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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 458
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS ACCIENTALLY POKED IN EYE WITH CORNER OF A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| F.B. R EYEBALL, PT STS REMOVING A TOWEL FROM THE SHELF & SOMETHING GOT INTO HER EYEBALL, C/O PAIN, BLURRED VISION, BURNING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| HIT IN THE EYE BY A TOWEL HEMORRHAGE SUBCONJUCTIVAL LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| IRRITATION TO EYE STARTED AFTER TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| EYEBALL ABRASION, SCRATCHED EYE WITH TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2004 | Age: 11 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: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH DAMP RAG 4 DAYS AGO, EYE SWOLLEN AND WATERY; CO RNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2004 | Age: 5 months | 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: Towels or cloths |
| MOM WIPED PATIENT'S EYE WITH WET WASH CLOTH AT HOME, WOKE WITH EYE RED AND SWOLLEN; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WASHING HER FACE WITH A TOWEL AND THERE WAS A FAKE NAIL IN THE TOWEL RUBBED IT IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | 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: Towels or cloths |
| CORNEAL AB-UNKNOWN SOURCE OF INJURY-NOTICED PAIN WHILE TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT ON THE BEACH WHEN SOMEONE WAS SHAKING SAND OUT OF A TOWEL SOME WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL. DX EYE CON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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