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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,107
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT USING *** SAW HAD FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2007 | Age: 26 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 |
| PT WAS SAWING WOOD WITH A ***SAW AND GOT SAWDUST IN EYE. DX: CORNEALA BRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | Age: 46 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 *** AND PIECE OF WOOD WENT IN EYE #FOREIGN BODY INE YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 51 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 |
| PT GOT SAW DUST INTO EYE WHILE USING *** SAW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2007 | 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: Portable circular power saws |
| EYE FB-DEBRIS WHILE CUTTING WOOD W/A PORTABLE CIRCULAR SAW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 39 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: Portable circular power saws |
| PT AT HOME USING A CIRCULAR SAW POSS WOOD FB IN EYE/ DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 50 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: Portable circular power saws |
| PATIENT USING CURCULAR SAW- SOMETHING IN EYE- FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 55 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 WHEN SAWING PLYWOOD WITH A *** SAW AND GOT PIECE OF WO OD IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | 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 SOME STONE WITH CIRCULAR SAW, GOT SOMETHING TO EYE, DX; CORNEAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 23 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, Workshop furnishings |
| SAWING A BOARD BETWEEN TWO SAW HORSES WITH PORTABLE CIRCULAR SAW, GOT P OSSIBLE SPLINTER IN EYE/ CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 30 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 |
| DX LEFT EYE CONTUSION: HIT BY SOMETHING WHILE USING CIRCULAR SAW AT HO ME. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| 26 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE USING CIRCULAR SAW AT HOME PIECE OF WOOD ENBEDED IN EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| 45 YO MALE WAS USING CIRCULAR SAW WITHOUT GOGGLES TODAY AT HOME CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2007 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56YMC SAWING WOOD WITH ***SAW AND GOT SAW DUST IN EYE NO SAFETY GLASSES /ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT WAS USING A *** SAW WHEN WOOD SHAVING GOT INTO EYE. DX. EYE ABRASI O N . UNKNOWN IF WORK RELATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Portable circular power saws, Eye protection devices |
| FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS SAWING WOOD WITH CIRCULAR SAW AND A PIECE FLEW IN EY E. WEARING SAFETY GLASSES NOT GOGGLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable circular power saws |
| PATIENT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH A *** SAW WHEN THE BLADE GOT STUCK AND HE PULLED AND BLADE STRUCK HIS EYE. DX-RUPTURE GLOBE 2ND TO TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/28/2007 | Age: 28 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: Portable circular power saws, House repair or construction materials |
| CUTTING WOOD WHILE BUILDING A DECK WITH A CIRCULAR SAW, SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 72 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 EYE WHEN CUTTING FLAGSTONE WITH POWER SAW AND SOMETHIN G FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 27 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 |
| USING CIRCULAR SAW, BLADE WHEEL FLEW OUT OF HAND & HIT EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2007 | 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 |
| WOOD IN L EYE WHILE USING *** SAW TODAY. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ABRA, L EYE FB, REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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