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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 528
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH FIRECRACKER, (BOTTLE ROCKET). DX-LEFT EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| WAS PLAYING WITH BOTTLE ROCKETS AND ON HIT HIM IN THE EYE...CONJUNCTION AL LAC AND HYPHEANA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 17 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 PUT POWDER FROM FIRECRACKER (TYPE R UNKNOWN) IN MOLE HOLE & IT EXPLODED IN PT'S FACE. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HIT IN EYE ON 7/4 BY BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: IRITIS, POST TRAUMATIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 24 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: Puncture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE BY A FIRING FIREWORK(ROMAN CANDLE). " RUPTURE GLOBE", FIREWORK TYPE 1 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 21 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: Fireworks |
| HIT IN FACE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET TYPE "E" DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LAC. TYPE E FIREWORKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 23 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 |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS LIGHTING A SPARKLER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 22 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 |
| HIT IN FACE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT DX BOTH OCCULAR BURNS - PT C/O PAINN TO BOTH EYES DUE TOFIRECRACKER S TODAY (TYPE A FIREWORKS). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 24 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: Fireworks |
| PT GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE BY ROMAN CANDLE, FIREWORK. " TRAUMATIC IRRITIS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 20 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 WAS HIT IN EYE W/UNKNOWN TYPE FIREWORK. DX: ACUTE L GLOBE INJURY, ANTERIOR CHAMBER INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT C/O EYE PAIN. PT WAS USING A *** FOR FIREWORKS AND FIREWORKS EXPLODE D INFRONT OF EYE. DX BLINDNESS AND DECREASED VISION RESOLVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18Y/F ASHES FROM FIREWORKS (TYPE M) SHOW "***" GOT INTOEYES BURN/TEARIN G,EMS FLUSHED,VISIBLE DEBRIS; RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | 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: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT AT BEACH IN ***, FIREWORKS (TYPE R) WENT OFF AND ROCK HIT PT IN L E YE DX: BLUNT TRAUMA L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2005 | Age: 19 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: Fireworks |
| OUTER CORNER OF R EYE STRUCK BY BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, ABRASION FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 22 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: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HIT IN EYE WITH FIREWORK OCULAR LACER\RUPTURED GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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