Accidents - Table tennis - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,917
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	251
6-15 years old:	681
16-25 years old:	502
26-50 years old:	245
50+ years old:	237

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	652	Ankle:	300
Finger:	228	Head:	187
Lower Trunk:	160	All Of Body:	97
Shoulder:	84	Knee:	73
Lower Leg:	38	Foot:	37
Hand:	15	Mouth:	15
Neck:	15	Lower Arm:	5
Wrist:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Table tennis
PT PINCHED RT INDEX FINGER IN * * TABLE DX: RT INDEX FINGER INJ DX: RT INDEX FINGER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
HIT WITH * * PADDLE IN ANKLE - ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
PT HIT HEAD ON * * TABLE DX: EYEBROW LAC DX: EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
PATIENT STRUCK ON FACE WITH * * PADDLE AT DAYCARE; NOSE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 15 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: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
15YOM WAS STRUCK BY A * * PADDLE IN THE NOSE DX: CONT/LAC NOSE DX: CONT/LAC NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
WHILE PLAYING *-*, PT. STRUCK FACE ON A PIECE OF WOOD LACERATING FA CE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Table tennis
WHILE PLAYING * *, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN DX: ACUTE MI DX: ACUTE MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/15/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Table tennis
CHI. PT GOT HIT WITH A * * PADDLE IN BACK OF HEAD,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH * * BALL, ACUTE FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Table tennis
19 Y.O. B MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO FINGER. PT GOT SPLINTER IN FINGER WHILE REACHING UNDER * * TABLE. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
RAN INTIO A * * TABLE, LAC TO L FOREHEAD. DX. LAC FH, CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 17 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: Table tennis
17 Y/O MALE WAS PLAYING * * AT HOME WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A PADDLELA CERATING HIS FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
PLAYING TENNIS AT GRANDMOTHERS TENNIS COURT SUST LAC TO HEAD WHEN HIT S CREW ON NET DX SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD AGAINST THE SIDE OF A "FOOSBALL" TABLE AT HOME CO NTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Table tennis
PT C/O LT SHOULDER INJURY ON MONDAY S/P PLAYING *-*.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
RT INDEX FINGER LAC-AT HOME-HIT CORNER OF A * * TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
PT PLAYING * * STRAINED LEFT THUMB- FELL WHILE GOING FOR THE BALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis, Floors or flooring materials
JAIL INMATE. PLAYING *-* AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR. CONTUSIONS T O RIGHT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
PLAYING *-* (TABLE TENNIS) IN GYM, C/O L/R LEG. DX. MYOFASCIAL ST RAIN LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
DURING * * GAME, LACERATED LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 17 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: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
PATIENT WAS HIT IN EYELID WITH * * PADDLE. D: LACERATION TO EYELID .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
PT WITH FOLDED ****** TABLE FALLING ONTO RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
CONTUSION TO FOOT WHEN TABEL TENNIS TABLE FELL ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
RT FOOT SPRAIN-PLAYING * *-TWISTED FOOT AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
PATIENT STEPPED ON A * * PADDLE WHILE AT CAMP 3 DAYS AGO, SLIPPEDAN D TWISTED KNEE WHEN FALLING; KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
HEAD LAC - HIT WITH A * * PADDLE WHEN IT WAS THROWN DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
SPRAIN (L) ANKLE, PT PLAYING TENNIS & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis, Ceilings and walls
PT LIVES IN RETIREMENT HOME AND WAS PLAYING ****** AND RAN INTO A WALL TWISTING BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
NECK STRAIN - PLAYING * * WHILE ON VACATION AND SLEPT WRONG, PAINTO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Table tennis, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT JUMPED OFF * * TABLE ONTO COUCH AND SLIPPED OFF ONTO FLOOR AT HOME, FELL ON ARM; BOTH BONE FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
PT HIT NOSE AND EYELID WITH * * PADDLE ACCIDENTALLY. D: CONTUSION NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2002	Age: 16 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: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Table tennis
HIT IN FACE WITH A PINGPONG BALLDX: LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN BY DR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
3YOF CUT CHIN ON * PADDLE DX: LAC CHIN DX: LAC CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
TWISTED ANKLE PLAYING TABLE TENNIS DX: ANKLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: PLAYING * *, INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Table tennis, Floors or flooring materials
CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST. PT WAS PLAYING * * AND FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
WAS UNDER * * TABLE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS DX: SPRAIN RT. SHOULDER DX: SPRAIN RT. SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
PATIENT CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TABLE AND SELF DURING * *. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 24 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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Table tennis
PLAYING PING PONG ON A CRUISE AND FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD;MILD HEAD INJN OW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
HAND CONTUSION - PLAYING * * AND WAS STRUCK ON LEFT HAND BY PADDLE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
CUT WRIST ON SHARP EDGE OF * * TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Table tennis
GOT WEAK PLAYING TABLE TENNIS DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
HIT IN RT EYE AREA JUST BELOW EYEBROW W/ A * * PADDLE. 1CM LAC@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Table tennis
PT WAS HIT ACROSS THE LOWER BACK WITH A PADDLE BY MOM'S HUSBAND DX: LOWER BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
HIT HEAD ON *-* TABLE, BLEEDING SCALP DX: SCALP LACERATION DX: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Table tennis
LIP LAC-GOT HIT W/ * * PADDLE IN GYM @ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Table tennis
JUMP TO CATCH * * BALL DX: ANKLE SPRAIN DX: ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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