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Accidents - Light bulbs - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 119
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Date: 12/06/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
C/O EYE PAIN&IRRITATION/FOREIGN BODY SESNATION S/P WAS IN THE AREA WHER E LIGHT BULB BURST>>RULE OUT EYE FOEING BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PT WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB WHICH BROKE, THINKS PIECE HIT EYE, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
53 YOM GOT A PIECE OF LIGHT BULB IN LEFT EYE THIS MORNING WHEN THE LIGH T BULB BROKE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
CHANGING A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. SOME PIECES GOT IN EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA SION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
EYE FB-CAUSED BY UNKNOWN DEBRIS WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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