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Accidents - Sinks - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 169
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Date: 11/28/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Sinks
LEG GOT NUMB WHILE IN BATHROOM CAUSING HER TO FALL AND HIT HEAD ON SINK . DX. HEAD INJURY, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2007Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sinks
TRIPPED&FELL HITTING EYE ONTO THE SINK >> RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/22/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sinks
RUST IN EYES AFTER WORKING ON SINK/ CONJUNCTIVAL FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2007Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Sinks
PT WAS CLEANING UNDER SINK IN KITCHEN & SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE. DX: FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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