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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 516
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CLOTHES HANGER POKED EYE RIGHT EYE SCLERAL SCLERAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| YOUNGER SISTER HIT PATIENT IN EYE WITH METAL COAT HANGER, MOM HAD TO RE MOVE HANGER, EYE BLED; MUCOSA LINING LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CUT EYEBALL ON WIRE HANGER, SCLERAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED EYE WITH HANGER SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN THE EYE ACCIDENTALLY WITH A PLASTIC COAT HANGER. DX-TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT HAS A RED RIGHT EYE, PT ACCIDENLTY GOT HIT TO EYE BY A WIRE HANGER @ HOME. DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT SUSTAINED EYE INJURY AFTER POKING HIMSELF WITH A HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED IN EYE BY HANGER, SUPERFICIAL EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT WAS CRAWLING AROUND ON A BED AND POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A HANGER . DX EYE CON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CHILD FOUND CRYING W/ PASTIC BROKEN HANGER, C/O L EYE PAIN DX: SCHLERAL ABRASION L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2006 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 17 MONTH OLD FEMALE POKED SELF IN EYE WITH WIRE HANGER WHILE PLAYING LEFT EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| HIT SELF IN EYE W/COAT HANGER, EYE SUPERFICIAL INJURY, INCLUDING CORNEA & CONJUNCTIVA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2006 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH METAL HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED IN L. EYE W. CLOTHES HANGER DX. PUNCTURE WOUND , L. EYE # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2006 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED EYE WITH HANGER FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| SISTER HIT PATIENT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC CLOTHES HANGER YESTERDAY, POOR V ISION; CORNEAL LAC. W/TRAUMATIC CATARACT, DEEP OPEN GLOBE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 3 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE BY STRIKING SELF WITH A HANGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 3 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PLAYING WITH PLASTIC HANGER AND HIT SELF IN EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| POKED IN EYE WITH WIRE HANGER DX: L EYE HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2006 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PER MOM, HANGING CLOTHES ON WIRE HANGER DRAPED OVER COUCH, CHILD RAN IN TO HANGER DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2006 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| WIRE HANGER POKED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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