Accidents - Other specified plastic products - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,260
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	379
Year 2007:	598
Year 2008:	282
Year 2009:	422
Year 2010:	577

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	400	Eyeball:	369
Hand:	327	Internal:	276
Face:	231	Mouth:	144
Head:	104	Lower Arm:	102
Ear:	88	Foot:	70
Pubic Region:	68	Lower Trunk:	47
Knee:	15	Lower Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
21YOM-HAND LAC-CUT ON A KNIFE WHILE CUTTING A ZIP TIE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other specified plastic products
DX HEADACHE/DIZZINESS: 19YOF C/O DIZZINESS & BIL TEMPORAL, THROB' H/A 9-10/10. STRUCK SELF IN HEAD, ACC, YTDY W EMPTY PLASTIC BREAD BASKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT HAD PLASTIC BB FROM A TOY GUN STUCK IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR 17Y OF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other specified plastic products
22 YR OLD FEMALE LIFTED HEAVY LAUNDRY BASKET AND DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
16YOM SWALLOWED A BOTTLE CAP DX: CHOKED ON PLASTIC FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other specified plastic products
BURN FINGERS - 22 YO MALE STATES JUST PTA HE PUT OUT FIRE IN BACK OF HI S PU TRUCK WITH HIS HANDS - SAW SMOKE WHEN DRIVING - MELTED PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other specified plastic products
17 YO M, C/O LEFT MIDDLE FINGER PAIN, SWELLING AFTER A GIRL PUT A ZIP T IE AROUND HIS FINGER AND HE NOW CAN'T RMEOVE IT, DX RING REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
L HAND LAC/22YOF WAS CUTTING A ZIP TIE APPROX 2 HRS AGO WHEN KNIFE SLIP PED AND PT CUT L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
19 Y MALE ACCIDENTLY CUT HAND WHILE CUTTING A PEICE OF PLASTIC WITH A KNIFE, DX: LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other specified plastic products
22YOF WAS HIT IN (R) EYE WITH A "ZIP TIE" DX;* (R) EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other specified plastic products
19 YOM, PLASTIC IN EYE FROM PLASTIC GAS CAP, FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives with replaceable blades
HAND LACERATION: 18YOM @ HOME CUTTING ZIP TIES WITH UTILITY KNIFE 20 MINUTES PTA, 3CMX2CM LACERATION HAND, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other specified plastic products
21 YOM HEARD VOICES,TOPUT SOMETHING IN PENIS,PLASTIC IN URETHRA. DX: URETHRAL FB (HX HEAD TRAUMA,HA,BIPOLAR)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other specified plastic products
WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH PLASTIC DUCK SAUCE PACKET CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
25YOWM TAKING OFF A PLASTIC TAB FROM PACKAGE W/* KNIFE IN CAR AT * AND CUT PALM OF L HAND. DX. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT RECEIVED SWELLING TO LIPS AFTER CHEWING ON PLASTIC AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
16YO BLACK MALE SWALLOWED PLASTIC RING FROM A WATER CONTAINER,THINKS IT MIGHT BE STUCK, DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT STATES BEING HIT IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC SHEET, NOW WITH EYE REDNESS DX: BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
BIT DOWN ON PLASTIC SPOON AND SWALLOWED A PIECE AT ARCINGESTED FOREIGN OBJEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT SWALLOWED PART OF A PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT DX RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P C/O PAIN,TEARING AND PHOTOPHOBIA AFTER A PIECE OF PLASTIC POKED HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
LAC TO L MIDDLE FINGER CUTTING PLASTIC W/KNIFE DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	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: Other specified plastic products
PLAYING WITH SON&PLASTIC HOUSE PLANT POKED HIM IN THE EYE >>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other specified plastic products
CELLULITIS EARS - 20 YO FEMALE IS "GAUGING MY EARS" - ENLARDING HOLES W ITH PLASTIC TUBING TO MAKE THEM BIGGER - EARS RED, SWOLLEN W, PUS & PAI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Other specified plastic products, Christmas decorations
NS: HELPING GET CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DOWN, DROPPED BOX ON FACE, BROKE ONE OF HER TEETH, INJURED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT DX RT HAND LACERATION - S/P BIBEMS,DUE TO BLUNT FORCE,PT STATES "TRYING TO MOVE PLASTICS INTO BLDG,CUT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON AT JAIL. DX: INGESTED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
DX LAC TO FOREARM: ACC STABBED SELF W DIRTY KNIFE CUT'G ZIP TIE; PT BANDAGED IT & PRESENTED TO ED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other specified plastic products
FRIEND PULLED STICK FROM FIRE, SLUNG BURNING PLASTIC ONTO PATIENT, ACCIDENTALLY. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS ABDOMINAL WALL AND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other specified plastic products
20 YO MALE SPILLED MOLTEN PLASTIC ON LEFT HAND AND FOOT 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND AND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other specified plastic products
BURNING PLASTIC AND BURNED HAND,UNKN IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	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: Other specified plastic products
AT SCHOOL PT STS PLASTIC ON ID HIT L EYE DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products
16 YO F LACERATION TO HEAD HIT WITH A PLASTIC OBJECT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other specified plastic products
CONTUSION LEFT FOREARM-SUS INJ TO LEFT FOREARM AFTER ACCIDENTALLY BEING HIT WITH A PLASTIC BAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT PLAYING WITH PLASTIC PIECE GOT STUCK IN FINGER DX// FB RIGHT INDEX FINGER REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT HIT IN FACE WITH PIECE OF PLASTIC DX// FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products
17 YOM LACERATED LEFT PINKY FINGER ON SOMETHING PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other specified plastic products
BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING A 20 POUND ROLL OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other specified plastic products
CUTTING *** BALL, CUT FINGER, DX; L INDEX FINGER SKIN AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
INGESTION OF A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other specified plastic products
PATIENT WAS STANDING BY BONFIRE WHEN FLAMES EXPLODED BURNING LOWER LEGS DX-1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other specified plastic products
PATIENT BURNING THINGS WHEN SOMETHING IN FIRE BLEW UP PIECES OF PLASTIC ON PATIENT. DX-BURNS FACE, CHEST WALL, UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives
24YOM WHILE HELPING UNCLE WITH A TENT USING A KNIFE TO CUT THE PLASTIC ZIP TIE,ACCIDENTLY CUT LEFT PALM; LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products, Hot tubs or home spas
19 Y/O M INJURED R FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON BROKEN PLASTIC IN HOT TUB AT HO ME. DX; R FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other specified plastic products
WALKING ACROSS STREET WHEN FOOT CAUGHT ON PLASTIC MAT AND FELL FX KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products
HIT BY A PLASTIC OBJECT LACERATION RIGHT TEMPLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other specified plastic products
25 YOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK IN THE LEFT PERIORBITAL AREA WITH A PLAS TIC LID THROWN BY BOYFRIEND. PT SUSTAINED HEMATOMA RT EYE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
EATING LUNCH AT SCHOOL AND SWALLOWED PART OF A PLASTIC FORK. DX FB ING ESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/PLASTIC CREDIT CARD. DX: SCLERAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products
HIT IN FACE WITH PIECE OF PLASTIC CONDUIT/ FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	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: Other specified plastic products
POKED IN EYE WITH PLASTIC CARD [CREDIT CARD] CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT PUT PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON INTO PENIS. DX: FB PENIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other specified plastic products
PT LACERATED THUMB ON A PC OF PLASTIC AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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