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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 615
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 42 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, Scissors |
| PT WAS TRYING TO OPEN A PLASTIC PACKAGE WITH SCISSORS AND CUT HAND DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 36 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 |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT HAD PLASTIC FLY UP AND INTO PTS EYE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED A DENTAL WHITENING TRAY THAT IS MOSTLY PLASTIC, HAS SOME DISCOMFORT IN UPPER CHEST. DX-SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives |
| PT WAS CUTTING PC OF PLASTIC WITH KNIFE & IT SLIPPED AND CUT HAND DX: DEEP PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other specified plastic products |
| H/O VARICOSE VEINS ONTO LOWER LEG, ACCIDENTALLY GOT STRUCK ONTO LEG WIT HA PLASTIC ?OBJECT CUTTING IT>> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 42 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 |
| CHOKED ON PLASTIC LID FB ESOPHAGUS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other specified plastic products |
| PT WAS CUTTING PLASTIC AND HAND SLIPPED CAUSING SLASH INJURY TO HAND. DX HAND LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 44 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 |
| SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC SPOON DX; ESOPHAGEAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 37 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: Other specified plastic products |
| PLASTIC EAR PEICE FROM STETHESCOPE GOT STUCK IN EAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives |
| LAC TO WRIST, 36 YOF, CUTTING PLASTIC ON PACKAGE OF A TOY, KNIFE SLIPPE D AND CUT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 26 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: Other specified plastic products |
| BIPOLAR MAN TOOK LSD AND WOKE UP WITH PLASTIC FORK IMPALED IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other specified plastic products, Drills |
| WAS DRILLING SOME *** AND GOT DUST INTO (L) EYE DX- F/B TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other specified plastic products |
| DX LAC TO PLANTAR SURFACE OF L FOOT: WALKING THROUGH KITCHEN & STEPED O N *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Other specified plastic products |
| SWALLOWED PLASTIC MOUTH GUARD/INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 33 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON PLASTIC ITEM/FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other specified plastic products, Knives |
| L MIDDLE FINGER LAC: TRYING TO CUT ZIP TIE OFF DEEP FREEZER, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING 1ST & 2ND FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other specified plastic products |
| A PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE PUNCTURE AND BREAK OFF IN HIS FINGER DX FB L 5TH FINGER TIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | 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 HAD A FB IN EYE REMOVED IT WITH HIS CREDIT CARD AND INJURED EYE DX// CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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