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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 372
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 17 Y/O F POKED EYE W/ STRAW CORN ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2009 | Age: 20 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: Drinking straws |
| STUCK IN EYE BY STRAW ABRASION CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 19 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: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 23 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: Drinking straws |
| PT STRUCK IN L EYE BY STRAW WRAPPER CAUSED ABRAISION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 25 YOF POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 16 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: Drinking straws |
| PIECE OF STRAW INTO EYE " FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS OKED IN THE LT EYE W/A STRAW AT HOME WHILE PLAYING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW DX:CORNEA ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2001 | 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: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2001 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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