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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 576
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT TRIED TO CATCH FIREWORK WHICH FELL BY PARACHUTE TYPE R AND WAS HITIN EYE ON 7/4. DX: R EYE SUBCONJ HEMORRHAGE, HYPHEMA, CLOUDY CORNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 7 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: Fireworks |
| ABRASION EYEBALL WHEN DEBRIS FROM FIREWORKS WENT INTO EYE;DX EYEBALL AB RASION TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SHE WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS, IN THE STREET, AND A SPARK, OR PIECE OF ASH FROM A TYPE H FIREWORK, FLEW IN HER EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FB TO R EYE, FIREWORKS (R) BLEW BACK IN IT DX; FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS AT HOME TYPE L AND GOT A SPARK IN EYE ABRASIO N EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| ACCIDENTALLY GOT HOT ASHES FROM ?SPRAKLER INTO EYE >>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/SUPERFACIAL EYELID BURN, FIREWORKS TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS WHEN SPARK WENT BACK ON FACE. D: BURN T O FACE / CORNEAL ABRASION (TYPE L / SPARKLERS) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 9 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| REPORTEDLY STRUCK ONTO EYE BY UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORKS, NOW WITH FOREI GN BODY SENSATION>> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/CORNEAL ABRS, FIREWORKS TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 10 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: Fireworks |
| HIT IN EYE BY "SOMETHING" AFTER DETONATING SOME FIREWORKS, SAYS HE TOOK COVER BEHIND TRUCK, BUT HIT ANYWAY;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL.TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | 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: Fireworks |
| PATIENT AT RED,WHITE & BOOM FIREWORKS DISPLAY LAST NIGHT, GOT ASHES FRO M TYPE M FIREWORKS IN EYE,NOW WITH PAIN & REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEXT TO PT NEAR THE EYE AT HOME CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS (TYPE "A" FIRECRACKER) LT LOWER EYELID ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE HAD LADY FINGER FIRECRACKER POP NEAR L EYE/ TYPE R DX TRAUMATIC L EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks, Blankets |
| PT STATES LAYING ON BLANKET WATCHING FIREWORKS GOT ASHES IN EYE CORNEA ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| STRUCK IN EYE BY SMOKE BOMB (TYPE K)/ HYPHEMA LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SPARK FROM FIREWORK FELL INTO PTS EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE W/BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: R EYE TRAUMA, POSS RUPTURED GLOBE, POSS LENS EXTRACTION, PENETRATI |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT RECEIVED CORNEAL INJURY WHEN HIT IN EYE BY BOTTLE ROCKET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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