Accidents - Matches - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 549
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	100
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	88
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	126
Year 2006:	59
Year 2007:	76
Year 2008:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Matches
HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH A MATCH RIIGHT EYE PAIN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 70 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: Matches
ACC STRUCK ONTO EYE C A MATCH " EYE PAIN"
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Matches
FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS IN EYE SINCE LIGHTING A MATCH. DX. L EYE FOREIG N BODY SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 51 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: Matches
FB R EYEBALL, PT LIGHTED A MATCH, SOMETHING GOT IN IT AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, TEARING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Matches
BURN L EYEBALL, PT LIGHTED A MATCH, FLAME GOT INTO HIS EYE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, PHOTOPHOBIA, BLURRED VISION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Matches
PT WAS LIGHTING A MATCH WHEN A PIECE OF THE FLINT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE A BRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 52 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: Matches
PT WAS LIGHTING A MATCH, SOME THING FLEW IN EYE, SUSTIANED " RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 55 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: Matches
55 YOM LIGHTING A MATCH PIECE OF MATCH STRUCK EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Matches
CORNEAL BURN- SUSTAINED WHEN SHE STRUCK A MATCH AND THE LIT MATCH TIP W ENT INTO HER EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2001	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Matches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2000	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Matches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/1999	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Matches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/1999	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Matches, Solid room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/1998	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Matches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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