Accidents - Cigarette or pipe lighters - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,075
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	105
Year 1999:	94
Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	94
Year 2002:	60
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	136
Year 2006:	14
Year 2007:	223
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	69
Year 2010:	140

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/10/2010	Age: 23 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
23YOM WAS LIGHTING CIGARETTE WITH LIGHTER AND EMBER WENT INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighters
22YOM LIGHTING A CIGARETTE WITH LIGHTER WHEN A SUDDEN OVER BURN OF THE FLAME INJURED LT EYE;SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMMORRHAGE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 24 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Fuel multi-purpose lighters
PT WENT TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE ANFD THE LIGHTER EXPLODED AND GOT THE LIGH TER FLUID IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 21 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE GOT ASH IN (L) EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT WAS USING A LIGHTER AND IT EXPLODED IN HER FACE DX: LT EYE CHEMICAL CONUCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT SMOKING CIGARETTE ASH FLEW INTO EYE DX// CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT WITH FB IN EYE - CIGARETTE ASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PATIENT CAME IN WITH SEVERE EYE PAIN, ACCIDENTLY STUCK LIGHT CIGARETTE IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL BURN TO LEFT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 22 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Beds or bedframes
22 YO FEMALE INJURED EYE WITH BUTANE LIGHTER WHILE SITTING ON BED RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 20 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: Other
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT HAD LIGHTER EXPLODE IN FACE. BUTANE IN BOTH EYES. WAS LIGHTING A CIG ARETTE WHEN ASH FELL ONTO LIGHTER & IT EXPLODED. D:CHEMICAL IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 25 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT FLICKED THEIR CIGARATTE WHEN A HOT ASHE FLEW BACK INTO LEFT EYE CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 22 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF HER CORNEA AS A RESULT OF BEING STRUCK B Y A CIGARETTE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 22 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PATIENT 'S CIGARETTE LIGHT SLAMMED UP IN HIS FACE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
FOREIGN BODY TO EYE, WHILE LIGHTING CIGARETTE, PIECE OF CIGARETTE LIGHT ER FLEW INTO EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2001	Age: 25 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2000	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/1999	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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/1999	Age: 25 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/1998	Age: 18 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 03/22/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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