Accidents - Hammers - Year 2006 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,283
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	158
16-25 years old:	142
26-50 years old:	820
50+ years old:	162

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2006	Age: 14 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAMMERING, NAIL FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK EYE/ CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 41 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 USING A METAL PUNCH HAMMER AND ACCIDENTLY POKED SELF IN THE RIGHT E YE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 7 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
PT ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH HAMMER. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HIT EYE W/ A HAMMER BLUNT TRAUMA RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 41 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
PT WAS HAMMERING AT HOME AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE DX// CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT HITTING CONCRETE WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE WENT INTO RIGHR EYE FORE IGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 16 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 AT HOME IN SHOP WITH HAMMER WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT GOT INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	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: Hammers
PT WAS HELPING A FRIEND WHEN A PIECE OF CHIP FROM A HAMMER FLEW IN HI S EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	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: Hammers
PT WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER CUTTING CEMENT AND A PIECE OF CEMENT HIT HI M IN THE EYE DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 40 YOM WAS HAMMERING A NAIL WITH HAMMER AND THE NAIL POPPED UP HITTING PT'S RIGHT EYE CAUSING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
52YFC HELPING HUSBAND REMODEL HUSBAND USED HAMMER AND DUST WENT INTO EYE/FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
EYE PAIN, INJ OCCURED WHILE HAMMERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	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: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAMMERING A NAIL WHEN FELT EYE PAIN. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2006	Age: 26 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
CORNEAL AB-HAMMERING A NAIL-PIECE OF METAL HIT EYE-WEARS CONTACTS-@ HOM E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 40 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
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS HAMMERING IN A NAIL AND NAIL HEAD WENT INT O EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 45 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, Ladders
HAMMER FELL OFF LADDER, STRUCK EYE/ CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hammers
PT HIT SELF IN EYE WITH HAMMER, HEMORRHAGE TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 23 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
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS HE GOT A ROCK CHIP IN RIGHT EYE WHEN HITTING ROCKS WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 53 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: Hammers
PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION -C/O A HAMMER HIT HIM IN THE EYE S/P FALL DOWN 20 FEET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 38 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
HAMMERING WOOD, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING A HAMMER PULLING A NAIL HIT SELF IN EYE W/ A HAMMER GLASS SHATTERED HEMORRHAGE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL R EYE F.B REMOVAL BLUNT TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
EYE FB-METAL FB FLEW FROM A STRUCK HAMMER HITTING EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 13 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
HITTING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER PICE OF NAIL FLEW UP INTO EYE F'BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 15 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
BOUNCING HAMMER UP AND DOWN AND HIT IN EYE DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 31 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: Hammers
?CLAW HAMMER STRUCK LT EYE " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
PT WAS HAMMERING AND PIECE OF WOOD HIT EYE. DX: FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 32 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, Eye protection devices
PT WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND HAMMERING METAL AND IT STILL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 48 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: Hammers
PT SUS CONT TO EYE WHEN A HAMMER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	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: Hammers, Floors or flooring materials
FB L&R EYEBALLS, PT USING A HAMMER & A CHISEL TO REMOVE A FLOOR AT HOM E, DEBRIS GOT INTO HIS EYES, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, PHOTOPHOBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
RT EYE INJ AFTER HAMMERING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, Bunk beds
PT WAS HAMMERING TO PUT BUNK BED TOGETHER AND PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE. DX: OPEN GLOBE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/12/2006	Age: 27 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
FB LT EYE AFTER HAMMERING DX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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