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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 455
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS TO TRIM THE BUSHES AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 59 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: KICKED UP A STONE USING *** AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 60 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT FELT SOMETHING BLOW INTO EYE WHEN PRUNING BUSHES IN BACKYARD 5 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED REDNESS/IRRITATION. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.C/O CUTTING GRASS AND GOT SOMETHING IN LT.EYE C/O PAIN WITH REDNESS DX-CORNEAL ABRASION / HYPERTENSIVE URGECY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE WHEN TRIMMING SOME BUSHES AND LIMB HIT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 74 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: HEDGE CLIPPING WITH CLIPPERS, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 78 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS TRIMMING A BUSH AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HER EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS USING TRIMMERS ON BUSHES AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE , |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| R EYE PAIN, USING ***, SOMETHING HIT EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R EYE. . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT CORNEAL AB-POKED EYE WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT HIT WITH OBJECT WHILE ***; EYE HEMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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