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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 681
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| WHILE @ HOME SHE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN R EYE W/CLASP ON A *** PLASTIC BAG DX SCLERAL ABRASION R EYE W/SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | 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: Plastic bags |
| 40YOF GETTING FOOD OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG AND POKED SELF IN LEFT EYE WITH THE BAG ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2009 | Age: 4 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: Plastic bags |
| 4 YO MALE SCRATCHED EYE WITH A POTATO CHIP BAG. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 10 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: Plastic bags |
| PT OPENING A PLASTIC BAG W/ SHARP OBJ WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN L EYE. REDNESS, TEARING. DX L CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT HIT EYE WITH CORNER OF "***" BAG, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 32Y/O,F,HOLDING *** BAG IN TEETH WHILE PUTTING FOOD INTO IT, BAG LETGO & INJURED EYE, L CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 68 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: Plastic bags |
| PT DX SUPERFICIAL INJURY OF CORNEA - EDGE OF PLASTIC BAG GOT INTO LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 26YOF, ELBOW HIT EYE, PUT ICE IN PLASTIC BAG, SCRATCHED EYE WITH ***, C ONTUSION ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| CORNEAL ABRASION, PT WAS PUTTING "CHIP BAG" INTO TRUCK AND WAS POKED BY IT IN CORNER OF EYE. CHIP BAG WAS PLASTIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | 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: Plastic bags |
| DX SCLERAL ABRASION: SCRATCHED EYE ON CORNER ON SANDWICH BAG WHEN TURN'G PAST HER REFRIG, SWIPED EYE ACROSS PLASTIC BAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 37 YOM POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH *** PLASTIC BAG SUSTAINING A CORNEA L ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | 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: Plastic bags |
| PT SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION OF AN EYE BY STRIKING AGAINST A PLASTIC BAG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT STATES WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC BAG DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | 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: Plastic bags |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF INTO EYE WITH THE CORNER OF A PLASTIC DOG FOOD BA G>>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 46 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: Plastic bags |
| PT GETTING PLASTIC BAG-CAUGHT HIM IN EYE-ABRSION CORNEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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