Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 129
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT EMPTYING TRASH CAN AT HOME THEN RUBBED EYES WITH HANDS DEVELOPED SEV ERE BURNING TO EYES CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
F.B. (R) EYEBALL, PT STS SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYEBALL WHILE CLEANIN G THE TRASH CAN AT HOME, C/ O PAIN & ERYTHEMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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