35 YOM FOR EVALUATION TODAY WITH CONCERNS FOR A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS LEFT EYE.  PATIENT REPORTS THAT HE WAS WELDING EARLIER, CUT A PIECE OF METAL IN HALF AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO HIS EYE, AND NOTICED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SEE A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. TRIAGE NOTE REPORTS HE WAS ALSO GRINDING THE RUSTY MESH METAL. DOES NOT WEAR EYE PROTECTION. DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY, CORNEAL ABRASION
Date: 10/22/2025
Category: tools and workshop equipment
Product: WORKSHOP GRINDERS, BUFFERS OR POLISHERS,
Products involved: WELDING EQUIPMENT; WORKSHOP GRINDERS, BUFFERS OR POLISHERS,
Diagnosis: Contusions, Abrasions
Body part: Eyeball
Location: Not Recorded