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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,733
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/15/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
SPLASHED IN NECK/FACE & EYES WITH BATTERY ACID DX CHEMICAL EXPOSURE (BATTERY ACID) * |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/13/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Batteries |
BATTERIES EXPLODED FROM CAMPFIRE;DX CONTUSED, BURNED EYEBALL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/24/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
24 YOM C.I EYE PAIN SPLASH OF BATTERY ACID GOT IN EYE 30 MIN AGO. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
24 YOF INJURED RIGHT EYE FROM JUMPING BATTERY. DX-ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
58 YOM, NOT EMPLOYED,GOT BATTERY ACID TO BOTH EYES. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITIS BILATERAL CONTUSION, ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/17/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
14 YO M WAS TRYING TO JUMP START TRUCK WHEN MIXED UP POLARITY OF JUMP ER CABLES & GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYE. DX:CHEM CONJUNCTIVITIS, BATT. ACID |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
EYE CHEMICAL INSULT-65 Y/O M-SPLASHED CAR BATTERY ACID CORRISION IN EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
PT GOT A DROP OF ACID FROM AA BATTERY IN EYE. DX: R EYE ALKALINE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, DECREASED VISION, PX. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/28/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT HAD BATTERY ACID SPLASH IN EYES, DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO LEFT EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES AT HOME. UNKNOWN HOW INCIDENT OCCURRED. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 20 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: Batteries |
REPRORTS ACC GOT SPLASHED INTO EYE WITH BATTERY ACID WHILE ADDING TO BA TTERY>>EYE IRRITATOIN |
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries, Lighting equipment |
A BATTERY EXPLODED, ACID SPLASHED IN PATINET'S EYES, LIT A LIGHT AND IT EXPLODED. DX-BURN TO EYES. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT WORKING ON HIS WIFES CAR WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE CAR BATTERY GOTA CID IN EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
33YO WHITE MALE REPLACING CAR BATTERY IN CAR,IT SPLASHED IN EYEC/O R EY E PAIN, DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
DX CORNEAL INJ/CONJ - CHEMICAL/OCULAR ACID EXPOSURE: BATTERY ACID SPLAHSED TO FACE. REDNNESS, PERIPHERAL BLURRNESS, FLUSH W H2O @HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/29/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries, Thermometers |
PT WAS PUTTING BUTTON BATTERY INTO DIGITAL THERMOMETER WHEN BATTERY EXPLODED INTO EYES. DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES, CORNEAL ABR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/25/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN R EYE DX R CONJUNCTIVITIS ( CHEMICAL) * |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/14/2009 | 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: Batteries |
PT STATES BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
PT PLAYING WITH A CAR BATTERY AT HOME AND IT EXPLODED AND FLUID GOT INT O PTS EYES DX// BILAT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
CHEMICAL INJURY BOTH EYES: 12YOM OPENED "SIZE D" BATTERY AND ACID FLEW INTO HIS EYES, BURNING OF EYES, @ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries, Golf |
9YOM, BATTERY EXPLODED AFTER HITTING IT WITH GOLFCLUB, CHEMICAL TRAUMA TO EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT SUS CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE AFTER BATTERY FLUID GOT INTO EYE% |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
9YOM, BATTERY ACID IN EYE, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT STATES PICKED UP A BATTERY AND RUBED EYE DX CHEMICAL BURN TO RT EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
52YOF, WEED KILLER OR BATTERY ACID TO EYE LAST NIGHT, CHEMICAL CONJUNCT IVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
PATIENT SPLASHED BATTERY ACID IN EYES DX; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 39 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: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
EYE INJURY FROM BATTERY ACID GETTING IN LEFT EYE. LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN |
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 44 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: Batteries, Manual cleaning equipment |
DX CHEMICAL CONJ: PT SCRAP'G ACID RESIDE F CAR BATTERY W/ WIRE BRUSH & WENT TO BLOW IT OFF, WASN'T WEAR'G EYE PROTECT'N & IT GOT IN R EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
WORKING ON CAR BATTERY ACID GOT IN FACE CAUSED ACID BURN CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/27/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT WAS AT MOTHERS HOUSE AND GOT BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE LEFT EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/23/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT SMASHED OPEN A *** BATTERY AND GOT ACID IN EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EY ES |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
PT WORKING ON BATTERY & IT BLEW UP. C/O BATTERY ACID IN R EYE TODAY. EYE INJURY BATTERY ACID TO R EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries, Battery chargers |
CAR BATTERY BLEW UP WHILE CHARGING WITH CHARGER AT HOME, HAS CHEMICAL C ONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/30/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
PT WITH CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM BATTERY ACID |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/16/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
BATTERY ACID TO LEFT EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO LT EYE * |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/09/2009 | 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: Dermat Or Conj |
Product: Batteries |
PT AT HOME HAD BATTERY ACID SPLASH IN L EYE/ DX L EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
WAS WORKING ON FLOOR MACHINE WHEN A DROP OF BATTERY ACID SHOT UP INTOEY E. DX: LT EYE INJ |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/06/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
PT DX CHEMICAL BURN TO LT EYE - "I WAS WORKING ON A CAR BATTERY WHEN IT EXPLODED. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/03/2009 | 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: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
DX PUNCTATE KERATITIS/BATTERY ACID SALT TO EYES/EYE PAIN: W JUMP START'G CAR TODAY W HE BLEW THE WHITE POWDER ONTOP ON BATTERY INTO EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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