Accidents - Kites or kite string - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 368
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	6
Year 1999:	5
Year 2000:	5
Year 2001:	61
Year 2002:	26
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	16
Year 2005:	11
Year 2006:	109
Year 2007:	21
Year 2009:	75
Year 2010:	10

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	144
6-15 years old:	131
16-25 years old:	75
26-50 years old:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/27/2010	Age: 7 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: Kites or kite string
7YOM CORNEAL ABRASION FLYING KITES WITH FAMILY WHEN HIT IN EYE WITH WOO DEN KITE ROD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
2 YR M HIT IN EYE WITH PART OF KITE;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
POKED IN EYE WITH KITE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING KITE & STICK WENT INTO EYE, OPEN GLOBE INJURY, LOC, BLOODY EYE D RAINAGE & PINK NOSTRIL DRAINAGE, OCULAR LACERATION W/PROLAPSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
CORNEAL AB-HIT W/A PAPER KITE WHILE INDOORS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/KITE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING KITE, GOT STRUCK IN R.EYE BY EDGE OF KITE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
PT. POKED IN EYE WITH KITE. BLEEDING. DX.: CONJUNCTIVAL LACERATION / H EMORHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
MAKING CARDBOARD KITES IN PRESCHOOL, HIT IN EYE BY PAPER WING OF KITE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 8 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: Kites or kite string
DX RIGHT EYE ABRASION: HIT IN EYE BY CORNER OF KITE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 32 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: Kites or kite string
32 YO MALE WAS FLYING A KITE AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
CONTUSED EYE WITH KITE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
KITE HIT PT IN RIGHT EYE TODAY WHILE AT THE PARK. D: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 2 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: Kites or kite string, Balloons
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE- STRING FROM A BALLOON INJURED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2001	Age: 3 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: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2000	Age: 6 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: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/1999	Age: 8 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: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1998	Age: 6 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: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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