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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 241
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 51 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: Balloons |
| PT WAS BLOWING UP BALLOONS AND IT POPPED STRIKING PT IN LEFT EYE, ABASIONS TO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2007 | Age: 51 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: Balloons |
| PT DX LT YE CORNEAL ABRASION - HIT WITH WATER BALLOON TO LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT WAS HIT IN RT EYE WITH WATER BALLOON DX: SUBCONJUCTIVAL HEMMORAGE RT EYE, CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2003 | Age: 55 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: Balloons, Rope or string |
| 55 Y.O. W FELAME W/CORNEAL ABRASION. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD W/A BALL OON W/STRING ATTACHED & IT FLEW OUT THE WINDOW & STRING RUBBED EYE. E91 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| AIR BLEW BALLOONS INTO FACE TODAY WHILE DRIVING, NOW FLOAGTERS AND PHOT OPHOBIA. VITREOUS SYNERESIS WITH PHOTOPHOBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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