Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2009 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,117
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	297
6-15 years old:	949
16-25 years old:	468
26-50 years old:	402

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
6 YO FEMALE AT A FOOTBALL GAME WHERE FIREWORKS WERE SET OFF AND ASH GOT INTO PTS EYE. DX EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
PT EYE CAME IN CONTACT WITH FIRE CRACKER, DX: CHEMOSIS CONJUNCTIVITIS (EYE IRRITATION)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks, Other glass bottles or jars
PLACED FIRECRACKERS IN A BOTTLE; EXPLODED - HIT IN RIGHT EYE. CORNEAL A BRASION, RIGHT EYE. TYPE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT PLAYING W/PARTY POPPER FIRECRACKER AND IT POPPED IN EYE, NOW W/EYE R EDNESS AND RUBBING EYE, TYPE P FIRECRACKER; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 17 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: Other
Product: Fireworks
ACC STRUCK INTO LT EYE WITH "FLASHING FIREWORK",+TRANSIENT LOSS OF VISI ON>>TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
ASHES FROM UNKNOWN FIREWORKS (TYPE R) GOT INTO EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT STATES DEBRIS FROM FIREWORK GOT IN EYE AT HOMELT EYE PAIN. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
6YOM, PLAYING WITH SPARKLER , DROPPED ON EYE, BURN EYE; TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
WATCHING FIREWORKS WHEN A FB FLEW INTO EYE - POSSOBLE FALLING ASH - TYP E R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS PLAYING W/ SPARKLERS & HIT SELF IN (L) EYE (TYPE L) DX;; NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 15 years	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: Fireworks, Stairs or steps
EXPOSED MTO DUST FROM FIRECRACKERS WHILE LAYING ON STEPS. DX: ACUTE COR NEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS LIGHTING OFF FIRECRACKERS WHEN A SPARK FROM THE FIRECRACKER WENT INTO EYE CORNEAL BURN/TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
LEFT EYE PAIN PT WAS CLEANING UP TYPE A- FIREWORKS RESIDUE THEN RUBBED LEFT EYE PT HAS BEEN CRYING ALL NIGHT. DX CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 18 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: Fireworks
18YOM INJURED LT EYE FROM A HOT ASH FROM FIREWORKS (TYPE R) LAST EVENIN G,EYE IS SCRATCHY AND WATERY;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WITH ABRASION TO LEFT EYE AFTER BEING HIT WITH FIREWORK. FIREWORK TY PE R. DX ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS AT TYPE M FIREWORKS DISPLAY , FELT LIKE SOMETHING GOT IN LT EYE IT WAS WASHED OUT, STILL FEELS FB SENSATION. DX-LT EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 38 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: Fireworks
PT WOKE UP WITH PAIN IN RT EYE, NOW HAS PERSISTENT PAIN, DID ENGAGE IN TYPE R FIREWORKS YESTERDAY. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, RT EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
HIT BY FIREWORK SPARK, HAND HELD SPARKLER, TYPE L FIREWOPRK DX: FB EYE , CORNEAL ABRASION, SINGED EYELASHES,SUPERFICAL BURN, EYELID EDEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
EYE FB-WEARING CONTACTS-PIECE OF MISSLE ROCKET FIRECRACKER IN EYE-TYPE D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
@ FIREWORKS SHOW, HAD A SPARK/SHARPNEL FELL INTO HIS EYE >>RUPTURED GLOBE/SUBCONJ HEAMORRHAGE, TYPE M FIREWORKS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
OUTSIDE LIGHTING FIREWORKS SOMETHIN IN EYE ..FB REMOVAL TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
L CORN BURN/38YOF STS WATCHING PUBLIC FIRE WORKS@10P IN PHELPSWAS LOOKI NG UP AND SPARK GOT INTO EYE. EYE IS WATERY AND PAINFUL. TYPE "M"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
19YOM, LIT SPARKLER, HIT HEY , BURN CORNEA; TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
AT FIREWORKS SHOW, PIECE OF FIREWORK & ASHES FELL IN EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, FB EYE TYPE M FIREWORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 6 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: Fireworks
CORNEAL ABRASION'S RT EYE: 6YOM FELL WITH HANDFULL OF "SNAPS" FIREWORKS TYPE K, THEY WENT OFF IN HIS HAND NEAR RT EYE, FOREIGN BODY SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 41 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: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN EYE BY FIREWORKS (TYPE R UNKNOWN). DX: L EYE DECREASED VISION, CORNEAL ABR, HYPHEMA, FACIAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 36 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: Fireworks
CORNEAL AB-INJURED ON A FIRECRACKER THAT FLEW INTO FACE-TYPE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
EYE & FACIAL INJURY FROM FIRECRACKER EXPLODING. DX-MINOR FACIALBURN, RI GHT CORNEAL INJURY/SUPERFICIAL TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
FALLING ASH FROM FIREWORKS SHOW, TYPE M, FELL IN EYE DX: EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS LIGHTING BOTTLE ROCKETS WHEN ONE WENT OFF STRICKING PT IN THE EYE DX: BURN TO EYE TYPE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS WHEN SOMETHING HIT EYE (TYPE R) UNKNOWN. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
CORNEAL AB-GOT HIT W/ FIREWORKS LIGHTING STICK-@ HOME-TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN TO EYE FROM A *** FOR FIREWORKS TYPE R TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 4 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: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH UNSPECIFIED FIREWORKS AND PART OF ONE FLEW INTO PT'S L EYE DX- CORNEAL ABRA F/B TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 6 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: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH TYPE R FIREWORKS "POPPERS" LAST NIGHT, GOT SAWDUST IN EYE S, TODAY HAS EYE REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS AND STARTED C/O OF HAVING EYE PAIN. DX: F/B TO LEFT EYE* UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORK TYPE "R"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 11 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: Fireworks
L EYE BURN FROM FIREWORKS (UNKNOWN) TYPE R DX CORNEAL ABRASION L, CHEICAL BURN L EYEBROW *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 4 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: Fireworks
HIT WITH SPARK FROM FIREWORK;DX EYE ABRASION. NO FIREWORK TYPE NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS THROWING "POPPERS" INTO THE STREET AND GOT SOME GRIT INTO LEFT E YE WHEN ONE LANDED NEAR HIS HEAD CORNEAL ABRASION/TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
ATTENDING CITY CELEBRATION FIREWORKS DISPLAY WHEN PIECE OF ASH FROM FIR EWORKS GOT INTO R EYE DX FOREIGN BODY OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 5 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: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS CALLED POPPERS (THROWING THEM) WHEN ONE BOUNCED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
AT FRIENDS HOME FIREWORKS BLEW UP IN FACE ..EYE PAIN...CORNEAL ABRASIO N AND INBEDED FB IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS PLAYING W/FIREWORKS W/FRINEDS, ONE HIT PT IN R EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION (JUMPING JACK W/DOMINATOR FIREWORKS, DM-T3500 PT SPINNER SERI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 14 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: Other
Product: Fireworks
DX: ROCKET BOTTLE TO L EYE, HYPHEMA; ADMITTED, PERIORBITAL SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNS TO EYE BY FIREWORK AT HOME. DX BURNS TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN R EYE W/FIREWORKS DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	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: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH POPPERS AND HIT IN EYE;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
DECREASED VISION/CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS OF LEFT EYE - HIT IN FACE BY FIREWORKS (MORTAR) LAST NIGHT. FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ATTEND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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