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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,366
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2005 | Age: 51 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN EYE WITH A HANGER DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT WENT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM IN THE DARK POKED SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE W ITH A COAT HANGER ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT BY PLASTIC COAT HANGER IN R EYE, C/O REDNESS, DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED SELF IN EYE WITH PLASTIC COAT HANGER RIGHT EYE SCLERAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2005 | Age: 19 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED IN EYE BY COATHANGER CONTUSION CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| BROTHER HIT PATIENT IN EYE WITH A COAT HANGER AT HOME LAST NIGHT; BLACK FB VISIBLE IN EYE, GLOBE INJURY, TO OR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/02/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| INJURED EYE WITH COAT HANGER AT HOME. DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 4 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| EYE CONTUSED, FROM A CLOTHES HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PATIENT BENT OVER AND HIT IN EYE WITH HANGER OR METAL SHELF AT ***; SUB CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Blankets |
| PT WATCHING TV ON BLANKETS LAST NIGHT,METAL HANGER ON FLOOR BY PT NOW K EEPS EYES CLOSED/RED SCLERA/BLURRY/EYELID SWELLING; L-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2005 | Age: 54 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT DX CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION TO LT EYE - DUE TO A HANGER SINCE SINCE THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HIT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A HANGER DX: LEFT CORNEAL TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| SCLERAL INJURY-POKED EYE W/ METAL COAT HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT POKED LEFT EYE WITH A HANGER. D; LEFT EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | Age: 2 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HANGER CAUGHT IN L EYELID AT 9:30. DX: L CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 37 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT IN LT EYE WITH PLASTIC HANGER DX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 49 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT C/O LFT EYE INJURY. PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH COAT HANGER. DX CORNEAL A BRASION . SUICIDAL IDEATIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 3 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH COAT HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| SCRATCHED R EYE W/COAT HANGER DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH A COAT HANGER AT THE MALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | Age: 18 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| EYE ABRASION, COAT HANGER STUCK IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT POKED EYE WITH A BROKEN HANGER ON TUESDAY. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT C/O HANGER FROM CLEANER WENT INTO LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2005 | Age: 37 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| LT CORNEAL AB-POSSIBLY INJURED WHEN HE BROKE A CLOTHES HANGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED EYE WITH A HANGER DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION L EYEBALL, PT SUST INJURY WITH A COAT HANGER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BURNING, EOM INTACT, PUPIL NORMAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2005 | Age: 5 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH ROUNDED PART OF PLASTIC HANGER AT HOME; CORNE AL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| RT CORNEAL AB-HIT IN EYE W/A PLASTIC HANGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT STUCK A COAT HANGER IN THE CORNER OF HIS EYE DX: ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2005 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT ACCIDENTLY GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE C CLOTHES HANGER SUSTAINED " CORNEAL ABRASION'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2005 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| EYE POKED WITH COAT HANGER DX L EYE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 56 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CORNEAL ABRASION, PT SUST INJURY WITH A COAT HANGER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, PHOTOPHOBIA, REDNESS, CORNEA INTACT, NO BLURRED VISION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT HEAD ON METAL COAT RACK, C/O PAIN AROUND L EYE, DX; CONTUSION L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2005 | Age: 4 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH A HANGER DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2005 | Age: 16 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED SELF IN EYE W/ PLASTIC HANGER. ACUTE CORNEAL AB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 8 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT STRUCK HERSELF IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A PLASTIC COAT HANGER ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HIT HER EYES W/A HANGER,REDNESS LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2005 | Age: 2 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED IN R EYE WITH A HANGER. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT C/O PAIN TO RT EYE S/P HIT FROM FALLI NG HANGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2005 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH COAT HANGER DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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