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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,825
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2009 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39 YOF, POKED IN EYE WITH ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE, CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2009 | Age: 28 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 |
| LEFT EYE INJURY FROM SCRATCHING WYE ON CHRISTMAS TREE. DX- ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| LEFT EYE INJURY FROM CHRISTMAS TREE NEEDLE. DX-ACUTE LEFT EYE PAIN, CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM NEEDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| DX CORNEAL INJ: PT MOV'G CHRISTMAS TREE INTO HOUSE YTDY AFTERNOON & SCRATCHED HIS EYE W ONE OF THE NEEDLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP AND WAS POKE IN (R) EYE BY ARTIFICIAL C HRISTMAS TREE DX- CORNEAL ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-HIT A BRANCH OF ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT FELL FACE FIRST INTO A PL;ASTIC CHRISTMAS TREE AND SUSTAINED A CORNE EAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/09/2007 | Age: 38 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 |
| RAN INTO CHRISTMAS TREE & HIT EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2007 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44 YOM WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND POKED SELF RIGHT EYE SUSTAINI NG A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 31 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 |
| C/O PT STATES WAS TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND A BRANCH FROM TREE HIT HIS EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 29 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 |
| STUCK IN EYE WITH FAKE CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 42 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| LIMB FROM ARTIFICIAL XMAS TREE POKED IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 36 YOM WAS HANGING SOMETHING ON CHRISTMAS TREE AND F ELT SOMETHING GO INTO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE AND THINKS DUST GOT IN EYE FROM IT/ CO NJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE FROM AN ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE A T HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 49 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN S/P BEING POKED BY CHRISTM AS TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 29 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 |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT POKED EYE WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH WHILE PUT TING TREE AWAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT. SUSTAINED SCRATCH TO EYE FROM A BRANCH OF A CHRISTMAS TREE. RIGHT C ORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2004 | Age: 35 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 |
| SCRATCHED EYE WHILE PUUTING UP ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2004 | Age: 40 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT HIT RT EYE ON CHRISTMAS TREE DX: CORNEAL AB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 35 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 - GOT POKED IN EYE BY A CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 37 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| 37 YO BM - ABRAISION - LEFT CORNEAL - WALKED INTO CHRISTMAS TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 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: 12/15/2001 | Age: 38 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2001 | Age: 34 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2001 | Age: 44 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2000 | Age: 34 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2000 | Age: 32 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/1999 | Age: 34 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/1999 | Age: 37 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/1998 | Age: 27 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/1998 | Age: 48 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/1997 | Age: 34 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/24/1997 | Age: 35 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/1997 | Age: 43 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/1997 | Age: 41 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: Artificial Christmas trees |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/1997 | Age: 44 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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