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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 760
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2005 | 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: Power saws |
| 36YMC SAWING WOOD WITH A POWER SAW AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE WEAR/ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2005 | Age: 54 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: Power saws |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH POWER SAW AT HOME ON WOOD BEAM, SAW SPARK, FB SENSA TION TO EYE-CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 51 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: Power saws, Eyeglasses |
| PT WAS USING SAWZALL AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE. PT WEARING GLASSES. DX: R CORNAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | 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: Power saws |
| PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER SAW TO CUT WOOD & GOT F.B. IN EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2005 | Age: 32 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: Power saws |
| WAS CUTTING WOOD C SAW, SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. " EYE FB" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | 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: Power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - PATIENT REPORTS STRUCK IN RIGHT EYE BY CHUNK OF WOOD FROM MITER SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | 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: Power saws |
| CUTTING METAL WITH SAW, SOMETHING WENT IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 41 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: Power saws |
| USING A GRINDER TO GRIND METAL F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PLASTIC USING A SAW THAT POUNCED BACK, POKING PT'S EYE, " RUPTURE GLOBE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT CUTTING WOOD WITH POWER SAW AND GOT A PIECE IN EYE C/O PAIN BURNING FB LEFT EYE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power saws |
| 25YOM INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN USING A POWER SAW & A PIECE OF SAWDUST FLI PPED IN EYE. DX; L.CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT STATES HE WAS SAWING METAL WITHOUT A FACESHIELD AND A PIECE FLEW UP IN TO HIS EYE. DX: METAL IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 37 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: Power saws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION WITH CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY: BUILDING ROOM IN HOUSE USING ELECTRIC SAW 24 HRS AGO, GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE,SAW DUST OR METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT USING MITER SAW AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE C/O PAIN LEFT EYE C ORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws, Eye protection devices |
| USING POWER SAW TO CUT WOOD, HAD GOGGLES ON , NOW FB SENSATION LT EYE/ FB LT EYE RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| 63 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHEN USING POWER SAW AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY R EYE, RESOLVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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