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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 837
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| BENDING PLASTIC HAMMER, IT BROKE & HIT HIS EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT NAIL WITH HAMMER, HEAD FLEW OFF DX. EYEBALL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| RIGHT EYE FB. PT WAS POUNDING WITH A HAMMER AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | 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: Hammers |
| PT HAMMERING A PIECE OF METAL AT HOME A PIECE FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK LEF T EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 39 YOF WAS HAMMERING NAILS AND FELT SOMETHING GO INT O HER RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Windowsills or frames |
| CLEANING WINDOW SILL IN SHOP BY HITTING ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER, GOT FB IN EYE 2 HRS AGO. DX; FB IN EYE PER CAT SCAN, BLIND L. EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/26/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Heavy-duty workshop staplers |
| 43YOWM WHO WAS HAMMERING TO KNOCK STAPLES OUT OF FLOOR WHEN A PIECE OF A STAPLE FLEW UP AND STRUCK IN R EYE AT HOME.DX:FB TO R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 12 YOM WAS HAMMERING METAL SPIKES AND GOT SOME OF TH E METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE, C/O PAIN, MILD PHOTOPHOBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS NAILING A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF WOOD WENT I NTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD HIT TREE WITH A HAMMER AND BARK FROM TREE FLEW INTO CHILD'S EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT. WAS USING A HAMMER AT HOME, THE HANDLE BROKE AND A PIECE OF WOOD HIT HIS EYEBALL - EYE INJURY - VISION THREATENING - REFERRED TO DR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY EYE HAMMERING NAILS INTO WOOD YESTERDAY, F OREIGN BODY OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT GOT FOREIGN BODY INTO EYE WHEN HAMMERING A NAIL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT WAS HAMMERING WOOD AND WIND BLEW. DX: L CORNEAL ABR/FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| 36YOM WOOD IN EYE HAMMERING AT HOME DX/ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| WORKING ON CAR-HIT IT W/ HAMMER & ALOT OF RUST WENT INTO FACE. CORNEAL AB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2003 | Age: 34 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: Laceration |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT POUNDING HAMMER WHEN HE HIT EYE. D: EYE LACERATION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2003 | 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FB LEFT EYE. PT WAS POUNDING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF THE N AIL BROKE OFF FLYING INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS HAMMERING A NAIL AND PIECE OF NAIL HEAD WENT INTO PTS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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