Accidents - Darts - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,762
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	279
Year 1998:	177
Year 1999:	129
Year 2000:	85
Year 2001:	244
Year 2002:	77
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	211
Year 2005:	171
Year 2006:	21
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	87
Year 2009:	46
Year 2010:	130

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	455	Face:	410
Head:	178	Mouth:	134
Internal:	107	Hand:	99
Wrist:	81	Lower Leg:	77
Foot:	74	Lower Arm:	66
Ear:	39	Upper Leg:	23
Finger:	6	Upper Arm:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Darts
FB INGESTION/2YOF QUESTIONABLY SWALLOWED END OF PLASTIC DART.PT'S SAW C HILD TRYINT TO PUT FINGERS DOWN MOUTH AND THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
4 YOM HIT W/ * DART TO RT EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
4 YOM POKED IN UPPER LEFT ARM WITH DART BY YOUNGER BROTHER. DX: LACERA TION UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
4YOF WAS STUCK IN HEAD WITH A DART THAT HER BROTHER THREW DX- SCALP LA C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Darts
PT PUT SMALL PLASTIC TIP OF DART IN NOSE. DX: NASAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Darts
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/METAL DART.DX: R SUBCONJUNCTIBAL HEMORRHAGE TRAUMA TIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
5 YO M CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD HIT WITH LAWN DART*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Darts
PUT A PLASTIC DART IN EAR CAUSING BLEEDING IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Darts
PT SWALLOWED A MAGNETIC DART TIP DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	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: Darts
DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION: HIT IN EYE WITH RUBBER TIPPED DART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 4 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: Darts, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS AT HOME PLAYING DARTS WHEN ONE BOUNCED OFF THE WALL AND STRUCK H IM CAUSING A SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMMORRAGE IN HIS RT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2005	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
BROTHER HIT PT IN HEAD W/DART. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
POKED IN EYE WITH METAL TIP DARTRUTURED GLOBE WITH IRIS EXPULSION TO OR FOR REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/19/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
PT WITH DART TO EYE LAST MONDAY. PAIN CONTINUES. DX: RUPTURED GLOBE/ LIMBAL LACERATION WITH IRIS PROLAPSE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
HIT WITH RUBBER DART IN L EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
PT PLAYING DARTS WITH HIS BROTHER AT HOME WHEN HE WAS INADVERTENTLY STR UCK IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH THE DART CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
F.B. R NOSTRIL - HAD RUBBER END OF DART IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
DART PUT IN EAR BY PT'S BROTHER. DX: ABRASION EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A PLASTIC DART. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYEBALL, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A DART AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN, BURNING, REDNESS & TEARING, EYELIDS NML. EOM INT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
DX F,O,B STUCK IN HIS NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
CUT FINGER WHEN DART WAS THROWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
STUCK SELF WITH A RUSTY DART DX. PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
LACERATION FOREHEAD - 4 YOM WAS PLAYING DARTS AND FELL, UNKNOWN WHAT HI T, LACERATION TO MIDDLE FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
PT. WAS PLAYING WITH A DART BOARD WHEN IT FELL, RESULTING IN A FACIAL L ACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
PT WAS PLAYING AND HIT IN HEAD W/METAL DART. DX: SCALP LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2001	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2001	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: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2001	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2000	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/1999	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1999	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/1998	Age: 3 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: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/1998	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts, Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/1997	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/1997	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/1997	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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