Accidents - Tools - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,550
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Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FB SENSATION LT EYE, WAS GRINDING YESTERDAY/ FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 56 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: Tools, Wire
56 YOM STRIPPING WIRE; TOOL HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Eye protection devices
PT WAS GRINDING STEEL W/SAFTEY GLASSES ON AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
GRINDING ON WEDNESDAY. METAL FOREIGN BODY LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 51 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: Tools
LT EYE FB-@ HOME-SHOOK OUT A RUG AFTER DOING GRINDING ON HIS CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 51 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
LT EYE FB-WHILE DOING SOME GRINDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
CORNEAL ABRASION - 54 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER GETTING STRUCK IN TH E EYE BY HANDLE OF A POST HOLE DIGGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PT GRINDING METAL GOT A PIECE IN HIS EYE FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 56 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT GRINDING PAINT OFF METAL YESTERDAY WHEN SHE HAD FOREIGN BODY SENSATI ON IN EYE WHICH CONTINUES. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY AND ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
DX:FB R EYE. WAS GRINDING RUST FROM A CAR 2 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 55 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Eye protection devices
PT GRINDING METAL YESTERDAY AND FEELS EYE PAIN. WAS WEARING EYE PROTECT ION. D: FOREIGN BODY, CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
RT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB.PT WAS USING A GRINDING WHEEL ON CAR AND SO METHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 57 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PT WAS GRINDING PAINT OFF CAR, FELT SOMETHING FLY INTO EYE, FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 55 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
55 YOF WAS CUTTING WOOD AND GOT SOME IN HER EYEFB REMOVED L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
RT EYE FB-@ HOME-WHILE DOING GRINDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 51 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools, Eye protection devices
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND WAS WEARING GOGGLES THEY DID NOT WORK PT GOT METAL IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Tools, Lawn mowers
CONJUNCTIVITIS - EYE PAIN AFTER GRINDING ALUMINUM AND MOWING YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
LEFT EYE ABRASION. PT WAS AT DENTIST AND HE DROPPED A DENTAL TOOL INTO EYE,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools, Other unpowered garden tools
PT GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHEN GRINDING SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AT HOME AND A PC OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 70 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: Tools, Welding equipment
GRINDING AND WELDING, SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 57 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: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
IS DISABLED WAS GRINDING FB TO EYE....FB L CORNEA METAL RUST RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
GRINDING W/O SAFETY GOGGLES DX: METALLIC FOREIGN BODY LT. EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
FOREIGN BODY LT EYE TODAY WHILE GRINDING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools, Lawn mowers
63 YOM WAS GRINDING ON A LAWN MOWER BLADE AND INCURRED ABRASION, LEFT E YE. LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
R EYE FB.GRINDING METAL YEST.DX FB SENSATION OD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
FB SENSATION RT EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL/ RT CORNEAL ABRASION,FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 56 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: Tools
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: USING SMALL CUTTING TOOL ON WOOD, GOT WOOD DEBRIE IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 60 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: Tools
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS OBSERVING SON USING A GRINDER AT HOME - WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION - RIGHT EYE REDNESS AND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tools
59 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHEN METAL DUST GOT IN IT WHILE USING GRINDER AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tools
PT WORKING WITH A TOOL UNSPECIFIED AT HOME WHEN HE GOT A PIECE OF WOOD IN RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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