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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 287
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 44 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: Rope or string, Christmas tree lights |
| CORNEAL ABRAS/44YOM AT HOME WHILE TRIMMING TREE BENT DOWN TO TURN OFF C HRISTMAS LIGHT AND POKED SELF IN EYE WITH TWINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT C/O BEING HIT TO LT EYE WITH A STRING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 33 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: Rope or string |
| PT HAS ABRASION TO EYE AFTER BEING STRUCK BY STRING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS TYING SOMETHING TO ROOF OF CAR C A *** CORD WHICH SNAPPED ANDHIT HIS LT EYE, SUSTAINED " LT MICROHYPHEMIA, RUPTURE GLOBE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2004 | Age: 42 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: Rope or string, Ladders |
| POKED EYE WITH A ROPE WHILE GETTING OFF A LADDER DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 46 YOM WAS HIT THE LEFT EYE WITH ROPE WHILE CUTTING A TREE CAUSING HYPH EMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT AT *** CREEK SWINGING ON A ROPE SWING HANGING FROM A TREE THE ROPECA ME BACK AND STRUCK RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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