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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 422
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS OUTSIDE YEST GRINDING IN HIS YARD, LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO BE D HE RUBBED HIS EYES AND FELT PARTICLE FALL IN EYE. DX. FB EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| PT WAS USING WOOD CHIPPER AND A PC FLEW INTO EYE, DX: REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2005 | Age: 78 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 leaf mulchers and grinders |
| PATIENT WAS MULCHING LEAVES AT HOME WHEN FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/08/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| 57YOF USING USED CHIPPER AT HOME FB EYE DX/TRAUMATIC CONJUNCTIVTIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 67 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 leaf mulchers and grinders |
| PT WAS MULCHING LEAVES 3-4 DAYS AGO & GOT SOMETHING IN RT EYE. CORNEAL AB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | 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 leaf mulchers and grinders, Eye protection devices |
| LT CORNEAL AB-USING A "CHIPPER-SHREDDER" W/O SAFETY GLASSES-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2000 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/1997 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | 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 leaf mulchers and grinders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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