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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 34
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Rope or string |
| PT WORKING W/ A SPEECH THERAPIST W/ A BALLOON WHEN THE STRING ON THE BA LLOON GOT INTO HIS R EYE.HAS PAIN AND TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN BALLOON POPPED IN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Balloons |
| POWDER OF BALLOON WHEN POPPED GOT IN EYE;DX FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| HIT WITH WATER BALLOON IN EYE;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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