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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 508
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 49 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 AT HOME USING A CHOP SAW, GOT SAW DUST IN EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION TO LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2009 | Age: 54 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-54YOM-DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE USING A MITER SAW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2009 | Age: 44 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: Power saws |
| 44YO HISP MALE USED ELECTRIC SAW YESTERDAY WORKING ON CAR,FELT SOMETHING GO INTO R EYE,C/O PAIN, DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Power saws |
| 52YOM WAS CUTTING OLEANDER W/ ***& DEBRIS FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE C/O E YE REDNESS &HAS TROUBLE SEEING OUT OF IT.DX:CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | 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: Power saws |
| USING POWER SAW AT HOME FELT GOT PIECE OF WOOD IN EYE, REDNESS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE WITH REDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| USING ELECTRIC SAW, FB TO R EYE DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | Age: 35 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 |
| DX CORNEAL FB-L EYE/RUST RING IN L EYE: UNDER CAR YTDY SAW'G OFF MUF- FLER W HIGH POWERED SAW. WORE EYE PROCTECT'N. FELT SM METAL HIT L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 63 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 AN ELECTRIC SAW CUTTING WEEDS/WOOD&SUDDENLY ?METAL OBJECT FLEW&LO DGED INTO EYE>>FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | 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, Eye protection devices |
| 36YOM USING A ELECTRIC SAW WHEN A PIECE OF SOMETHING GOT UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 60 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 |
| LT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A POWER SAW AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | 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: Power saws, Eye protection devices |
| FB;RUST RING L EYE/39YOM USING CHOP SAW, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES YESTERD AY AND TODAY EYE WATERY AND RED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power saws |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH AN ELECTRIC SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | 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: Power saws |
| SOMETHING IN EYE AFTER USING SAW AT HOME CORNEAL ABRASION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2009 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power saws |
| REPORTS WAS SAWING A TREE&GOT A SAW DUST INTO EYE, C/O FB SENSATION >>FB REMVOAL |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 7 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 |
| PT WAS HELPING DAD IN LIVING ROOM. CUTTING WOOD W/ AN ELEC SAW WHEN A P IECE FLEW INTO HIS R EYE YEST. STILL HAS PAIN. DX FB R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 61 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 |
| CUTTING WOOD OUTSIDE IN WIND, GOT SAWDUST IN HIS EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2009 | Age: 63 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 STATES WAS USING A SAW TO CUT TREE LIMBS AND BLADE FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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