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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 471
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 2 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: Balloons |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| CONTUSED EYE ON BALLOON/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2002 | Age: 2 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: Balloons |
| PT WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A BALLOON THAT WAS THROWN AT CLOSE DISTANCE WH ILE PLAYING AT SCHOOL. D: ACUTE EYE PAIN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys |
| STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A WATER BALLOON LAUNCHED FROM A GIANT SLINGSHOT. DX BLUNT TRAUMA OF RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 9 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: Balloons |
| CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT STRUCK WITH A BALLOON FULL OF WATER AT THE PARK, C/O PAIN & SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 12 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: Balloons |
| HIT IN EYE W/ WATER BALOON. STATES BLURRED VISION. DX; LT EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 13 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: Balloons |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS; HIT IN EYE BY WATER BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| STICK FROM BALOON BROKE AND STICK BROKE AND POKED EYE. D: CORNEAL ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 14 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: Balloons |
| PT HAD A WATER BALLOON TOSSED AT HER EXPLODING AFTER STRIKING LEFT EYEA BRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| OLDER KID PLAYING WITH BALLOON, PT STRUCK IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | 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: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| BALLOON POPPED IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT SCRATCHED BY BALOON WEIGHT AT FRIENDS, EYE IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| AIR BLEW BALLOONS INTO FACE TODAY WHILE DRIVING, NOW FLOAGTERS AND PHOT OPHOBIA. VITREOUS SYNERESIS WITH PHOTOPHOBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 23 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: Balloons |
| 23 YOM BALLOON POPPED IN FACE PIECE OF BALLOON STRUCK EYE CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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