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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,004
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A FISHING POLE AND POKED SELF IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 26 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: Fishing |
| DX RIGHT EYE ABRASION: HIT IN EYE WITH FISHHOOK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING HIT IN TH ELEFT EYE WITH A SINKER PUNCTURE OUND EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISHHOOK EMBEDDED IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| STATES WENT FISHING, HOOK WAS STUCK, PULLED POLE AND WEIGHT ON LINE SPR UNG BACK AND HIT HIM IN L EYE. DX. L EYE FB, CORNEAL ABRA, L EYE ACUTE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE RT EYE WITH A FISHING POLE 08/23/03-NOW HAS REDNESS RT EYE. CONJUNCTIVITIS RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 54 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: Fishing |
| 54YOWM WHO WAS IN A FISHING TOURN. GOING DOWN THE LAKE IN HIS BOAT AND A BUG HIT HIM IN HIS EYE.DX:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 22 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: Fishing |
| POKED IN EYE WITH FISHING POLE TRAUMATIC HYPLEMIA IRIDODIALYSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 41 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: Fishing |
| TIP OF FISHING POLE HIT EYE, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | 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: Fishing |
| PT ON THE EL JOBEAN BRIDGE WHEN HE WAS FISHING STRUCK SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH FISHING POLE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| HIT EYE WITH A FISHING LINE DX: NO DX ON CHART PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN BY DR |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 64 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: Fishing |
| HIT BY FISHING CORK IN EYE DX. EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISHING AT RIVER, LINE SNAGGED, POLE RELEASED AND HIT EYE. DX: CONJUNC TIVITIS., MECHANICAL TRAUMA EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | 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: Fishing |
| PT WAS FISHING AND METAL SINKER HIT HIM IN LT EYE-C/O PAIN, LOSS OF VISION LT EYE; GLOBE CONTUSION WITH LOSS OF VISION LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| 20 MINS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL GOT FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN R EYE. DX. FB R EYE - TO OR TO REPAIR EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/18/2003 | Age: 3 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: Fishing |
| PT. WAS PLAYING WITH A FISHING POLE, HIT HIMSELF IN THE EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 26 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: Fishing |
| CORNEAL ABRASION EYE - PATIENT REPORTS HE FELL WHEN FISHING AND WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A STICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | 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: Fishing |
| PT OUT FISHING LAST EVENING POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH THE FISHING POLE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| LEAD FROM A FISHING JIG POPPED PATIENT IN THE RIGHT EYE. DX-HYPHEMA RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fishing |
| LT CORNEAL AB-SCRATCHED EYE WHILE FISHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF HIS EYE FROM A FISH HOOK IN A BOAT ON THE R IVER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Fishing |
| WHILE FISHING GOT WEIGHT IN EYE DX HEMORRHAGE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 13 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: Fishing |
| 13 YOM FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN EYE LID F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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