Accidents - Plastic containers - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 389
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	6
Year 2002:	76
Year 2005:	93
Year 2006:	5
Year 2007:	20
Year 2008:	13
Year 2009:	12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 8 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: Plastic containers
WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH, AT HOME, & A CORNER OF A PLASTIC BOX HIT HIM IN THE EYE. DX: CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION / HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic containers
PT FELL AND HIT EYE ON PLASTIC CRATE X3 DAYS WHILE AT RELATIVES HOUSE, NOW W/PAIN AND REDNESS TO EYE; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic containers, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
OPENING HARD PLASTIC PACKAGING OF PAINT BALL GUN, SHARP EDGE OF PLASTIC HIT HIM IN EYE, BLURRED VISION, BLOOD IN EYE; CORNEAL/SCLERAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2008	Age: 7 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: Plastic containers
SISTER THREW A PLASTIC BOX & ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT IN THE LT EYE- VISION BLURRED. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic containers
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH CD CASE, FB SENSATION, REDNESS; EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 13 years	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: Plastic containers
DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION: INJURED SELF WHEN GOT EDGE OF PLASTIC CONTAINER TOO CLOSE TO EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic containers
EYE CONTUSED, HIT WITH PLASTIC BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 14 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: Plastic containers
PT HIT EYE ON PLASTIC CONTAINER. DX: R EYE CORNEAL & SCLERAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic containers
HIT EYE WITH A PLASTIC BOX AT SCHOOL DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 15 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: Plastic containers
PT WAS OPENING A PLASTIC CAP OF A MEDICATION AND THE CAP FLEW INTO RT E YE DX: RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2001	Age: 14 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: Plastic containers, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2000	Age: 7 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: Plastic containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/1999	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/1997	Age: 14 years	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: Plastic containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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