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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 227
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT IN LAB AT UNIVERSITY WHEN AN ETHANOL SOLUTION OF KOH SPLASHED PT IN R EYE DX- CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| PT WAS HANDLING CITRIC ACID POWDER IN SCIENCE CLASS AT SCHOOL. GOT SOME ON R HAND, RUBBED EYES. EYE FLUSHED OUT. ITCHING, TEARING. DX CHEM CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| STUDENT GOT FORMIC ACID SPLASH TO EYE IN LAB. WAS WEARING CONTACT LENSE S. DX:CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals |
| BILATERAL EYE INJURY FROM ACETONE GETTING INTO BOTH EYES. DX-ACUTE BILATERAL EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: School laboratory chemicals, Eye protection devices |
| MEDICAL CHEMIST GRADUATE STUDENT SPLASHED DICHLOROMETHANE ONTO SIDE. TO OK OFF GOGGLES & SOME SPLASHED IN EYE. D:CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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