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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 373
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2004 | Age: 52 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: Matches |
| PT WAS LIGHTING A MATCH, SOME THING FLEW IN EYE, SUSTIANED " RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2004 | Age: 24 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: Matches |
| PT STRIKING MATCH WHEN PIECE POPPED IN EYE DX:CORNEA ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Matches |
| WAS LIGHTING A MATCH AND THE MATCH HEAD WENT INTO EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Matches |
| SPARK FROM A MATCH HIT HIM IN EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Matches |
| CORNEAL ABRASION, PT LIGTHING A MATCH, PARTICLE FELL INTO HER EYEBALL, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, IRRITATION, PHOTOPHOBIA, FB EMBEDDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 2 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: Matches |
| PT HIT IN R EYE WITH A PUNK. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2004 | 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: Matches |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH PART OF A MATCH DX: RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 27 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| LIGHTING MATCH AND BURNING PARTICULATE LANDED IN EYE DX CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Matches |
| LIGHTED MATCH TIP BROKE AND HIT CORNER OFEYE AT HOME. DX; CHEMICAL CON JUNCTIVITIS EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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