Drunk man impales EYE after falling face-first on to ornament – narrowly missing his brain

Daily Mail​

28-05-2025

A man was so drunk he impaled his eye after falling over on to a sharp figurine that went in so deep it barely missed his brain.
The 39-year old from Coventry tripped on a rug at his home and fell onto a 15cm statuette of an eagle which was standing on his fireplace.
The eagle's wing became stuck in his right eye socket and he was rushed to hospital while still conscious.
A CT scan found the wing had pierced through the eye's orbit into his sinus cavity and narrowly missed his brain.
He was given antibiotics and a tetanus vaccination to prevent infection, and doctors were able to safely remove the figurine.
They found he had suffered a haemorrhage in the right eye and lost vision, according to medical reports first published by Need To Know.
Doctors say the man was lucky to make a 'good' recovery, as he suffered a serious condition where blood pools in the front part of the eye, between the cornea and the iris.
Blunt trauma is the most common cause and can lead to scarring, vision problems, and even permanent vision loss.
Common symptoms include blood in the eye, sensitivity to light, pain and vision changes.
Had the figurine reached the man's brain, it could have caused a bleed in the organ, which can lead to severe brain damage, coma and even death.
Following the surgery, scans revealed he had damage to his eye but nothing further.
His right eye's vision was affected, with a visual acuity of 6/60—meaning that at six meters, a person can see what someone with normal vision can see at 60 meters.
This is the minimum threshold for legal blindness in the UK.
A person with 6/6 vision is the benchmark for what optometrists consider 'normal', meaning someone can see at six meters what a person with normal vision can see at the same distance.