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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 40
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 6 months | 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: Stairs or steps |
| PTS SISTER CARRYING PT DOWN STEPS WHEN SHE FELL. BRACED PTS FALL BUT HE SCRAPED FACE ON CEMENT STEP. HAS REDNESS R EYE. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN STEPS AND BROKE A VESSEL IN EYE. DX SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHA GE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Stairs or steps, Doors |
| FELL ONTO WOODEN STAIRCASE, HITTING LT EYE ON CORNER OF DOOR, ? LOC. DX: SUNCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 3 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: Stairs or steps, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT TRIPPED WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS AND COAT HANGER HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| FELL ON STAIRS/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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