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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 257
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 32 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT REPORTS EYE WAS POKED BY LIMB OF ARTIFICIAL C HRISTMAS TREE WHILE DECORATING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 10YOF POKED HER EYE ON AN ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIMB DX: CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE & SCABIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE BY METAL ON ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME; COR NEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Christmas decorations |
| LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS IN GARAGE AND AN ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE WAS HANGING FROM RAFTERS AND A BROKEN CHRISTMAS BULB HIT PT IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 72 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - NEEDLE FROM ARTIFICIAL TREE STRUCK EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees, Wire |
| 58 Y.O. W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT STS HE WAS CLEANING OUT HIS STORAGE ROOM & A PIECE OF COPPER WIRE FROM CHRISTMAS TREE POKED HIM. E9 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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