Accidents - Towels or cloths - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,044
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	89
Year 1998:	24
Year 1999:	23
Year 2000:	139
Year 2001:	23
Year 2002:	79
Year 2003:	68
Year 2004:	12
Year 2005:	134
Year 2006:	12
Year 2007:	159
Year 2008:	13
Year 2009:	172
Year 2010:	92

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/28/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
13YOM PT AT POOL W/ FRIENDS. PT ACCID HIT IN L EYE BY A TOWEL "SNAPPED" BY FRIEND. PAIN IN EYE, BLURRED VISION. DX TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2010	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: Hematoma
Product: Towels or cloths
13YOM WAS AT HOME, HAD A TOWEL SNAPPED AT HIM, HIT LT EYE CAUSING VITRE OUS HEMORRHAGE, COMMOTIO RETINA, HYPHEMA, PERIORBITAL ECCHYMOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2010	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: Towels or cloths
11 YOM HIT IN EYE W/TOWEL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
HIT WITH TOWEL;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 11 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: Towels or cloths
LEFT EYE ABRASION-SUS INJ TO LEFT EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER AND WA S HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 10 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: Towels or cloths
PT WAS SNAPPED IN LT EYE WITH THE END OF A TOWEL BY SISTER C/O PAIN & BURNING TO EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AT THE BEACH AND GOT AND IN EYES CORNEAL ABR ASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 14 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: Towels or cloths, Other drugs or medications
PT WIPED EYE W/WET TOWEL YEST, POSS HAD *** POWDER OR DR MIRACLESHAIR G REASE ON IT, C/O BLURRED VISION, PAIN & SWELLING;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
PT HIT IN EYE W/SNAPPED TOWEL WHILE AT SWIMMING POOL/REC SITE, NOW W/PR ESSURE OVER EYE, PAIN AND BLURRED VISION; HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
CONTUSED EYE WITH TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS MESSING AROUND WITH A FRIEND WHO SNAPPED THE TOWEL AND STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
SOMEONE FLICKED A WET TOWEL EYE PAIN RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AT THE BEACH SHAKING OUT A TOWEL AND GOT SOME SAND IN RIGHT EYE ABRA SION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Towels or cloths, Soaps
HAD EYE SWELLING AND DRAINAGE AFTER RUBBING EYES WITH DIRTY WASHCLOTH W ITH SOAP OR CLEANING PRODUCT ON IT AT HOME; CHEMICAL BURN LIKELY SOAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Chemicals
ANOTHER STUDENT WRAPPED A TOWEL WITH CHEMICALS IN IT AROUND PATIENT'S E YES AT SCHOOL, EYES EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS;CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2005	Age: 14 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: Towels or cloths
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE GOT A TOWEL FLICKED IN HIS FACE CAUSING A CORNEA L ABRASION TO HIS RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths, General purpose household cleaners
C/O EYE PAIN - MAY HAVE USED A TOWEL THAT HAD "***" ON ITDX: L EYE CHEM ICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Towels or cloths
2 DAYS AGO PT PLAYING WITH SISTER - GOT HIT IN R EYE WITH TOWEL WHIPPED IN PT'S DIRECTION. DX: HYPHEMA EYE, CONT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 11 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: Towels or cloths
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH DAMP RAG 4 DAYS AGO, EYE SWOLLEN AND WATERY; CO RNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Towels or cloths
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH WET TOWEL YESTERDAY; TRAUMA CONJUNCTIVITIS, EYE LID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
PT HIT IN EYE WITH TOWEL, FOREIGN BODY OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
LT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-FB IN EYE WHEN ANOTHER PERSON "POPPED A TOWEL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
PT AND HER BROTHER WERE PLAYING AROUND AND WAS HIT WITH A WASH CLOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Towels or cloths
FOREIGN BODY EYEBALL FROM TOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2001	Age: 14 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2001	Age: 9 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/09/2000	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2000	Age: 8 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/1999	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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/1999	Age: 9 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/1998	Age: 7 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: Other
Product: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/1998	Age: 8 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/1997	Age: 14 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: Towels or cloths
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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