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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 442
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2002 | Age: 14 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: Flatware |
| PATIENT POKED HIS EYE WITH A FORK; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| L EYE PAIN SINCE YEST.SON HIT PT IN EYE SAT W/ A PLASTIC SPOON.DX CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 5 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: Flatware |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH A SPOON; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 7 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: Flatware |
| PT'S SISTER THROW A PLASTIC FORK AT HIM HITTING HIM IN RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| INJURED L EYE WITH A FORK. DX. L CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| CRN ABR. PT WAS PLAYING WITH CHILD AND HE POKED HER IN THE EYE WITH A F ORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 5 months | 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: Flatware |
| POIKE SELF IN EYE WITH FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 45 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: Flatware |
| ACCIDENTLY STUCK IN THE EYE W/ A FORK LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK AT HOME; CORNEAL ABRASION, SUP ERFICIAL EYELID ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS STRUCK W/SPOON THROWN BY TODDLER. DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 2 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: Flatware |
| 2YOF POKED SELF IN EYE W/FORK DX: CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 6 YO M POKED IN EYE W/FORKPUNCTURE WOUND EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN POKED WITH FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PTS EYE WAS SCRACHED ACCIDENTALLY BY SIBLING WITH A PLASTIC SPOON. D: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT POKED HIS EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK. D: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 3 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: Flatware |
| AT HOME RUNNING W/ A FORK FELL AND SCRATCHED EYE CORNEAL ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT POKED ACCIDENTLY IN EYE WITH FORK DX EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| WAS HIT IN LT EYE W/ FORK PRONGS AT BABY SITTER'S HOUSE. DX; CORNEAL ABR OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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