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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PUTTING HUP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH TH E TREE BRANCH ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHS AND STRUCK HERSELF IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS TAKING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT OFF, LOST BALANCE, FELL STRUCK LT EY E, SUSTAINED" SUBCONJUNICTIVAL HEMATOMA'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS ADJUSTING A BUBBLE LIGHT ON A CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN IT EXPLODED AN D SOME CHEMICAL WENT INTO EYE CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT CHANGING A LIGHT ON HER CHRSITMAS TREE WHEN SHE WAS POKED IN THE LFT EYE BY A TREE BRANCH ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2003 | Age: 57 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: Christmas tree lights |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION-PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND WAS STRUCK I N RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 68 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: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/BRANCH WHILE HANGING XMAS TREE LIGHTS. DX: R CONJUNCTIVAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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