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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,017
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Football |
| PLAYING FOOTBALL IN HOUSE AND BALL HIT GLASS AND BROKE. GLASS WENT INT O PTS EYES. DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 13 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: Football |
| PT HIT IN EYE W/FOAM FOOTBALL, NOW W/BLURRED VISION, EYE PAIN AND EYE R EDNESS, FEELS THERE IS SOMETHING STILL IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2007 | Age: 12 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: Football |
| PT HAS EYE SWELLING AND REDNESS AFTER BEING HIT IN THE EYE WITH THE TIP OF THE FOOTBALL. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT WITH EYE ABRASION FROM FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 12 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: Football |
| PATIENT WAS TACKLED AND HIT IE EYE WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX-CONTUSION EYE, VISUAL DISTRUBANCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2007 | Age: 9 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: Football |
| ACC STRUCK ONTO EYE C FB @ SCHOOL >> EYE INJ FB:FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT THROWING A FOOTBALL AT SCHOOL AND HIT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A THROWN BALL CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| HIT IN EYE WITH FOOTBALL. DX IRITIS, ACUTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM SOMETHING THAT GOT CAUGHT IN EYE DURING FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT OUTSIDE PLAYING FOOTBALL, TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN HITTING HEAD ON A POLE, HIT EYE AND NOSE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 14 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: Football |
| PLAYING FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT, UNSURE IF POKED IN EYE-EYE WATERING ALOT, RED SCLERA BILAT EYES, D-CORNEAL ABRASION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football, Eyeglasses |
| PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL IN GYM CLASS, TEAMMATE ACCIDENTALLY THREW BALL IN TO PTS EYE, WEARING GLASSES@TIME-GLASSES BROKE, PAIN BROW/BLURRY SPELLS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PT HIT IN EYE W/FOOTBALL AT SCHOOL, REDNESS TO SCLERA/LOWER IRIS, OVAL APPEARANCE TO PUPIL, C/O BLURRED VISION; HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| 12 YOM WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A FOOTBALL, 2 DAYS AGO, BLURRY VISION, & EYE RED. DX: RT TRAUMATIC IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Football |
| GOT DIRT IN EYE WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | 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: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PLAYING C NEIGBOR, STRUCK ACC ONTO EYE C F-B >> EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Football |
| PT HIT IN L EYE W/POINT OF THROWN FOOTBALL YEST. DX. ACUTE EYE PAIN/IN JURY L EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football, Lockers |
| PT SUST CONT TO EYE ON LOCKER AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 14 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| POKED INTO EYE WHILE PLAYIG F-BALL >>ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS SCRATCHED TO EYE WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL W/FRIENDS AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2007 | Age: 14 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| 14 YOM NOTICED BLUE FLASHES OF LIGHT IN LT EYE, DURING FOOTBALL PRACTIC VISION GOT BLURRY. DX: RETINAL TEAR X 2 IN LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| HIT IN EYE WITH FOOTBALL CONTUSION CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2007 | Age: 15 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: Football |
| CONTUSED EYE DURING FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 12 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| ORBITAL EDEMA:RT EYE BLACK & BLUE, SWELLING LOWER ORBITAL AREA, DIFFICULTY LOOKING DOWN, AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 12 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Football |
| PLAYING F-BALL ACC POKED INTO EYE C A FINGER OF TEAMMATE >> R/O RUPTURED GLOBE/EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 10 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football, Footwear |
| 10YOM PLAYING FOOTBALL AND HAD ANOTHER PLAYER'S SHOE IMPACT AND CAUSEA CONTUSION TO PT'S EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WHEN ANOTHER PLAYER GOT FINGERS HTTING PT'S LEFT EYE. NOW C/O PAIN. DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Football |
| PT WITH HEMATOMA TO EYE FROM BEING TACKLED DURING FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 7 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: Football, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| 7 Y/O M SUS A EYE INJURY X TODAY. PT WHILE AT GRANDMOMS HOME AND PLAYIN G FOOTBALL RAN INTO A ROSE BUSH HITTING EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| INJURED PLAYING FOOTBALL/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Football |
| CUT TO L EYE PLAYING FOOTBALL, DX; LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PT C/O FALL WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX DILATED PUPIL DUE TO MED USE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| LEFT EYE CONTUSION.PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND KNEED IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE WITH SOMONES FINGER WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL AT SCHOOL DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2007 | Age: 9 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: Football |
| PATIENT HIT IN FACE WITH FOOTBALL YESTERDAY, PAIN IN EYE, SCLERA RED, SLIGHTLY BLURRED VISION; TRAUMATIC IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| GOT GRASS IN EYE PLAY FOOTBALL CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 15 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| 15 YO M CONTUSION L PERIORBITAL AREA STRUCK IN EYE BY ANOTHER PLAYER WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PATINT HIT IN SIDE OF HEAD IWTH FOOTBALL AT LUNCHTIME, EYE RED WITH PAI N; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Football |
| HURT EYE PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX CONJUNTCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2007 | Age: 9 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: Football |
| HIT IN EYE WITH FOOTBALL. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PT DX TRAUMA TO LT EYE - S/P HX HIT IN EYE WITH FOOTBALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 9 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: Football |
| 9 YOM WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND WAS HIT IN THE LEFT EYE BY THE BALL SUST AINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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