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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 785
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 3 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME, WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 25 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 HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | 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: Drinking straws |
| 5 YOF SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH STRAW CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | 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 |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/A STRAW. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 7 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: Drinking straws |
| PT EYE INJURY - S/P WHILE SHE WAS DRINKING JUICE YESTERDAY STRAW HIT HER EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW AT SCHOOL TODAY DX// CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 23 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 |
| ANOTHER CHILD ACCIDENTLY POKED PT TO RIGHT EYE WITH A PLASTIC STRAW, SINCE THEN HAS BEEN CRYING. DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | 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: Drinking straws |
| POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | 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 |
| PT ACCIDENLTY POKED LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW WAS TYRING TO TAKE A DRINK. DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 3 years | 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 |
| POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-FELL AGAINST A DRINKING STRAW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 6 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 |
| CHILD "SWORD FIGHTING" WITH BROTHER WHEN GOT POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 19 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: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 57 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, Foods |
| INADVERTENTLY POKED SELF INTO EYE WHILE TILTING HEAD DOWN TO EAT, STRA W WAS IN GLASS>> CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 19 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: Drinking straws |
| POKED EYE WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | 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: Drinking straws |
| CORNEAL AB-POKED SELF IN EYE W/A DIRTY STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 20 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 |
| POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 6 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: Drinking straws |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED HIMSELF IN TEH R EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. EYE I S RED AND TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 23 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: Drinking straws |
| PT STRUCK IN L EYE BY STRAW WRAPPER CAUSED ABRAISION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | 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: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/A STRAW. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 21 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 |
| WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. CORNEAL ABRASIO N, LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH STRAW ;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 9 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: Drinking straws |
| HIT IN THE EYE BY STRAW/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 5 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 |
| POKED IN THE EYE WITH A PLASTIC STRAW. DX CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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