATIENT'S EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT GOT PIECE OF BROKEN LIGHTBULB IN EYE, LACERATION R EYE CORNEAL ABRAS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| POSSIBLY GOT PIECE OF BROKEN LIGHTBULB IN EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 53 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: Light bulbs |
| CHANGING LIGHT BULB BROKE GLASS IN EYE..FB IN EYE RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX RT EYE PAIN PT STATES X2 DAYS AGO WAS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE IN HIS FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | 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: Light bulbs |
| LIGHT BULB BROKE AND GLASS FELL INTO EYES. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT GOT SOME PIECES OF A LITE BULB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 30 YOM C/O FOREIGN BODY TO L EYE FROM CHANGING LIGHT BULB @ HOMEDX: FOR EIGN BODY TO L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT SUST. INJURY TO EYE FROM LIGHTBULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 66 Y/O W/F GOT SLIVER OF LIGHT BULB IN EYE SUSTAINING AN ABRASHION TO E YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 18 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: Light bulbs |
| AT HOME LIGHT BULD EXPLODED FELT F.B. IN EYE DX L CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 55 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: Light bulbs |
| PT RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN SHATTERED FLUROSCENT LIGHT BULB AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| GLASS IN EYE WHEN FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| SOMEONE BROKE A LIGHT BULB IN *** CORNEAL EXPOSURE TO GAS FROM LIGHT BU LB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs, Other toys |
| 5 YOM FB L EYE WITH ABRASION; FATHER REPORTE CHILD SCREWING LIGHT BULB INTO *** & IT EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| GOT GLASS IN EYEBALL WHEN LIGHT BULB EXPLODED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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