Accidents - Tetherball - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,655
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	27
6-15 years old:	1,491
26-50 years old:	137

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	618	Wrist:	369
Face:	162	Head:	121
Hand:	117	Lower Arm:	102
Shoulder:	75	Pubic Region:	69
Elbow:	6	Eyeball:	6
Upper Arm:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tetherball
7YOM WAS STRUCK ON THE FOREHEAD BY A TETHERBALL CHAIN, ON THE PLAYGROUN DX; LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT WAS PLAYING TETHERBALL TODAY, C/O LT SMALL FINGER PAIN WITH SWELLING. DX - FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT HIT TETHERBALL WITH HAND YESTERDAY, NOW SWOLLEN; HAND FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
9 Y/O F WRIST PAIN AFTER TETHERBALL GAME FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
9 Y/O F JAMMED FINGER PLAYING TETHERBALL CONT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
PT INJURED LT HAND FRIDAY AT SCHOOL, FINGERS GOT PUSHED BACK BY TETHERBALL, C/O EDEMA TO LT 3RD FINGER. DX - FINGER SPRAIN VS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT INJURED FOREARM WHILE PLAYING TETHERBALL, DX: FOREARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 10 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: Tetherball
CHI HIT HEAD HARD WHILE PLAYING TETHERBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
PLAYING TETHERBALL, & THE BALL HIT HER LT THUMB DX: FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL AND WAS HIT W/ BALL TO THUMB DX: L THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PLAYING TETHERBALL @ SCHOOL NOW W/ INJURY TO RIGHT 5TH FINGER. DX SPRAIN TO RIGHT 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tetherball
DX R THUMB PAIN: PLAY'G TETHER BALL, BEND THUMB FWD/TWISTED FULL ROM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tetherball
PT WAS @ SCHOOL PLAYING TETHERBALL WHEN BALL HIT HER CHEST AREA,ABDOMEN AND HAND VERY HARD HARD THEN LOC 30-40 SEC. DX CHI SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT PLAYING TETHERBALL YESTERDAY, HIT HAND ON ANOTHER PERSON'S HE AD; HAND FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT HIT FINGER PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL; FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT INJURED HAND PLAYING TETHERBALL LAST WEEK, PLAYING TETHERBALL E VERYDAY SINCE, HAND PAIN; HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PLAYING TETHER BALL;DX STRAINED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
9 YO F SPRAINED FINGER INJURED PLAYING TETHERBALL AT CAMP*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
HURT FINGER WHILE PLAYING TETHER BALL. DX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT JAMMED THUMB PLAYING TETHERBALL; THUMB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball, Chains
PATIENT INJURED FINGER PLAYING TETHERBALL, OR CAUGHT ON METAL CHAIN AT CARNIVAL; FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tetherball
PT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A TETHER BALL AT SCHOOL SUSTAINED A SCALP LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tetherball
FELL ONTO TETHERBALL POLE AT PARK, POLE BROKE AND HIT GROIN, HAS BLOOD AT MEATUS, HAS URETHRAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Tetherball
PAIN TO WRIST HIT ON METAL PART OF TETHERBALL DX: HEMATOMA TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
HURT HAND DURING TETHERBALL GAME DX: CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
PT PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL AND BENT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS BACK, NOW W/PAIN, SWELLING AND ECCHYMOSIS TO FINGERS; FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
DX SPRAIN HAND: JAM'D FINGER W PLAY TEHTERBALL @ SCHOOL TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tetherball
PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS HIT BY THE POLE THE BALL HANGS FROM DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
TETHERBALL INJURY DX: FX ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
GOT HIT IN FACE WITH BALL PLAYING TETHERBALL DX: CONTUSION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
11YMC PLAYING TETHER BALL AND JAMMED FINGER/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
PT WAS PLAYING TETHERBALL AND HURT RIGHT RING FINGER AND HAND C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. DX: PHALANX FRACTURE(HAND)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
DX FX THUMB: P/W L THUMB PN X 2D AFTER HYPEREXTEND'G THUMB W PLAY'G TETHERBALL @ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
14YO HISP MALE PLAYING TETHERBALL & HURT LEFT 1ST FINGER DX FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
INJURY HAPPEN @ SCHOOL PLAYING TETHERBALL JAMMED FINGER. DX FINGER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT SUSTAINED A FINGER INJURY AT SCHOOL WHILE PLAYING TETHERBALL- SPRAIN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tetherball
RAN INTO TETHERBALL POLE WHILE PLAYING AT SCCHOOL DX: HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
TWISTED FINGER IN ROPE WHILE PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT JAMMED RIGHT LONG FINGER WHILE PLAYING TETHER BALL AT SCHOOL DX: SPRAIN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
HIT WITH TETHERBALL;DX FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 5 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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
L ARM FX WHILE PLAYING TETHERBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL AND SLAMMED RIGHT FIFTH FINGER INTO THE POLE STRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Tetherball
PLAYING TETHER BALL WITH DAUGHTER AND FRIENDS REACH OUT AND SWANG BALL FELT PAIN TO SHOULDER DX: SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT WAS PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL AND INJURED LEFT WRIST, LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
WAS PLAYING TETHERBALL, ON THE PLAYGROUND, & HURT LT ARM DX: LT FOREARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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: Tetherball
PT HIT IN FACE YEST W/TETHERBALL, NOW W/SWELLING & REDNESS UNDER EYE IN SAME AREA W/METAL PLATE, C/O HA & DIZZINESS; CONTUSION, ORBITAL TISSUES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tetherball
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON TETHERBALL POLL AT SCHOOL; H EAD INJURY
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tetherball
DX: R INDEX FINGER FX WHEN PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
DX: R WRIST SPRAIN WHEN PLAYING TETHERBALL AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
PAIN TO WRIST HIT PLAYING TETHERBALL DX: CONTUSION TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT HIT ARM ON TETHERBALL POLE, LEFT FOREARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tetherball
PT WITH WRIST AND SHOULDER PAIN AFTER PLAYING TETHERBALL YESTERDAY. D:W RIST AND SHOULDER SPRAINS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
PT HIT POLE WHILE PLAYING TETHERBALL. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
HIT IN RT EYE BY A TETHERBALL, 6 DAYS AGO, EYE HAS BEEN RED SINCE, PAIN WITH LATERAL GAZE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tetherball
RAN INTO TETHERBALL POLE AT SCHOOL DX:FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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