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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 730
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 6 YOM WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A FORK AT SCHOOL, LE FT EYE VERY PAINFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 4 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| POSSIBLE EYE TRAUMA - SCRATCHED EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2003 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| CHILD SCRATCHED EYE WITH "SPORK" FROM *** .D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 22 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: Flatware |
| PT POKED HERSELF IN THE RT EYE LAST NIGHT WITH A PLASTIC FORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PUNCTURE (R) EYEBALL, MOTHER STS SOMEONE THREW A FORK AT THE SCHOOL, C/O REDNESS, EYELIDS NORMAL, EOM INTACT, PUPILS NML, NO ACTIVE BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2003 | Age: 2 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| C/O LEFT EYE INJURY LAST NIGHT- SISTER POKED HER IN EYE WITH FORK, C/OREDNESS, SCRATCH IN EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 7 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: Flatware |
| RT CORNEAL AB-ACCIDENTLY HIT EYE W/A FORK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT SEEN FOR CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER HITTING HER EYE W/ A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| 8 YOM HIT BY SIBLING WITH PLASTIC SPOON SUBCONTUCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT EATING WITH A PLASTIC FORK AT HOEM WHEN A PIECE OF IOT BROKE OFF STR IKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN FORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 14 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: Flatware |
| BROTHER THREW FORK AT PT AND HIT HER IN EYE. UNSTATED INTENT. D:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| 58 Y.O. B FEMALE W/HEMORRHAGE TO EYE. PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK A FORK IN EYE @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 2 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: Flatware |
| FATHER STATES PT STUCK FORK IN L EYE 20 MINS PTA. DX. CORNEAL ABRA/PUP IL INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT C/O TRAUMA TO LT EYE YESTERDAY S/P HIT W/A SPOON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2003 | Age: 3 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: Flatware |
| 3YROLD HIT IN EYE WITH FORK, PT AND 2YROLD COUSIN WERE FIGHTING OVER FOOD, PT FOUND WITH SCRATCH ON EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Flatware |
| 3 Y/O M C/O LFT EYE INJURY. PT HIT SELF IN EYE WITH FORK. DX CONJUNCTIV ITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 22 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: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT. ACC. SCRATCHED EYE WITH A FORK. DX. RT. EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Flatware |
| POKED HERSELF IN RT EYE W/ FORK. ACUTE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2003 | Age: 30 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: Flatware |
| PT "I WAS CLEANING A FORK IT HITS ME IN MY EYE" - DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 27 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: Flatware |
| PT WAS POKED IN HER RT EYE WITH A FORK DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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