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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,446
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 28 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 |
28 YOM INJURED EYES FROM PICKING UP BATTERY. DX-CHEMICAL CHEMOSIS IRRITANT CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/03/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
47YOM WITH INJURY TO EYES FROM BATTERY ACID COMING FROM C BATTERIES |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 29 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 |
29 YOF C/O RT EYE PAIN AFTER A DOUBLE A BATTERY EXPLODED DX**: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/16/2010 | Age: 42 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, Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
42YO M PT REPORTS WAS TRYING TO GET BATTERIES OUT OF A FLASHLIGHT W/SC REWDRIVER AT 2 PM & POPPED PIECE OF CORROSION IN L EYE. DX. CORNEAL AB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/12/2010 | Age: 48 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 |
48 Y/O/M WORKING ON CAR SPLASHED IN EYE WITH BATTERY ACID AT HOME DX/ RT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 37 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 |
37 YOM DX CONJUNCTIVITIS LT EYE - C/O ACID FROM BATTERY SPILLED IN HISE YE WHILE FIGHTING FIRE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | 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: Batteries |
27 YOF FOREIGN BODY EYE, WAS STANDING BY HER BOYFRIEND WHEN DEBRY FROM THE CAR BATTERY HE WAS CARRYING FLEW IN HER EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 12 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: Batteries |
12 YOM INJURED EYES WITH BATTERY ACID, C BATTERY. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
25YOM WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK AT 1700 AND FLAKES OF BATTERY FLUID GOT IN TO LEFT EYE C/O PAIN. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO EYE(BATTERY FLUID) |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Batteries, Manual cleaning equipment |
59 YO M WAS SCRUBBING A CAR BATTERY WITH A WIRE METAL BRUSH WHEN A META L FIBER OF THE BRUSH BROKE OFF & ENTERED ENEY. DX:FOREIGN BODY, EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 36 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 |
36 YO M WORKING ON CAR, GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL BURN TO EY E |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
35YOM WAS PUTTING CAP BACK ON BATTERY AT HOME & ACID SPLASHED UP INTO EYES C/O BURNING. DX - CHEMICAL EYE EXPOSURE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 50 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 |
50YOM HAD LITHIUM BATTERY EXPLODE INTO EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/14/2010 | Age: 22 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 |
22 YOM DX UNSPECIFIED BURN OF EYE AND ADENEXA - PT6 STATES CAR BETTERYE XPLODED IN FACE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/13/2010 | 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 |
41YOM WAS OPENING AN AC BATTERY AT HOME & GOT BATTERY ACID SPLASHED IN EYE. DX - CHEMICAL EYE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 44 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 |
44 YO M CAR BATTERY EXPLODED, GOT CHEMICALS IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL CONJUNC TIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
5YOM CHEMICAL IRRITATION TO EYE PEELED COVER OFF BATTERY YESTERDAY, BAT TERY IN HOT CAR TODAY IN CAR FLUID FROM BATTERY SQUIRTED IN EYE* |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/14/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries, Ceilings and walls |
17YOF THREW C SIZE ALKALI BATTERY AGAINST WALL OR DOOR, BATTERY EXPLODE D HITTING PT IN EYES, ARMS,BLURRY VISION; CORNEA/CONJUNC BURN,ARM BURNS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
45 YOM WAS SPRAYED WHEN CAR BATTERY CRACKED. DX: BILAT CORNEAL INJURY, BILAT ACID BURNS TO EYES. |
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
Date: 05/31/2010 | Age: 36 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 |
36YOF WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM BATTERY ACID |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 45 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 |
45YOM, A BATTERY ACID EXPLODED IN HIS FACE TODAY&GOT INTO EYE >>CHEM CONJ/CORNEAL ABR |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/11/2010 | Age: 12 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, Hammers |
12YOM BROKE OPEN 9 VOLT BATTERY W/HAMMER AT HOME SPLASHING BATTERY ACID IN EYE, C/O EYE PAIN AND REDNESS; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 19 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: Batteries |
19YOM, HELPING DAD TO CHANGE THE BATTERY OF HIS CAR WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE>>FB REMOVAL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/03/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Batteries |
57 YOM PT C/O INJURY TO R EYE. CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO R EYE WITH CORNEAL BURN, CORNEAL ULCER, VISION LOSS R EYE DUE TO BATTERY ACID. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/21/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
53YOM CLOCK BATTERY LEAKED ON HANDS DIDNT REALIZE AND RUBBED EYE DX: EYE ACID EXPOSURE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/11/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
7YOF PT PLAYING W/ ANOTHER CHILD THREW A BATTERY AND IT HIT PT IN HER L EYE AREA. PAIN, BLURRY VISION. DX TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA L EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/19/2010 | Age: 58 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 |
58YOM HAD BATTERY ACID SPLASH INTO (L) EYE DX;* ACID BURN (L) EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 29 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 |
29 YOM-PICKED UP DRY-CHARGE ATV BATTERY WHICH EXPLODED & "YELLOW SLIME" HIT R FACE/EYES TONIGHT DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS * |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Batteries |
17YOM CLEANING HIS CAR BATTERY LEADS, OR HELPING JUMP SOMEONE'S BATTERY , DEBRIS FROM BATTERY FLEW INTO EYE, EYE PAIN; FB IN EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/01/2010 | Age: 47 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 |
A 47 YOM TO ER WITH C/O OF ACID FROM BATTERY SLPLASHED IN EYE, DX CONJU NCTIVITIS EYE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/25/2010 | 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: Batteries |
31 YOM CORNEAL ABRASION, COROSION FROM A BATTERY SPLASHED AND GOT IN HI S EYE + DISCOMOFRT AND PAIN, NO VISUAL CHANGES |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/18/2010 | Age: 51 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 |
51YOM BILATERAL EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS - CAR BATTERY EXPLODED APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AGO IN FACE AND EYES. WASHED FACE & FLUSHED EYES WITH WATER. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/04/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
54 YOM WAS CHANGING CAR BATTERY WHEN SOME BATTERY ACID FLUNG INTO HIS R IGHT EYE, DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/02/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Batteries |
45 YO M GOT CORROSION FROM BATTERY IN EYE. DX EYE PAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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