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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 546
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE AS HE WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT S ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS ON THE TREE AND POKED SELF IN THE L EFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT PUTTING HUP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH TH E TREE BRANCH ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| DYE-FILLED CHRISTMAS TRE LIGHTBULB BROKE ON HER HAND, SHE THEN RUBBED HER EYES AND SCREAMED DX:CONJUNCTIVITIS, EYE IRRITANT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 48 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: Christmas tree lights |
| GLASS FROM A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT BROKE AND GOT INTO EYE CORNEAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| L CORNEAL ABRASION;PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & BRANCH GOT IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| POKED IN EYE WITH XMASLITE CORNEAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN ONE BROKE GOT A PIECE IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS, BULB WITH LIQUID CHEMICAL INSIDE BRO KE, GOT FLUID IN EYE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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