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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,059
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT AT HOME USING A HAMMER PIECE OF METAL CAME BACK HITTING PT IN EYE/ DX R GLOBE PENETRATING PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/31/2007 | Age: 46 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 WOOD IN THE RAIN AND WIND WHEN A WOOD SPLINTER WENT IN TO RIGHT YE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 37 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: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| P/W RUPTURE GLOBE INJ WHILE HAMMERING PLASTIC VS PIECE OF GLASS INTO EY E >> RUPTURED GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/11/2007 | Age: 7 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 |
| CONTUSED EYE PLAYING WITH HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| CHIPPING OBSIDIAN WITH HAMMER AT HOME, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX; FB EY E RESOLVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CORNEAL AB-HAMMERING NAILS-FELT DEBRIS HIT EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2007 | Age: 16 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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 16 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE WHILE HAMMERING A NAIL PIECE OF IT FLEW OFF HIT PT IN EYE, CT SHOWED PIECE IN GLOBE OF EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 7 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 - 7 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PIECE OF ROCK IN RIGHT EYE - WAS SMASHING ROCKS WITH A HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 69 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 A NAIL, NAIL FLEW UP AND HIT EYE AT HOME. DX; CORNEAL ABRASI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 17 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: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers |
| HAMMERING ANOTHER HAMMER, FELT STH FLEW INTO EYE ASS C LOSS OF VISION "RUPTURED GLOBE/PENTRATING INJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| SOMETHING IN L EYE WHILE HAMMERING DX; FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| HIT IN THE EYE WHEN A HAMMER FLEW OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT A WALL. DX- C ORNEAL ABRASION, PERIORBITAL CONTUSION...............................JG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION HAMMERING CONCRETE AT HOME GOT PIECE IN EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 67 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 TAPPING A BRICK PAVER WITH A HAMMER JUST TO SHIFT IT OVER AND A PIECE BROKE OFF INTO EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | 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: Hammers |
| PT GOT FB IN LT EYE WHILE HAMMERING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| WHILE WORKING WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER, PT SUSTAINED EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT GOT METAL IN EYE WHILE HAMMERING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | 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 |
| HIT IN EYE WITH PIECE OF PLASTIC WHILE DRIVING IN GROUND WITH HAMMER DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 10 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 |
| PATIENT SMASHING ROCKS WITH HAMMER YESTERDAY, PIECE OF ROCK WENT IN EYE , EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 50 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 |
| PT GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE HAMMERING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2007 | 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 |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A HAMMER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hammers |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS LT EYE EYE W/A HAMMER - DX LT EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2007 | Age: 53 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, Ladders |
| PT HIT LADDER W/HAMMER & PIECE FLEW INTO EYE. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 32 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, Contact lenses |
| CORNEAL AB-HAMMERING A NAIL-PIECE BROKE OFF HITTING EYE-WEARING CONTACT S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 50 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PATIENT USED A HAMMER TO KNOCK TRANSMISSION BOLT OUT OF CAR, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE, CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | Age: 24 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, Other specified plastic products |
| HAMMERING PLASTICS, GOT PIECE INTO EYE " TRAUMATIC IRITIS" +" CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2007 | 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 |
| RIGHT EYE CORN ABR. PT WAS HAMMERING AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2007 | Age: 28 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 |
| LEFT EYE CORN ABR. PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHEN HAMMERING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2007 | Age: 53 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 CORN ABR. PT WAS HAMMERING AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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