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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 558
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/11/2005 | Age: 14 months | 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 PLAYING IN KITCHEN, CAME OUT RUBBING EYE. MOM NOTED FORK IN HAND. DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY HOLDING A CAKE SERVER AND SON JUMPED UP ACCIDENT LY STRUCK ARM POKING SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 26 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 |
| R EYE PAIN AFTER ACCIDENTALLY STABBED IN EYE W/FORK AT HOME DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2005 | Age: 22 months | 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 |
| CHILD POKED SELF IN EYE WITH FORK AT HOME DURING DINNER. DX: CORNEAL AB RASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 35 YOF WAS BEING FED BY HER TODDLER SON WITH A PLAST IC FORK AND GOT POKED IN THE LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN EYE WITH FORK HANDLE, EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/31/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 4Y/M BROKE A PLASTIC FORK AND PIECE FLEW IN HIS EYE DURING A CAR RIDE T ODAY,EYE "FEELS SCRATCHY",NO VISION PROBLEMS;RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | Age: 23 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: Flatware |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2005 | Age: 2 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: Flatware |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH A FORK, IN RT EYE DX: RT. EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 7 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 |
| HIT BY SIBLING WITH FORK DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | Age: 3 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, Barstools or kitchen stools |
| PT WAS SITTING ON KITCHEN STOOL WITH FORK IN HAND AND TRIPPED WHEN GETT ING OFF STOOL POKING HERSELF IN EYE WITH FORK. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE EYE W/ A SPOON HEMORRHAGE SUBCONJUCTIVIAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 4 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 |
| EYE CONTUSED, POKED WITH PLASTIC FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 81 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, Grills |
| PT BARBEQUING ON GRILL AND POKE SELF IN EYE WITH FORK C/O PAIN LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 47 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 |
| PT DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION - C/O "I WAS POKED IN THE RT EYE BY A FORK ACCIDENTALLY AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 4 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 |
| WHILE EATING WAS TRYING TO STICK FORK IN CORN ON COB, FORK FLEW UP AND HIT HER R EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 4 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: Flatware |
| PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A SPOON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2005 | Age: 7 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 |
| PT ACCD POKED IN RT EYE WITH A FORK, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| EYE FB-RUNNING W/ FORK IN HAND-FELL-FORK INPALED RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/09/2005 | Age: 17 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: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT POKED IN EYE WITH METAL SPOON, HEMORRHAGE TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2005 | Age: 3 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: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT HIT WITH IN EYE WITH A SPOON THROWN BY BROTHER, EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT STATES A SPOON FELL, HIT EYE, TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2005 | Age: 15 months | 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 STABBED IN EYE WITH A FORK THIS AM, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 43 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 |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 43 YOF POKED HERSELF IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A PLASTIC SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| EYE HEMORRHAGE, COUSIN THREW A FORK AND HIT CHILD IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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