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Accidents - Portable circular power saws - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 280
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Date: 09/28/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable circular power saws, House repair or construction materials
EYE FB-DEBRIS FROM TREATED WOOD HE WAS CUTTING W/A PORTABLE CIRCULAR SA W @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable circular power saws
64YOM WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW CUTTING WOOD AT HOME,WHEN A PIECE OF WOOD FLEW INTO LEFT EYE;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable circular power saws
PAIN AND FOREIGN BODY TO BOTH EYES AFTER USING CIRCULAR SAW WITHOUT GLA SSES FB BOTH EYES *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Portable circular power saws
DX 918.1 CORNEAL INJ: CUTTING WOOD ON *** SAW YTDY WO SAFTEY GLASSES, F ELT A PIECE OF WOOD HIT HIM IN THE R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable circular power saws
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM USING A "*** SAW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable circular power saws
WAS USING A CIRCULAR SAW A WOOD CHIP FLEW INTO EYE DX- CORNEAL AB RA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable circular power saws
R EYE CORNEAL BURN/55YOM STS WAS USING A *** AND SOMETHING HOT WENT INT O EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable circular power saws
USING *** SAW AT HOME, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Portable circular power saws, Eye protection devices
EYE FB-DEBRIS WHILE USING A PORTABLE CIRCULAR SAW TO SAW WOOD-WEARING S AFETY GLASSES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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