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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 278
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| SPARK FROM LIT MATCH FLEW INTO PT'S EYE. DX: CORNEAL BURN R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| BURN L EYEBALL, PT LIGHTED A MATCH, FLAME GOT INTO HIS EYE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, PHOTOPHOBIA, BLURRED VISION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| 30 YO FEMALE LIT A MATCH AND A PIECE WENT INTO EYE CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 37 years | 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: Matches |
| PT WAS LIGHTED A MATCH LAST PM&FELT SOMETHING STRUCK THE EYE. " CONJ" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Matches |
| STUCK HIMSELF IN EYE WITH LARGE MATCHSTICK. LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Matches |
| STRUCK MATCH, PIECE OF MATCH HIT L EYE, PAIN DX: EYE PAIN LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 19 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Matches |
| PT WITH EYE PAIN AFTER PIECE OF MATCH GOT CAUGHT IN EYE. D: CONJUNCTIVA L IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Matches |
| PT WAS LIGHTING A MATCH WHEN A PIECE OF THE FLINT WENT INTO RIGHT EYE A BRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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