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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 234
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 24 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 STATES WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TYPE 1 BOTTLE ROCKET FIRE WORKS DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| STRUCK IN EYE BY BOTTLE ROCKET / BT LT EYE, HYPEMA, POSSIBLE GLOBE PENETRATION (TYPE E1) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT GOT AN EMBER IN EYE ON JULY 4 FROM FIREWORK TYPE R UNKNOWN. DX: R EYE PX, PROBABLE IRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BOTTLE ROCKET HIT PATIENT IN EYE BLUNT OCULAR TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 18 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: Fireworks |
| DX PROJECTILE INJ: FIREWORK (TYPE G) MOTAR TYPE STRUCK PT IN R EYE, W ABRASION R LAT BROW & SIG PERIORBITAL/LID EDEMA, R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 19 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, Eye protection devices |
| CORNEAL AB-LIGHTING FIRWORKS WHILE WEARING GOGGLES-THINK DEBRIS GOT INT O EYE-@ HOME-TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT.INJ.L.EYE AT ***. WHEN SETTING OFF FIREWORKS & IT EXPOLDED. DX;ABRAS ION L.CORNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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