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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 189
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Sprayers, Bleaches |
| PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING HIS HOUSE AT HOME WHEN THE BLEACH GOT INTO HIS EYES CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | 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: Sprayers |
| PRESSURE WASHING CEILINGS WITH WATER AND *** MIX--MIX DROPPED INTO EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 66 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: Sprayers |
| CLEANING GARAGE YESTERDAY WITH A PRESSURE AIR HOSE AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX LEFT EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY WITH RUST RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Sprayers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS PRESSURE WASHING DECK W/O EYE PROTECTION. DX: FB OS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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