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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 144
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/18/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| 2 YR M HIT IN EYE WITH PART OF KITE;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| FLYING KITE & STICK WENT INTO EYE, OPEN GLOBE INJURY, LOC, BLOODY EYE D RAINAGE & PINK NOSTRIL DRAINAGE, OCULAR LACERATION W/PROLAPSE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/22/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| CORNEAL AB-HIT W/A PAPER KITE WHILE INDOORS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/KITE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT. POKED IN EYE WITH KITE. BLEEDING. DX.: CONJUNCTIVAL LACERATION / H EMORHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | 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: Kites or kite string |
| MAKING CARDBOARD KITES IN PRESCHOOL, HIT IN EYE BY PAPER WING OF KITE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | 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: Kites or kite string |
| KITE HIT PT IN RIGHT EYE TODAY WHILE AT THE PARK. D: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 2 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: Kites or kite string, Balloons |
| CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE- STRING FROM A BALLOON INJURED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2001 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2001 | Age: 3 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: Kites or kite string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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