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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 579
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2006 | Age: 74 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH A TOWEL DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 27 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL INJURY OF RT CORNEA DUE TO AN END POINT OF A TOWEL THAT ENTERED THE RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2006 | 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: Towels or cloths |
| PIECE OF FUZZ WENT INTO EYE DRYING FACE WITH TOWEL/FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 56 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: Towels or cloths |
| PT DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION - PT C/O SLAPPED IN THE EYE WITH TOWEL LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS. PAIN & FB SENSATION AFTER WIPING FACE WTH TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 71 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 |
| PT WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE, PT WASHED HER HANDS WITH WASH CL OTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 70 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 WAS WASHING HER FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND NOTICED SOME PAIN IN RIGH T EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Soaps |
| HAD EYE SWELLING AND DRAINAGE AFTER RUBBING EYES WITH DIRTY WASHCLOTH W ITH SOAP OR CLEANING PRODUCT ON IT AT HOME; CHEMICAL BURN LIKELY SOAP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Chemicals |
| ANOTHER STUDENT WRAPPED A TOWEL WITH CHEMICALS IN IT AROUND PATIENT'S E YES AT SCHOOL, EYES EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS;CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 71 YOM FOREIGN BODY EYE WHEN WASHING FACE WITH WASHCLOTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 44 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 |
| WASHING FACE, WIPPING FACE C TOWEL, SOMETHIGN GOT INTO EYE " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT ACCIDENTLY HIT IN EYE WITH TOWEL BY DAUGHTER, EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 81 YOF FOREIGN BODY EYE AFTER WASHING FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT AT BEACH, SHAKING OUT TOWEL, GOT SAND IN EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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