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Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 377
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Date: 08/18/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fences or fence posts
RASH R EYE, PT. WAS CLEANING FENCE ROW OUT, RUBBED EYES AND BECAME RED AND SWOLLEN. DX: CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts
LT EYE IRRITATED X 1 WEEK, HAS BEEN BUILDING A FENCE AND DOING YARD WOR K/ FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Fences or fence posts
73 YOM SCRATCHED ON RT EYE BY A PIECE OF BARBED WIRE-DX EYEBALL HEMATOM A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
F.B. INTO EYE WHILE WORKING ON FENCE DX: ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS PULLING; BARBED WIRE OUT OF THE GROUND;IT CAME BACK & HIT EYE DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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