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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,599
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 30 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: Drills |
| FB R EYEBALL, PT DRILLING A PIECE OF METAL, DEBRIS GOT INTO HIS EYE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLURRED VISION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| EYE FB-DRILLING METAL ON CAR-METAL IN EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drills |
| ACUTE EYE PAIN - 43 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN, POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY, THIN KS MAY HAVE GOTTEN DUST IN EYE WHILE DRILLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 34 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: Drills, Manual cleaning equipment |
| USING DRILL/WIRE BRUSH AND METAL HIT EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2005 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills, Seasonal decorations |
| WAS MAKING HALLOWEEN DECORATION OUT OF WOOD AND DRILL BIT WHEN DRILL BI T BOUNCED OFF WOOD AND HIT HIM IN EYE. DX: EYE ABRASION W/ HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2005 | Age: 44 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: Drills, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| FB EYEBALL, PT DRILLING HOLES INTO A KITCHEN CABINET AT HOME, C/O DUST GOT IN IT, PAIN, REDNESS, NO EYES PROTECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PT WAS DRILLING METAL AND A PC FLEW INTO EYE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2005 | Age: 21 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: Drills |
| DRILING PIECE ALUMINUM -PIECE FLEW IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PT. STATES GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE DRILLING UNDER A TRUCK SUNDAY NIGHT AT HOME. DX. FB R EYE, W/RESIDUAL MATERIAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2005 | Age: 62 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: Drills |
| CONJUNCTIVAL F.B. L EYE - EYE IRRITATION AFTER DRILLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2005 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| DX LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED: DRILLING ALUMINUM SIDING, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WITH WOOD WHILE USING DRILL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PATIENT WAS DRILLING A PIECE OF METAL 4 DAYS AGO & MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE. DX - FOREIGN BODY, LEFT CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2005 | Age: 33 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: Drills |
| PT DRILLING INTO METAL, PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE DX: METALLIC FB R EYE W/ RUST RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills, Doorsills or frames |
| PATIENT WAS DRILLING ON SOME DOOR FRAMES & GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. DX - FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| FB EYE, DRILLING METAL YESTERDAY DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| DRILLING METAL DOING A PROJECT WITH A FRIEND AND HAS SENSATION IN EYE F OREIGN BODY EYE AND CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 29 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: Drills |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LEFT EYE PAIN - WAS DRILLING UN DER CAR AT HOME - WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 35 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: Drills |
| DRILLING A HOLE PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO EYE F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 61 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: Drills, Saws |
| PT PRESENTED WITH PAIN IN THE RT EYE. EARLIER WHILE WORKING ON A DRILL HE BELIEVES THAT SAWDUST WENT INTO RT EYE-DX FB IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB.PT WAS DRILLING AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | Age: 35 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: Drills, Ceilings and walls |
| DRILLING CEILING FOR FURNACE SYSTEM, PIECE OF WOOD FELL INTO EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA. L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 16 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: Drills |
| FOREIGN BODY (R); B/L CONJUNCTIVITIS: DRILLING HOLE IN HIS CAR TO INSTALL LIGHT KIT, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN (R) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PT WAS DRILLING AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: FB R EYE W/CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2005 | 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: Drills |
| CORNEAL AB-BROKEN DRILL BIT HIT EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PT. WAS DRILLING METAL ABOVE HEAD AT HOME, THINKS HE GOT METAL SHAVINGS IN EYE. DX. FB EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FOREIGN BODY IN EYE - WAS DRILLING A METAL GUTTERING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS DRILLING AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND SOMETHING WE NT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills, House repair or construction materials |
| DRILLING THROUGH PLASTER OVERHEAD AND DUST GOT IN EYE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 57 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN FROM SOME METAL SHAVINGS F ROM SOME DRILLING HE WAS DOING YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 6 YOM WAS WATCHING GRANDFATHER DRILL INTO WOOD AND A PIECE FLEW UP HITTING CHILD'S LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drills |
| PT WAS USING DRILL AND WOOD CHIPS FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PT C/O A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO LT EYE WHILE DRILLING INTO CONCRETE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | 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: Drills |
| DRILLING INTO METAL FELT FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE METALLIC FOREIGN BOD Y RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| DRILLING METAL, SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2005 | Age: 54 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Drills, Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered |
| PT WITH EYE REDNESS, REPORTS DRILLING AND ***. ALSO REPORTS RUBBING EYE . D: CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drills |
| PT DRILLING METAL TODAY. PT GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYESDX: FOREIGN BODY BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 22 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: Drills |
| DX FOREIGN BODY TO EYE: USING DREMEL TOOL TO CAR METAL AND GOT METAL IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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