Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2008 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,297
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	242
6-15 years old:	576
16-25 years old:	234
26-50 years old:	243

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT STATES WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TYPE 1 BOTTLE ROCKET FIRE WORKS DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
STRUCK IN EYE BY BOTTLE ROCKET / BT LT EYE, HYPEMA, POSSIBLE GLOBE PENETRATION (TYPE E1)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT GOT AN EMBER IN EYE ON JULY 4 FROM FIREWORK TYPE R UNKNOWN. DX: R EYE PX, PROBABLE IRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT TRIED TO CATCH FIREWORK WHICH FELL BY PARACHUTE TYPE R AND WAS HITIN EYE ON 7/4. DX: R EYE SUBCONJ HEMORRHAGE, HYPHEMA, CLOUDY CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED EYE WITH LIT FIREWORK LIGHTER STICK;DX BURNED EYEBALL TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS LIGHTING A FIRWEWORKS MORTAR AND DROPPED IT INTO A TUBE FIRED O UT INTO FACE ABRASION EYEBALL- "CLOSE TO TYPE H"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	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: Fireworks
ABRASION EYEBALL WHEN DEBRIS FROM FIREWORKS WENT INTO EYE;DX EYEBALL AB RASION TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
SHE WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS, IN THE STREET, AND A SPARK, OR PIECE OF ASH FROM A TYPE H FIREWORK, FLEW IN HER EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 15 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT WHEN HE STARTED RUBBING EYES;THIS AM GETTING WORSE;RT EYE TEARING/RED. DX: FB REMOVED RT EYE-TYPE M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 34 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: Fireworks
FB SENSATION WHILE WATCHING FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT (TYPE R)/ CORNEAL ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
FB TO R EYE, FIREWORKS (R) BLEW BACK IN IT DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	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: Fireworks, Contact lenses
CORNEAL AB-PIECE OF ASHES GOT IN EYE FROM FIREWORK DISPLAY-@ A PARK-WAS WEARING CONTACTS-TYPE M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 29 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
REPORTS WHILE HOLDING ROMAN CANDLE FIREWORK, HIT BY THE CHANK ACCIDENTA LLY IN RIGHT EYE>> CORNEAL ABRS, FIRE WORK TYPE I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
FB SENSATION LT EYE, WAS PLAYING WITH A POP (TYPE K)/FB LT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS AT HOME TYPE L AND GOT A SPARK IN EYE ABRASIO N EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 42 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: Fireworks
SMALL FIREWORK TYPE R UNKNOWN HIT PT'S EYE ON THE WAY BACK DOWN AT PARK DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR/CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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: Fireworks
BURN TO R EYE FROM FIRECRACKER (R) DX; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 6 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: Fireworks
ACCIDENTALLY GOT HOT ASHES FROM ?SPRAKLER INTO EYE >>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/SUPERFACIAL EYELID BURN, FIREWORKS TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 47 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: Fireworks
EYE PAIN/FB/BURN @ FIREWORK SHOW,PIECE OF DEBRIE HIT EYE DX: CORNEAL A BRASION, EYE FB TYPE M FIREWORKS(HAPPENED AT PUBLIC SHOW)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
BOTTLE ROCKET HIT PATIENT IN EYE BLUNT OCULAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS WHEN SPARK WENT BACK ON FACE. D: BURN T O FACE / CORNEAL ABRASION (TYPE L / SPARKLERS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 9 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: Fireworks
REPORTEDLY STRUCK ONTO EYE BY UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORKS, NOW WITH FOREI GN BODY SENSATION>> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/CORNEAL ABRS, FIREWORKS TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 18 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: Fireworks
DX PROJECTILE INJ: FIREWORK (TYPE G) MOTAR TYPE STRUCK PT IN R EYE, W ABRASION R LAT BROW & SIG PERIORBITAL/LID EDEMA, R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 10 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: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE BY "SOMETHING" AFTER DETONATING SOME FIREWORKS, SAYS HE TOOK COVER BEHIND TRUCK, BUT HIT ANYWAY;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL.TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Fireworks
REPROTS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK EYE WHILE PLAYING ON THE BEACH WITH A SPARK LER>>SUBCONJ HEAMORRHAGE, TYEP L FIREWORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 8 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: Fireworks
PATIENT AT RED,WHITE & BOOM FIREWORKS DISPLAY LAST NIGHT, GOT ASHES FRO M TYPE M FIREWORKS IN EYE,NOW WITH PAIN & REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEXT TO PT NEAR THE EYE AT HOME CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS (TYPE "A" FIRECRACKER) LT LOWER EYELID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT HAD A SPARK FROM SPARKLER GO INTO PTS EYE.TYPE L.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT BROUGHT IN BY PARENTS COMPLAINS OF EYE PAIN SPARK FROM FIREWORK FUSE WENT IN EYE (TYPE R); DX, CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE HAD LADY FINGER FIRECRACKER POP NEAR L EYE/ TYPE R DX TRAUMATIC L EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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: Fireworks, Blankets
PT STATES LAYING ON BLANKET WATCHING FIREWORKS GOT ASHES IN EYE CORNEA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks, Eye protection devices
CORNEAL AB-LIGHTING FIRWORKS WHILE WEARING GOGGLES-THINK DEBRIS GOT INT O EYE-@ HOME-TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
STRUCK IN EYE BY SMOKE BOMB (TYPE K)/ HYPHEMA LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 16 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: Fireworks
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT ***. WHEN SETTING OFF FIREWORKS & IT EXPOLDED. DX;ABRAS ION L.CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
SNAP POP FIRECRACKER WENT OFF NEAR PT'S LT EYE WHEN IT WAS THROWN, AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 5 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: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE WITH ***(FIREWORKS LIGHTER)/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
SPARK FROM FIREWORK FELL INTO PTS EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE W/BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: R EYE TRAUMA, POSS RUPTURED GLOBE, POSS LENS EXTRACTION, PENETRATI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT RECEIVED CORNEAL INJURY WHEN HIT IN EYE BY BOTTLE ROCKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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