Accidents - Hammers - Year 2004 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 766
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	16
6-15 years old:	92
16-25 years old:	133
26-50 years old:	489
50+ years old:	33

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 40 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, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
FOREIGN BODY RT EYE-WAS HAMMERING A METAL WINDOW YESTERDAY AND NOW C/O RED, WATERY EYES. BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE A PIECE OF METAL IN IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 24 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: Hammers, Wood paneling and particleboard
PT WAS HAMMERING PLYWOOD AND THEN EXPERIENCED SEVERE EYE PAIN CORNEAL A BRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	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: Hammers
METAL HAMMER BROKE 2 DAYS AGO AND PIECE WENT INTO PT'S EYE. DX: METALLIC FB L ORBIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2004	Age: 25 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
RT CORNEAL AB-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 15 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: Hammers
WAS HAMMERING WOOD FB IN EYE ...CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 39 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: Hammers
L EYE CORNEAL ABRAS/39YOF LAST PM WAS HAMMERING A PIECE OF WOOD AND PIE CE OF IT BROKE OFF AND HIT HER IN EYE. NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
L EYE PAIN, HIT IN L EYE BY NAIL WHEN HITTING IT WITH HAMMER, NAIL SLIPPED AND HIT EYE; GLOBE PUNCTURE L EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 38 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
HAMMERING NAIL---HAMMER BOUNCED BACK AND HIT RIGHT EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 57 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 STATED THAT A WOODEN CHIP FELL INTO HIS EYE WHILE HAMMERING, SUSTAIN ED " FOREIGN BODY, WOODEN CHIP, IN RT EYE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 6 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: Hammers
EYE CONTUSION, GOT HIT WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 17 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 WORKING ON HIS TRUCK, USING A HAMMER, GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX: FB EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 11 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 AB-@ HOME-HIT A ROCK W/A HAMMER-DEBRIS HIT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 43 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: Hammers
PT C/O RT EYE INJURY. PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH HAMMER. DX CORNEAL ABRASIO N RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 51 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: Hammers
PT WAS HAMMERING SOME BRICK YESTERDAY AND A PIECE CAME OFF AND GOT IN EYE DX CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 31 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CORN ABR LEFT EYE. PT WAS REPAIRING PORCH WITH A HAMMER AND SOMETHING F LEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/18/2004	Age: 20 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: Hammers
BANGGING HAMMER AND DUST FLEW UP DX CORNEAL IRRITATION ADN INHALATION OF DUST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hammers
HIT EYE WITH A HAMMER DX: L EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PIECE OF METAL FELL, HIT L EYE, WAS HAMMERING METAL DX: METAL FB L CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2004	Age: 32 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
32 YOM HAMMERING A NAIL AND PIECE OF NAIL FLEW INTO EYE F'BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 4 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: Hammers
4 Y.O. B FEMALE W/CORNEAL LAC. PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE W/A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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