Accidents - Hammers - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Eyeball

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

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HIT HAMMER ON NAIL AND NAIL POPED UP AND HIT EYE. DX: ABRASIO N TO CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE SINCE LAST NIGHT AFTER HAMMERING METAL (PTHAS HAD BIL LENS IMPLANTS). FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE, REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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