Accidents - Charcoal - Year 2009 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 151
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	69
26-50 years old:	82

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal, Charcoal or wood-burning grills
PT BLOWING ON CHARCOAL TRYING TO LIGHT THE GRILL GETTING THE CHARCOAL G OING AND AN ASH WENT INTO RIGHT EYE CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Charcoal
WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH BROTHER - THROWING HOT CHARCOAL AT EACH OTHER; ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN RT. EYE. CORNEAL BURN, RT. EYE. FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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