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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,769
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/10/2010 | Age: 61 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: Cords, electrical |
| ABRASION RT.EYE.61YOM.PT.REFERS WHILE USING FOLDING CABLE SNAP HITTING HIM ON EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 22YOM ELECTRICAL CORD SNAPPED BACK ACCIDENTLY STRIKING RT EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 40 YOF WAS HIT IN EYE W/END OF ELECTRICAL CORD. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR, FACIAL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2010 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 95YOWF WHILE CHANGING THE PATIENT, A CALL BELL CORD CAME LOOSE AND HITP T IN R EYE. DX. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. (OCCURRED AT NH) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical, Containers |
| 36 YO F PULLING AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE CORD OUT OF BOX, ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN EYE. DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT WAS PULLING ON ELECTICAL CORD AND HIT SELF IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 44 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: Cords, electrical |
| R CORNEAL ABRAS/44YOF AT HOME HIT EYE WITH THE PLUG OF AN ELECTRICAL CORD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2009 | Age: 31 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT WITH ABRASIONS TO EYE WHILE UNTANGLING A CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| OULLED ELECTRICAL CORD FROM WALL & POKED EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION R. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| HIT IN EYE WITH THE METAL PORT OF AN ELECTRICAL CORD. DX. CORNEAL ABRAS ION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT HIS HIS RIGHT EYE WITH A CORD, DX: HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PATIENT TRYING TO SPLICE ELECTRICAL CORD BACK TOGETHER, PLUGGED CORD IN AND SPARK FLEW UP HITTING IN EYE, BLURRED VISION; ELECTRICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 31 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: Cords, electrical |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 31 YO FEMALE REPORTS SHE GOT POPPED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PHONE RECHARGER CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 47 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: Cords, electrical |
| CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A CORD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT HIT SELF IN EYE WITH ELECTRICAL CORD AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 33 YO HIT IN EYE BY ELECTRIC CORD PLUG HEMORRHAGE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER BEING SCRATCHED BY A CORD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| ELECTRIC CORD HIT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | 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: Cords, electrical |
| DX R CONJUNCTIVITIS: 2D AGO HIT IN R EYE BY PLUG END OF ELECTRIC CORDAS HE WAS PUTT'G AN APPLIANCE INTO A CLOSET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT PULLED AN ELECTRICAL CORD WHICH FLIPPED UP AND HIT EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 24 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT WAS HIT WITH END OF CHARGER CORD DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 34YOF WAS HOME WAS POKED IN THE EYE BY INFANT SON WITH A METAL END OF A CORD;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 31 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: Cords, electrical, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HIT IN EYE BY A SNAPPING CORD, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AFTER BEING HIT BY CORD, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH ELECTRIC CORD AT HOME DX: ACUTE RIGHT EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2007 | Age: 29 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT C/O PULLED PLUG AND HIT PT IN EYEBALL. DX CORNEAL ABRSION LFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH END OF CABLE WIRE AT HOME DX: SMALL LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| HIT IN EYE WITH ELECTRIC CORD DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PT HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CORD. D: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| 47 YO HIT IN EYE WITH BUNGIE CORD EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| UNPLUGGING ELECTRICAL CORD AT HOME WHEN END OF CORD FLIPPED STRIKING HI S L EYE DX L CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| RUNNING W/CABLE CORD & STRUCK EYE, RUPTURED GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| STRUCK BY CORD IN EYE RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 47 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: Cords, electrical |
| CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE-HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH A CORD. NOW IS UNABLE TO OPEN EYE DUE TO PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| CONTUSION EYE - 48 YOF C/O PAIN AND BRUISING AROUND RIGHT EYE AFTER TRI P OVER A CABLE CORD AND FALL, UNKNOWN WHAT WAS STRUCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2006 | Age: 52 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: Cords, electrical |
| CORNEAL ABRASION R EYEBALL, PT STRUCK W/AN ELECTRICAL CORD SOMEPLACE, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLURRED VISION, NO REC OF ASSAULT OR ACCIDENTAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 13 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: Cords, electrical |
| POKED SELF IN THE EYE C A CORD " CORNEAL ABRS " |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY PLUG AT HOTEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2005 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cords, electrical, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 9 MONTH OLD MALE CORNEAL LACERATION WHEN FOUND AFTER PULLING ON ELECTRI CAL CORD AND GLASS CANDLE JAR CAME DOWN AND BROKE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 35 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: Cords, electrical |
| PT STRUCK ON EYE WITH CORD LAST NIGHT. NO OTHER DETAILS. D: CORNEAL ABR ASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2005 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION-HIT SELF IN EYE W/A CABLE CORD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 36 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: Cords, electrical |
| 36 YO HIT IN EYE W/ ELECTRIC CORD CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CORD. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Cords, electrical |
| CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - 40 YOF STRUCK HERSELF IN THE RIGHT EYE ON SUN DAY WITH AN ELECTRICAL CORD, TODAY REDNESS, PAIN LATERAL SCLERA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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