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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 119
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/09/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| RIGHT RIB FX. PT FELL WHEN TRYING TO GET A KITE OUT OF A TREE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 32 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: Kites or kite string |
| 32 YO MALE WAS FLYING A KITE AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| ACUTE LIGAMENTOUS STRAIN INJURY- FLYING KITE YESTERDAY HAS FELT DIFFERENT SINCE, HAS INJURED KNEE BEFORE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| RIB FRACTURE - 42 YOM WAS RUNNING DOWN A HILL FLYING A KITE, FELL LANDI NG ON LEFT SIDE, C/O PAIN TO MID STERNUM, BACK AND LEFT LATERAL RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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