Accidents - Towels or cloths - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,821
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	93
Year 1999:	189
Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	93
Year 2002:	146
Year 2003:	172
Year 2004:	71
Year 2005:	91
Year 2006:	379
Year 2007:	241
Year 2008:	80
Year 2009:	86
Year 2010:	140

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
62YOM FOREIGN BODY IN EYE SHOOK A CLEAN HANKIE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
81YOF GOT OUT OF SHOWER WHEN SHE ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LT EYE WITH TOWEL; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 76 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: Towels or cloths
CONTUSION RT.EYE.PT.REFERS WHILE BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP CLOTH,ACCIDENT ALLY HITTING WOOD STICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
81YOF AT THE NURSING HOME HAVING FACE WASHED WITH A WASH CLOTH AND SUST AINED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WASHING FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND RUBBED RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
59YOM DRYING OFF WITH TOWEL IN SHOWER FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
PT STATES HE HAS FUXX FROM HIS BATH TOWEL IN HIS EYE DX- F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AT THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND GOT SAND IN EYES FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WIPED HIS FACE WITH A TOWEL THAT HAD SHAVING CREAM IN IT AND GOT IT INTO HIS EYES STARTED TO BURN CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Cosmetics
CORNEAL AB AFTER WASHING MAKE UP OFF FACE WITH WASH CLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH A TOWEL DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION - PT C/O SLAPPED IN THE EYE WITH TOWEL LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WITH FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE, PT WASHED HER HANDS WITH WASH CL OTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS WASHING HER FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND NOTICED SOME PAIN IN RIGH T EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
71 YOM FOREIGN BODY EYE WHEN WASHING FACE WITH WASHCLOTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
81 YOF FOREIGN BODY EYE AFTER WASHING FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AT BEACH, SHAKING OUT TOWEL, GOT SAND IN EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 82 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: Towels or cloths
PT WIPING HIS FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH AND RUBBED LEFT EYE WITH THE EDGE OF THE CLOTH NOW RED AND PAINFUL ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
LT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ WASHCLOTH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	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: Towels or cloths
PT WASHING HER FACE WITH A TOWEL AND THERE WAS A FAKE NAIL IN THE TOWEL RUBBED IT IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Soaps
PT TAKING A SHOWER AT HOME HAD SOAP ON A WASH CLOTH WASHED FACE GOT SOM E IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT WIPED EYES WITH A DIRTY CLOTH AND EYES BECAME RED AND SWOLLEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
FOLDING TOWELS, TOWEL HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
TOWELING OFF AT HOME APPROXIMATELY 1830, EXPERIENCED FOREIGN BODY SEN- SATION OF LEFT EYE, NO FB SEEN IN ER. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
SUBCONJUCTUAL HEMMORRHAGE - HIT SELF WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
DIRECT TRAUMA TO R EYE, HIT W/TOWEL WHILE DRYING HAIR AT 7 AM. DX. COR NEAL ABRA R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 78 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: Towels or cloths
SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH A WASH CLOTH THIS MORNING BATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2001	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2001	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2000	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2000	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/1999	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/1999	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/1999	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1999	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/1998	Age: 51 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/1998	Age: 53 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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