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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 840
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING HIS PALM TREES AT HOME AND GOT POKED IN THE EYE ABRASION EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 52 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| ABRSION LT.EYE.PT.REFERS WHILE CLEANING PATIO A TREE BRANCH . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| FB L EYE AFTER TRIMMING TREES DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 54 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power lawn mowers |
| ABRASION CORNEA - 54 YO MALE REPORTS MOWING LAWN AND WAS HIT IN THE RI GHT EYE BY A TREE BRANCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING A TREE BRANCH AT CHURCH & IT SPRUNG BACK HITTING PT IN EYE DX: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| MOWING LAWN AND HIT IN EYE WITH AN EVERGREEN TREE BRANCH. DX CORNEAL AB RASION L EYE# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| PT AT HOME MOWING LAWN HIT FACE BY A TREE BRANCH POSS FB R EYE/ DX FX R EYE (SPRUCE TREE BRANCH) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CUTTING DOWN A TREE, FB SENSATION R EYE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 57 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES YESTERDAY WHEN ONE STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| DOING LOT OF YARD WORK, 2 DAYS AGO WHILE CUTTING TREE BRANCHES, DEVELOP ED EYE PAIN>> CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Furniture |
| MOVING FURNITURE LAST PM, RAN INTO TREE BRANCH, HIT EYE. DX CORNEAL ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 55 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING A PALM TREE AT HOME WHEN A PALM FRON STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREES IN HER YARD AT HOME AND A BRANCH STRUCK HER IN THE RI GHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT WAS CUTTING BRANCH OFF TREE & IT HIT LT EYE, FEELS LIKE SAWDUST IN EYE. DX - CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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