Accidents - Cigarette or pipe lighters - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 840
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	150
Year 1998:	103
Year 2000:	18
Year 2002:	78
Year 2003:	129
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	173
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	30
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	110

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 33 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
33YOWF PT WAS HIT IN L EYE SUNDAY NIGHT W/A *** LIGHTER BY ACCIDENT WH EN SOMEONE WAS THROWING IT TO HER. DX. CONT L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2010	Age: 49 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
"FLICKED LIGHTER TO LIGHT CIGARETTE,CAME APART & STRUCK ME IN L EYE"DX L CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 32 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
WAS HIT IN EYE BY A THROWN CIGARETTE LIGHTER DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 28 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT DX CORNEAL ABRASION - ACCIDENTALLY HIT A CIGARETTE LIGHTER WITH LT AYA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
FB RT EYE.PT WAS DRIVING IN A CAR AND THREW CIGARETTE OUT WINDOW AND IT FLEW BACK IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 30 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
CIGARETTE ASH FLEW INTO EYE/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 27 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AND THINKS A SPARK FROM LIGHTER WENT INTO EYE, C/O L EYE PAIN DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 28 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT HIT IN EYE WITH LIT CIGARETTE. DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		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
CORNEAL ABRASION: IN TRUCK DRIVING HOME, LIT CIGARETTE, WHEN SPARKFROM *** LIGHTER FLEW FROM FLINT OF LIGHTER, STRIKING RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
C/O PT WAS DRIVING CAR WHILE SMOKING CIGARETTE AND AHSES FLEW IN HIS EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 47 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
47 YOF LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AND A PIECE OF ASH FLEW INTO LEFT EYE-DX SCLERA BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
BURNS (L) EYEBALL, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A LIGHTED CIGARETTE WHILEDRI VING, TRIED TO AVOID A BUS, C/O SEVERE PAIN, IRRITATION, TEARING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 28 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT EXPOSED TO SMOKE WHEN SOMEONE SMOKED CIGARETTE AT HER HOME, C/O EYE DISCHARGE, REDNESS. BLURRED VISION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2000	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		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: 11/23/1998	Age: 49 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/1998	Age: 36 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/1997	Age: 37 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: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/1997	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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