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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 698
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 39 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: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS POKED IN LT EYE WITH A STRAW DX: CORNEAL AB + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | 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: Drinking straws |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS; POKED WITH PLASTIC STRAW @ SUPPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CUT EYEBALL WITH STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 7 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CHILD POKED IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| MOM WAS PULLING CHILD OUT OF CAR & SIBLING HAD DRINK IN HAND & STRAWI HIT PT. IN THE LEFT EYE. DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE/ SCLERAL TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 6 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: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | 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: Drinking straws |
| POKED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW/ CORNEAL ABRASION LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| BROTHER WAS HANDING HER A MILK SHAKE & SHE GOT POKED IN THE EYE WITH TH E STRAW. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HOLDING STRAW AND FELL, STRAW WENT INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 28 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: Drinking straws |
| R EYE CORNEAL ABRAS/28YOWM WAS WRESTLING AROUND AND THINKS HE HURT EYEW ITH A STRAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 5 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: Drinking straws |
| JABBED STRAW IN LT EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | 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: Drinking straws |
| PT SCRATCHED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | 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: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN POKED WITH STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - WAS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE HOLDING A STRAW AND POK ED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 12 months | 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: Drinking straws |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW BY FRIEND YESTERDAY; EYE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2002 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A STRAW STRUCK HIMSELF IN RIGHT EYE IN THE LOWER BORDER OF HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | 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: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/PLASTIC STRAW. DX: CORNEAL ABR OS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-SCRATCHED SELF WITH A STRAW 20 MINUTES AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A STRAW DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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