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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 117
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION FROM PLASTIC COAT HANGER# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT DX JAMMED EYE W/HANGER,LEGALLY BLIND.DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 36 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 36 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH HANGER CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 34 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: 1 HR PTA PT ACC POKE SELF IN R EYE W COAT HANGER. PT PMH OF PRK IN SEPTEMBER 2006 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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