Accidents - Power sanders - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,385
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	191
Year 1998:	142
Year 1999:	149
Year 2000:	515
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	99
Year 2003:	145
Year 2004:	139
Year 2005:	135
Year 2006:	450
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	137
Year 2010:	172

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	153
16-25 years old:	405
26-50 years old:	1,449
50+ years old:	376

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/20/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
CORN ABR. 14 YOM WAS USING A POWER SANDER AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHIL E WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2010	Age: 31 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: Power sanders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
31YOF WAS SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING AND GOT AN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE CORNE AL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2010	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
39YOM USING A POWER SANDER AND THE DISC FLEW OFF INTO FACE CORNEAL ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders, Eye protection devices
PT USING SANDER WITH SAFETY GOGGLES-TOOK GOGGLES OFF-ACCIDENTLY TURNED SANDER ON AND DEBRIS BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
50YOM USING BELT SANDER, GRINDING METAL, GOT SOMTHING IN (R) EYE DX; # FB REMOVAL (R) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power sanders
26 YOM WAS USING ELECTRIC DISC SANDER AT HOME WHEN DISC FLEW INTO EYE. DX: RUPTURED R GLOBE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 37 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: Power sanders
WAS USING BELT SANDER AND GOT DUST IN EYES DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
PT WAS POWER SANDING THE STEERING WHEEL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE IN A CUSTOM CHOP JOB AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
PT USING A POWER SANDER AT HOME AND GOT SAWDUST IN EYE DX/ RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	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: Power sanders
PT WITH FB TO EYE, WAS SANDING A ROTOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
PIECE OF SAWDUST IN EYE WHILE USING FLOOR SANDER CORNEAL ABRASION DP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 41 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: Power sanders
41 YO M CORNEAL ABRASION FOREIGN BODY R EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
PT. STATES RUNNING A SANDER AT HOME ON SUNDAY. DX. FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
48YMC USING A BELT SANDER C/O EYE REDNESS/FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders, Motor vehicles or parts
FOREIGN BODY EYE FROM USING SANDER ON A RUSTY CAMPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 63 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders, Boats and boating
SANDING A BOAT, SOMETHING BLEW INTO EYE " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2006	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: Power sanders
USIN G POWER SANDER , GOT PARTICLES IN BOTH EYES. DX. CORNEAL ABRASIONS DOTH EYES. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power sanders, Eye protection devices
BIL. CONJUNCTIVITIS-@ HOME-USING SAND BLASTER-WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power sanders
PT USING A GRANITE SANDER WHILE HELPING A FRIEND AT HER HOUSE 1 WEEK AG O. PAD CAME OFF & HIT EYE AT HIGH SPEED.D:RETINAL DETACHMENT W/ SCOTOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 26 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: Power sanders, Floors or flooring materials
THE FLOOR AT HOME WAS BEING SANDED, NOW C EYE PAIN " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2005	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: Power sanders
FB L EYE; DOING BODY WORK TODAY, GRINDING WITH SANDER ON VEHICLE & SOME THING GOT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 72 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: Power sanders, Eye protection devices
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. DX: CORNEA L ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
15YOM AT HOME SANDING BOARDS BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION DX/BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders, Eye protection devices
PT WAS OUT WORKING ON A POWER SANDER. HE DID HAVE GOGGLES ON, BUT STIL L GOT DUST IN HIS EYE. DX: FB TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	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: Power sanders
PT WAS POWER SANDING A *** BOAT AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
WAS USING ELECTRIC SANDER, METAL GRINDING, AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders, Chairs
PT POWER SANDING METAL CHAIRS AT HOM,E YESTERDAY WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 34 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: Power sanders
AT HOME GRINDING METAL WITH A ROTARY SANDER,FELT SOMETHING GO INTO HIS EYE. DX. METALLIC F.B. TO CORNEA,RT. EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2001	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2000	Age: 56 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2000	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2000	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders, Eye protection devices
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2000	Age: 30 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2000	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2000	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power sanders, Other toys
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2000	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/1999	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/1999	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire:
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power sanders, Eyeglasses
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/1998	Age: 14 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/1998	Age: 43 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/1998	Age: 56 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/1998	Age: 50 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/1997	Age: 21 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/1997	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/1997	Age: 41 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/1997	Age: 26 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: Power sanders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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