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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,570
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 16 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: Paper products |
| PT WAS HIT IN LT EYE BY A PIECE OF PAPER DX: AB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| PATIENT HAS PAPER MATERIAL IN EAR CANAL; REFERRED TO ENT FOR REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A NEWSPAPER AND IT HIT E YE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products, Stairs or steps |
| PT SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND FELL DOWN 5 STEPS - C/O RT KNEE/SHIN PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT EXPOSED TO SMOKE WHILE RUNNING THRU SMOKY AREA THAT HAD BURNING PAPE RS, SMOKE INHALATION, F.D. ATTENDANCE NOT NOTED IN ER RECORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| SHOULDER STR. PT SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| SCRATCHED EYE W/ PIECE OF PAPER. ACUTE LT EYE CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| F.B. GENITAL AREA (VAGINA) PT INSERTED "BABY WIPES" INTO HER CANAL, UNABLE TO GET THEM OUT, C/O SEVERE PAIN & BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Paper products |
| DIZZINESS-PT TOOK 2 YELLOW JACKETS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT-TOOK PILLS TO STAY AWAKE-TO WRITE HIS PAPER-AT COLLEGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT. EXPERIENCED LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER PICKING UP PAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 25 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| LT EAR FB-"PT PUT A PIECE OF PAPER IN HIS EAR"-UNKNOWN REASON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LEFT EAR FOREIGN BODY-C/O LEFT EAR PAIN AFTER GETTING PIECE OF PAPER IN IT. TRIED TO REMOVE IT WITHHAIR PIN, BUT PAIN INCREASED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| TISSUE IN LEFT EAR FOREIGN BODY-EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| FB TO RIGHT EAR WHEN STUCK TISSUE IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT. BENT DOWN TO PICK UP PAPER AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN AT CHURCH. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products, Computers |
| SHUFFLES PAPERS A LOT AND FREQ KEYBOARD WORK [STUDENT] WRIST TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 18 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: Paper products |
| CAT WAS SITTING ON A NEWSPAPER. PT REACHED TO GET THE PAPER AND THE CAT SCRATCHED HIM WITH ITS CLAW. DX RIGHT 4TH FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 25 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: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| WHILE CLEANING OUT CAR, THE CORNER OF A "PAINT SAMPLE CARD" HIT EYE, IN JURY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| RIGHT CORN ABR. PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH AN INDEX CARD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| DX CONTUSION LEFT KNEE: DROPPED 2 BUNDLES OF NEWSPAPER ONTO KNEE ATHOM E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| *16YOF POKED IN L EYE W/PAPER @ SCHOOLDX: CORNEAL ABRASION L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| GOT A PAPER CUT 6 DAYS AGO AND IT HURTS. DX. PAPERCUT L 5TH DIGIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| F.B. (L) EAR, PT INSERTED A PIECE OF NAPKIN INTO HER EAR CANAL, C/OPAIN . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT. IN SCHOOL, WAS REACHING & EXTENDING HER ELBOW TO LOOK FOR A PAPERWH EN PAIN STARTED RADIATING IN ELBOW - TENDONITIS TO ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF PAPER DX. KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| RIGHT INDEX FINGER CELL. PT CUT FINGER ON PAPER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products, Containers |
| 22 YOM C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO RIGHT HAND,HIT BOX OF PAPER DX: PROXIMAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| EAR FB-HAD PUT PAPER IN HIS EARS TO KEEP THE ROACHES OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT WAS DRINKING FROM ***S CUP AND FOUND FOREIGN OBJECT AFTER SWALLOWIN G SOMETHING FUNNY DX: INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY GOT A PIECE OF PAPER STUCK IN EAR WHILE PLAYING AROUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| FELL ON A PIECE OF PAPER CAUSING HER TO DO A SPLIT DX: GROIN MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| 24 YOM STRUCK IN EYE W/ PIECE OF PAPER CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 21 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: Paper products |
| LAC THUMB ON SOME KIND OF PAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| SLIPPED ON PIECE OF PAPER AT HOME INJURING KNEE, FOOT. DX: KNEE, FOOT SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT THROWING A NEWSPAPER, STRAINED RT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT CLEANING EARS WITH PIECE OF TOILET PAPER, PIECE GOT CAUGHT IN E AR, FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT SCRATCHED HER RIGHT EYE WITH A PIECE OF PAPER ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF PAPER IN KITCHEN AND FELL. DX: CONT/ABR L KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT IS MENTALLY RETARDED, MOTHER NOTICED FOUL ODOR & DRAINAGE FROM NOSE, ?TISSUE HE PUT THERE. FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM LEFT NOSTRIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| PATIENT FELL IN DEPARTMENT STORE WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON TOILET PAPER IN THE BATHROOM. DX LUMBAR AND HIP CONTUSIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT C/O PUT TOILET PAPER TISSUE IN EAR AFTER SHOWER - DX F.B LT EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| AT HOSP WITH CHILD HAD PIECE OF PAPER HIT EYE;CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Paper products |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO VAGINA AFTER STUFFING TISSUES IN VAGINA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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