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Accidents - Other portable or stationary power tools - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 145
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Date: 05/28/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Eye protection devices
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-WHILE USING A JACKHAMMER AND WEARING SAFETY G LASSES WAS STRUCK IN LEFT EYE BY A PIECE OF ROCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
67 YOMC WAS SANDBLASTING A FEW DAYS PRIOR, AND NOW HAS PAIN IN HIS R. E YE/ ALLERGIC DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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