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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,286
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 43 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 |
| 43 Y/O/M POKED EYE WITH BRANCH WHILE PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON TREE DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP XMAS LIGHTS AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX: FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| SOMETHING GOT INTO EYE WHILE PUTTING XMAS LIGHTS UP, DX; EYE FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 40 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: Christmas tree lights, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| STUCK BY TREE BRANCH WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 38 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| HAD SOMETHING GO INTO RIGHT EYE WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 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: 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 |
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 38 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 |
| FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| PT DECORATING THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A CHRIS TMAS LIGHTBULB ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2005 | Age: 42 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 WAS POKED IN EYE W/XMAS TREE BRANCH WHILE PUTTING UP LIGHTS. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 45 YOF C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT PLUG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| 26 YOM WAS PUTTING IN A CHRISTMAS LIGHT LAST NIGHT, GLASS POPPED AND MA Y HAVE GOTTEN INTO RIGHT EYE. HAS CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| BRANCH OF XMAS TREE HIT PT WHILE PUTTING ON LIGHTS.DX: L TRAUMATIC COR NEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 27 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: Christmas tree lights |
| TAKING X-MAS LIGHTS & FELT SOMETHING GO IN EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS INFECTIONS, BLEPHARITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| RT EYE CONTUSION/ABRASION.PT WAS PUTTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON A BUSH AND A BRANCH HIT PT IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 45 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 |
| HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN SHRUB F B UNDER CONJUNCTIVA OF EYE POSS. PINE NEEDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 42 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 TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN ONE BROKE PIECE OF THE BULB WENT I NTO RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/30/2001 | 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: Christmas tree lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2000 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2000 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Christmas tree lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/1999 | Age: 36 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: Christmas tree lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/1998 | Age: 39 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/1998 | Age: 34 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: Christmas tree lights |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/1998 | Age: 40 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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