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Accidents - Plastic products - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,921
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:744Face:644
Internal:529Eyeball:318
Hand:269Mouth:200
25 - 50% Body:137Foot:137
Neck:135Ear:134
Toe:128Lower Arm:119
Lower Trunk:98Knee:90
Head:84Shoulder:67
Ankle:37Wrist:15
Elbow:15Lower Leg:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT LAC LT INDEX FINGER ON PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
46YOWM-LACERATION FOREHEAD-CUT AT HOME WITH PLASTIC SILVERWARE=ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plastic products
BROKE SOME PLASTIC & PIECE FLEW UP & HIT RT EYE. ACUTE RT EYE CONJUNCTI VITIS (TRAUMATIC)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
A PEICE OF PLASTIC IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT STATES HE PUNCHED AN INAMIMATE PLASTIC OBJECT AND CUT HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic products
SWELLING,PAIN R HAND.JAMMED HAND IN BETWEEN PLASTIC & ? ONE WEEK AGO.DX TRANVERSE FX 2ND MC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
HIT BY THROWN PLASTIC COASTER DX. FACIAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Knives with replaceable blades
41 YO F CUTTING PLASTIC W/BOX OPENER CUT FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
DX LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND: CUT HAND ON PLASTIC AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
SWOLLOWED FB.PT SWOLLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM A CAKE DECORATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
CUT ON ***/LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PT SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION OF RT KNEE S/P FELL OVER A PIECE OF PLASTIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2002Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
BLOOD IN RIGHT EAR 2CM LONG BLACKPLASTIC FOREIGN BODY REMOVED. DX EAR FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
CUT WRIST ON PLASTIC EDGE. DX; 6 CM LT WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT FELL CUTTING RT ANKLE ON BROKEN PLASTIC X 2DAYS AGO, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2002Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
MOM PULLED SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC FROM PT MOUTH THINKS SHE SWALLOWED SOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
STUCK A PIECE OF PLASTIC IN EAR DX. FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PT FOUND WITH PIECE OF PLASTIC IN MOUTH BY MOM WITH POSS INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
INGESTION - 16 MOF ATE PART OF A PLASTIC BREAST INHANCER ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, NO S/S OF DISTRESS, NAUSEA OR VOMITING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PT BROUGHT IN BY GRANDMOTHER STATES THAT CHILD STUCK A PIECE OF PLASTIC OBJECT IN LT NOSTRIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PT. WAS POKED IN EYE WITH PIECE OF PLASTIC CAUSING CORNEAL CONTUSION WHILE AT DAYCARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Knives with replaceable blades
47 YOM WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PLSTIC WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND KNIFE SLI PPED CUTTING RT. THUMB. LACERATION, RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
CUT FINGER ON GLASS LEFT 4TH FINGER 0.5 CM PLASTIC FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
LACERATION FOOT - 4 YOF STEPPED ON A PIECE OF HARD PLASTIC LACERATING L EFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
R SHOULDER BRUISE/72YOF TRIPPED ON PLASTIC AT HOME AT 6:30P TODAY. C/O R SHOULDER & HIP PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT PUT A GREY PIECE OF PLASTIC IN HIS NOSE WHILE AT ***; FB REMOVE D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PT HIT FINGER ON HARD PLASTIC. DX: R FIFTH FINGER CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
PLAYING WITH PIECE OF HOT PLASTIC AND PIECE FELL ON HAND 2ND BURNS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
POKED IN EYE W/ PLASTIC LAMININATOR CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
LT ARM INJURY WHILE APPLYING PLASTIC ON CAR. DX; 9 CM LAC LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PT STUCK A PIECE OF RED PLASTIC IN NOSE, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
CORNEAL ABRASION - 40 YOF SCRATCHED LEFT EYE WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
USING PLIERS TO CONNECT TWO PIECES OF PLASTIC TOGETHER LACERATED THUMB W/ PLIERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
A PEICE OF PLASTIC WAS STUCK IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plastic products
CHI - 3 YOF FELL HITTING HEAD ON SOMETHING LARGE AND PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic products
PT RECEIVED CERVICAL STRAIN WHEN PULLING A PLASTIC STRIP AND IT BROKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
BURNING TRASH, PIECE OF BURNING PLASTIC BURNED EYELID DX. EYELID BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
CORNEAL ABRASION - 30 YOF POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH CORNER OF A PLAS TIC MENU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plastic products
CONJUNCTIVITIS - 6 YOF ACCIDENTLY BRUSHED SOMETHING PLASTIC OVER RIGHT EYE, EYE NOW RED AND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
7 Y/O F C/O SWALLOWED F.B. - SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC. DX: INGESTION FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
4 YOWM STEPPED ON HOT MELTED PLASTIC AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
24 Y.O. B FEMALE W/INGESTED FO. PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC SPOON @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
23 YOWM LACERATED FINGERS ON PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT RUNNING FELL HITTING RT EYELID ON PLASTIC, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic products
PT DX ANKLE STRAIN - S/P SLIPPED ON A PEICE OF PLASTIC AND FELL TO LT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
LAC UNDER TONGUE-FELL ON LONG PLASTIC TUBE & SOMEHOW GOT CUT IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
RAN INTO A PLASTIC CONTAINER LACERATION RIGHT EYEBROW 1 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT STEPPED ON PLASTIC. DX: 2.5 CM R FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
WAS USING PLASTIC FOR EARPLUG (ORANGE PLASTIC MATERIAL), WHEN PULLED OUT SOME WAS LEFT IN EAR. DX; FB RT EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2002Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
CHILD SWALLOWED SMALL PLASTIC PIECE ONE HOUR AGO. HAS NAUSEA AND VOMITING X 4. NO BREATHING DIFFICULTY. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PT AT CAMP SLIPPED AND FELL HIT KNEE ON HARD PLASTIC OBJECT,CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
2Y/O M C/O FOREIGN OBJECT IN NOSE - PUT SMALL PIECE BROKEN PLASTIC UP NOSE. DX: FOREIGN BODY R - NARE REMOVED AFTER BLOWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products
PT STATES THAT SHE THINKS SHE SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC ON A SANDWIC H SHE ATE RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SUBSTANCE IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT HAD A PLASTIC TUBE IN MOUTH, HAS SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF UP PER PALATE. D: LACERATION PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
STEPPED ON HOT PLASTIC/ LT FOOT BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - SWALLOWED PLASTIC TAG OFF A PIECE OF CLOTHIN G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
2ND DEGREE BURNS BILATERAL HANDS FROM EXTINGUISHING PLASTIC FIRE W/ HAN DS(WHILE INTOXICATED) ALSO ETOH WITHDRAWLS@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON PLASTIC OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic products
SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC, RESULTING IN AN ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Plastic products
DENTAL INJURY.PT BIT INTO SOMETHING PLASTIC AND PART OF TOOTH BROKE OFF .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
SWALLOWED PEICE OF A PLASTIC FORK - OBJECT PORTRUDING FROM RECTUMFOREIG N BODY REMOVAL RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT WAS AT HOME CHEWING ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC, SWALLOWED IT.DX-PLAS TIC SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic products, Day wear
PT WHILE SHOPPING FOR A SHIRT AT MODELL'S STORE A "PEICE OF PLASTICATTA CHED TO SHIRT HIT HIM IN RT EYE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT PUT A PLASTIC RING ON FINGER AT HOME, CANNOT REMOVED; FB REMOVE D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic products
SLIPPED ON PLASTIC-HIT BACK OF HEAD-NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC (DIME SIZED). D: INGESTED FOREIGN BOD Y
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
SWALLOW PLASTIC SUCKER STICKINGESTED FB LOLLIPOP STICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Knives with replaceable blades
LAC LT FOREARM, CUTTING PIECE OF PLASTIC WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND CUT F OREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic products, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON PLASTIC OBJECT, FELL TO FLOOR IN STORE DX. HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/24/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
BILATERAL HANDS BURNED-@ A PARTY @ HOME-BURNED ON A PLASTIC SIGN THAT C AUGHT ON FIRE-FD NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Knives
PT WAS CUTTING PLASATIC W/HUNTING KNIFE AT TAVERN.DX: LAC L THENAR EMI NENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT SCRATCHED ON FACE WITH PLASTIC RING AT SCHOOL; FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plastic products
STABBED IN TOE BYA PEICE OF PLASTICLEFT GREAT TOE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
CHILD LACERATED TOP OF HEAD ON PLASTIC TUBE AT PRESCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Knives
CUTTING A PIECE OF PLASTIC WITH A KNIFE AND CUT HIS HAND. DX HAND LACAN D PT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PT SWALLOWED APIECE OF PLASTIC.C/O FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN STUCK IN THR OAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT LACERATED LOWER ARM ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2002Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PT HAS SMALL PLASTIC GREEN BALL IN NOSE FOR 2 DAYS. NOSE SWOLLEN.DX: FB RIGHT NOSTRIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
FINGER LACERATION - LACERATED RIGHT PINKY FINGER ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
FINGER LACERATION- SUSTAINED ON A HARD PIECE OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
CUT ELBOW ON PLASTIC SURFACE DX. ELBOW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PT DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - " MOM BELEIVES" THAT CHILD SWALLOED A PEICE OF PLASTIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
YESTERDAY PT SWALLOWED AN OCTAGON SHAPED PIECE OF PLIABLE PLASTIC. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT HAD PLASTIC OBJECT IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic products
LUMBAR STRAIN - BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PLASTIC AND INJURED LOW ER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Nonelectric razors or shavers
CUTTING PLASTIC WITH RAZOR BLADE LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PT'S FATHER STATES CHILD PLACED A PC OF WHITE PLASTIC INTO HIS LEFT NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
FOOT LACERATION - STEPPED ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC LACERATING RIGHT FOOT DOB IS *****, CHILD IS 2 YEARS OLD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT CRAWLING ON FLOOR WITH PLASTIC CYLINDER LIKE OBJECT IN MOUTH, R AN INTO FURNITURE CUTTING THROAT WITH OBJECT; MOUTH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED OVER A HEAVY PLASTIC COVERING ON STEPS RIGHT PERIORBITAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PT DX FOREIGN BODY RT NOSTRIL - "ROUND PLASTIC OBJECT IN NOSE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT FELL INSIDE CAR STRUCK LT CHEEK ON PLASTIC IN CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Plastic products
PLASTIC TUBING WRAPPED AROUND TOOTH AVULSION OF TOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products, Knives with replaceable blades
69 YO M CUTTING PLASTIC W/BOX CUTTER CUT FOREARM LAC FOREARM COMPLICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products
CHOKING ON PIECE OF RED PLASTIC LID AT HOME. DX: BRONCHOSPASM FROM FOR EIGN OBJECT RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
3 Y M STUCK PIECE OF PLASTIC IN EAR. DX; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PERIORBITAL LACERATION - LACERATED LEFT EYEBROW ON SOMETHING PLASTIC FROM TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic products
PT DX RT EYE TRAUMA - PT C/O WAS HIT TO THE RT EYE W/PLASTIC OBJECT X2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
6 Y F LACERATED KNEE ON PLASTIC CONTAINER DX; L KNEE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
HIT SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A PC. OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PT WAS CHEWING ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC AND CUT MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC IN EAR; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION OF RT THUMB FROM A PLASTIC ROLL AT SUPER- MARKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC. DX-PLASTIC INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT INGESTED PLASTIC OBJECT, NO CHOKING OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PIECE OF PLASTIC SPLINTERED DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
PT SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL ABRASION LT LEG - C/O GET HIT W/A PLASTIC CONE DURING GYM CLASS IN AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT HAD PLASTIC OBJECT IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
FOREHEAD LAC-HIT W/ A HARD PLASTIC BLOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2002Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products, Paper products
PATIENT PUT CAT FOOD IN NOSE, HAD PUT CONSTRUCTION PAPER IN NOSE EARLIE R; HARD CLEAR PLASTIC OBJECT REMOVED FROM NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic products
BURNED L FOREARM ON HOT PLASTIC LWT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic products, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
WAS PUSHING PLASTIC DOWN ON COUCH LAST NIGHT & HEARD POP IN RT MIDDLE G FINGER. STRAIN RT MIDDLE FINGER, EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
RIGHT EYE SCLERAL LAC. A ZIPLOCK BACK SLIPPED OUT OF PT'S HAND AND HIT HER IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH TWO PEICES OF PLASTIC STUCK BETWEEN TEETH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - SWALLOWED PLASTIC PIECE OF STAR FROM TOP OF CUPCAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plastic products
ITCHING RASH ON BACK, CHEST, & BUTTOCKS. CONTACT DERMATITIS. ALLERGIC R EACTION TO PLASTIC@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
IN PARKING LOT OF HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE AT 1030 YESTERDAY, SLIPPE D ON A PLASTIC STRAP. DX MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS LT HIP, LT ARM, LT SHOULDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT FELL WITH PLASTIC TUBE IN HIS MOUTH; MOUTH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plastic products
DOG BITE LEFT 3RD FINGER-BITTEN BY A FRIENDS DOG WHEN TRIED TO GET A PIECE OF PLASTIC OUT OF DOGS MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic products
PT DX FOREIGN BODY/ESOPHAGUS - PT SWALLOWED PEICE OF PLASTICS - MOM STATES.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/03/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic products
SISTER THREW HARD PALSTIC ITEM AND STRUCK PT IN FACE, FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC 6 DAYS AGO. DX FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT-REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic products
PATIENT HAS BLUE PLASTIC OBJECT IN EAR CANAL; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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