Accidents - Laser pointers - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,134
See also: Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	234
Year 2000:	102
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	71
Year 2005:	158
Year 2006:	164
Year 2007:	244
Year 2008:	50
Year 2009:	36
Year 2010:	22

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	32
6-15 years old:	491
16-25 years old:	272
26-50 years old:	270
50+ years old:	66

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	803	Face:	179
Toe:	71	Mouth:	17
Knee:	16	Head:	15
Lower Leg:	15	Finger:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/05/2010	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laser pointers
10 MOM FELL W/LASER POINTER IN MOUTH DX: PALATE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
11YOM- PT WAS IN SCHOOL WHEN ANOTHER STUDENT SHINED A RED LASER LIGHT IN RIGHT EYE NOW C/O PAIN TO EYE. DX SUPERFICIAL EYE TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Laser pointers
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO A MAGIC TRICK, SHOVED A LASER POINTER UP HIS RIGHT NOSTRIL. DX NASAL F.B.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Laser pointers
BITTEN TO THE LEG TWICE BY A STRAY CAT AFTER TAUNTING IT WITH LASER >>PW/CAT BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 30 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: Laser pointers
REPORTS SOMEONE PLASHED A LASER POINTER INTO EYE,C/O BLURRY VISION >>EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
DX EYE COMPLAINT: R EYE EXPOSURE TO LASER POINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
49 YO MALE HAD LASER POINTER POINTED AT EYE BY KIDS EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
PT HAD A CLASSMATE POINT A LASER POINTER IN THE R EYE. NOW HAS BLURRING VISION IN DOT SHAPE APPEARING IN THAT VISUAL FIELD. DX R EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Laser pointers
PATIENT WAS USING A POINTER, ACTUALLY SHAVED ACROSS THE 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS. DX-AVULSION INJURY OF THE PAD OF 2ND & 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
STUDNET HAS RED LIGHT LASER POINTED IN EYE X 5 SECONDS BY OTHER STUDENT WHILE TEACHING. D: EYE PAIN, LASER POINTER EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laser pointers
BARCODE LASER FLASHED IN EYES, DX; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laser pointers
11 YOF LASER POINTER BULBAR CONJUNCTIVAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
PT STATES LASER BEAM FLASHED IN EYE AT SCHOOL, EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
LASER PEN LASER WAS SHINNED IN HIS EYES. DX SCLERAL IRRITATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
"SHOT" IN L EYE WITH POCKET LASER, C/O HEADACHE DX LEFT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 10 years	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: Laser pointers
DX: L EYE HEMORRHAGE FROM ANOTHER CHILD POINTING LASER POINTER IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
PT STATES SOMEONE POINTED LASER POINTER BRIEFLY INTO L EYE, C/O HEADACH E, NO PERIPHERAL VISION
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/31/2005	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Laser pointers
BROTHER PLAYING WITH LASER POINTER WITH DOG FOLLOWING IT AROUND AND THE N LUNGED UP AND BIT HER ON THE FACE WHEN SHE WAS NEAR DOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
WAS SHOT IN RT. EYE W/ LASER POINTER BEAM DX: EYE PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/01/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
EYE PAIN AFTER SHINING LASER LIGHT IN IT LASER LIGHT EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Laser pointers
EYES HURTING AND PAIN. LASER POINT LIGHT TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
LASER EXPOSURE - 13 YOM WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A LASER POINTER THIS AFTERNOON, DENIES ANY PAIN OR BLURRY VISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
HAD LASER PEN LIGHT SHINE INTO HIS EYES AT SCHOOL DX: EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/1999	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/06/1999	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/1999	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/1999	Age: 12 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: Other
Product: Laser pointers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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