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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 208
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2009 | 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: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT PLAYING W/ METAL HANGER AT HOME, ACCID STRUCK HIMSELF IN L EYE W/ HA NGER. PAIN, BLEEDING ON SCLERAL SURFACE. DX L SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | 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 WITH ABRASION TO EYE FROM A HANGER IN A STORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | 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 WAS POKED IN THE EYE W/COAT HANGER AT STORE.DX: R EYE SUBCONJUNCTIV AL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Doors |
| MOM REPORTS THAT PT WALKED INTO A RUSTY WIRE HANGER THAT WAS BEING USED TO OPEN A DOOR LEFT EYE RED & SWOLLEN. DX LEFT EYE TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | 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 WAS PLAYING W/ A PLASTIC CLOTHES HANGER WHEN SHE ACCID STRUCK HERSEL F IN THE R EYE. HAS PAIN, TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| DX LWOBS R EYE INJ 2HRS AGO. POKED R EYE W METAL HANGER, EYE IS RED & TEAR'G |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | Age: 4 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| C/O EYE PAIN WITH BLURRY VISION AFTER GOT STRUCK ONTO EYE WITH A HANGER , ?MECH>>EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2009 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| MOM STATES CHILD POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A HANGER DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PLAYING WITH COAT HANGER AND CAUGHT TIP IN EYEBALL WITH BLEEDING AND TR ANSFERRED TO MASS EYE AND EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION TO R EYE FROM A PLASTIC HANGER.DX CORNEAL ABRASI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | 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 WAS POKED IN EYE BY CLOTHES HANGER. DX: L CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PTS 6YO BROTHER WAS PLAYING W/ A COAT HANGER WHEN HE ACCID HIT PT IN TH E L EYE. HAS SWELLING TO EYELID, TEARING. DX L EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | 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: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A METAL COAT HANGER WHEN HE ACCID HIT HIMSELF IN FA CE W/ IT. PAININ R EYE. DX R EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| HIT IN EYE WITH A WIRE HANGER. DX EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2009 | Age: 5 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| BROTHER POKED PATIENT IN EYE WITH COAT HANGER; CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUN CTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT DX RT EYE FOREIGN BODY,RESOLVED - S/P DIRECT TRAUMA - W/COAT HANGER TO MEDIAL ASPECT OF RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2009 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PT WAS PLAYING IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM WHEN SHE GRABBED A CLOTHES HANGER AN D STRUCK HERSELF IN R EYE W/ IT. R EYE PAIN, FB SENS. DX R EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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