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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 715
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 3 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: Knives |
| 3 YOF INJURED WITH POCKET KNIFE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Knives, Tools |
| 66YOM WAS SHARPENING KNIVES AT HOME W GRINDER WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO L EYE DX METALLIC FB L CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives, Floors or flooring materials |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 12 MOF PICKED UP KNIFE OFF FLOOR THAT MOTHER HAD DRO PPED, POSSIBLY POKING SELF IN RIGHT EYE, CRYING, EYE RED AND WATERY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| PT PLAYING WITH A KNIFE WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EY E WITH IT ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | 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: Knives |
| PT PUNCHED IN FACE WITH SWOLLEN LT YE BY ANOTHER KID IN HIS CELL IN POL ICE CUSTODY B/C FOUND WITH KNIFE IN CELL, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A POCKET KNIFE. DX-LARGE CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives, Ceilings and walls |
| PT HIT HIMSELF IN THE EYE WHILE WRITING ON THE WALL WITH A POCKETKNIFE. D: CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 11 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: Knives |
| PT STATES HE POKED HIS EYE WITH A KNIFE LAST NIGHT WHILE CUTTING MEAT D X PERIORBITAL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 3 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: Knives |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH KNIFE DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2003 | Age: 12 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: Knives |
| AT HOME - POKED IN EYE WITH A BUTTER KNIFE WHILE PLAYING AROUND. DX SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE/ CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PLAYING W/KNIFE, POKED EYE W/KNIFE DX: CONJUNTIVAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| PT WAS SHARPENING MACHETE AND FB WENT INTO EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR, RUST RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knives |
| TRYING TO CUT PLASTIC OFF OF GROCERIES AND HIT SELF IN EYE WITH KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| LACERATED EYEBALL CUTTING CAKE WITH KNIFE AND HER HAND SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A KNIFE. DX EYE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2003 | 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: Knives |
| SCRATCHED EYE WITH KNIFE AT HOME. C/O RED AND WATERY EYE. DX. CORNEAL A BR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knives, Power drills or accessories |
| PT ATTEMPTING TO OPEN GATE WITH BUTTER KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND HIT EYE. D: CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN ACCIDENTLY POKED SLF WITH KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 3 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: Knives |
| STRUCK IN EYE WITH SERRATED STEAK KNIFE BY TWO YEAR OLD SISTER ACCIDENT ALLY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2003 | Age: 5 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: Knives |
| PATIENT POKED HERSELF IN EYE WITH PARING KNIFE OR STEAK KNIFE AT HOME; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| PT WAS POKED IN LEFT EYE WITH A KNIFE. D: RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Knives |
| PT. WAS HIT IN R EYE W/CLOSED POCKET KNIFE THAT WAS THROWN TO HIM. DX. R SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2003 | Age: 4 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: Knives |
| 4 YO F FELL ON BUTTER KNIFE, DX R LATERAL UPPER EYELID ARASION, R INFER IOR ORBITAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| 29 YO MALE WAS HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH A BUTTER KNIFE LACERATION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2003 | Age: 4 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: Knives |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/ A BUTTER KNIFE DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| PT WAS RUNNING AT HOME WHE SHE SLIPPED AND ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN TH E RIGHT EYE WITH A KNIFE PUNCTURE WOUND EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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