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Accidents - Air compressors - Year 2005 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 344
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Date: 11/16/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Air compressors
PT IN WOOD SHOP CLASS @ SCHOOL GOT SAWDUST ONTO FACE WENT TO BLOW OFF WITH AN AIR HOSE F.B. TO EYE. DX DUST/F.B TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Air compressors
AIR HOSE POPPED OFF COMPRESSOR HIT IN EYE SUSTAINED ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Air compressors
ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT REPORTS DEBRIS GOT INTO LEFT EYE WHEN USING A N AIR COMPRESSOR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Air compressors
GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE USING COMPRESSOR ON CLASSIC CAR AT HOME. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Air compressors, Workshop furnishings
35 YOM HAS PIECE OF METAL IN EYE FROM USING AIR COMPRESSOR TO BLOW OFF DIRT AND PARTICLES OF METAL FROM WORK BENCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Air compressors
ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT REPORTS HE GOT A PIECE OF WOOD UNDER LEFT EYE LID WHEN USING AN AIR COMPRESSOR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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