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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,337
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| L CORNEAL ABRASION, HELPING FRIEND USING CIRCULAR SAW "***" BRAND NAME, WOOD CHIPS FLEW UP INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT WAS USING CIRCULAR SAW AND SAWDUST WENT INTO EYE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 53 YOF WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW ON SOME WOOD AND THI NKS THE IRRITATION TO HER RIGHT EYE IS FROM THE SAWDUST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 26 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: Portable circular power saws |
| PT USING *** SAW WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 32 YOM WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH A CIRCULAR SAW AND GOT A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD IN HIS LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 40 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: Portable circular power saws |
| F.O. L SCLERA - PIECE OF WOOD IN EYE AFTER USING CIRCULAR SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 30 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: Portable circular power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - GOT PIECE OF WOOD IN EYE WHEN USING CIRCULAR SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PATIENT WAS USING A *** SAW AT HOME AND A PIECE OF WOOD GOT IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE,CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| LEFT CORN ABR. PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH A CIRCULA R SAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A *** SAW & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX;CO RNEAL ABRASION L.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CUTTING WOOD WITH *** SAW DX FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| CUTTING WOOD WITH *** SAW AT HOME, GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| USING CHOP SAW TO CUT WOOD AND PIECE OF WOOD WENT INTO LEFT EYE DX: LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 47 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: Portable circular power saws |
| SAW DUST BLEW IN EYE AT HOME USING *** SAW CORNEAL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 45 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: Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUTTING COPPER TUBING WITH CIRCULAR SAW AT HOME. FELT METAL IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | 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: Portable circular power saws |
| F B IN EYE - USING ***SAW & FELT PIECE OF METAL GO INTO THE EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PT CUTTING WOOD W/ CIRCULAR SAW TODAY. CORNEAL AB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2003 | Age: 17 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: Portable circular power saws, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT STATES HE WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW ON A 2X4 & HIT A NAIL & SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2003 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| 91 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EYE. PT WAS USING A *** SAW & GOT A WOOD CHIP IN HIS EYE. E914 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | 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: Portable circular power saws |
| AT FRIEND'S HOUSE AT 1900 USING CIRCULAR SAW AND GOT DUST IN LEFT EYE, HE REMOVED FOREIGN BODY, STILL FB FEELING. DX ABRASION LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| USING CIRCULAR SAW AT HOME, WOOD FLEW INTO EYE. DX: F.B. EYE, CONJUNCT IVAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2003 | Age: 20 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: Portable circular power saws |
| PAIN R EYE.PIECE OF METAL IN EYE.USING CHOP SAW.DX CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2003 | Age: 42 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: Portable circular power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION LT CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY, USING *** CIRCULARSAW CUTTING WOOD, CHIP IN LT EYE 2 DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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