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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,673
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/30/2010 | Age: 50 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| DX ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION/SOB/WHEEZING: 50YOF TRY' ON HALLOWWEEN COSTUMES W/ REDNESS OVER HAND WHERE GLOVE WAS PLACED .FACIAL SWELL' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 43YOM DEVELOPED RASH ON CHEST AFT PUTTING ON HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT HOME DERMATITIS OF CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2010 | Age: 35 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| DX CORNEAL INJ (ABRASION)/TETANUS UPDATED: 35YOF RS EYE PN AFTER EYE HIT W/ PLASTIC PART OF MARDI GRAS MASK. PN WORSE W/ OPEN' CLOSE' OF EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 30YOF WAS WEARING COSTUME IN REHEARSAL, STOOD UP, KNEES LOCKED, LOST BALANCE, FELL STRIKING HEAD ON GROUND. DX - POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 30 YOM WAS CUT ON FAKE "***". DX: R FIFTH DIGIT LAC 2 CM W/TENDON INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 49YOF AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY TRIPPED ON THE HEM OF HER COSTUME AND FELL O NTO LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 40 YOM LACERATED RIGHT THUMB ON SOMETHING METAL ON HIS COSTUME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| DX CHI: "SUMO WRESTL'G" ON `2" MAT FOR FUN WHEN PUSHED BACKWARDS & HIT HEAD (W WEAR'G HELMET) ON GRASSY SURFACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT WENT TO A COSTUME PARTY LAST NIGHT AND WHEN SHE TOOK OFF THE COSTUME HAD A RASH TO THIGHS CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Manual scissors |
| 28 YOM WAS CUTTING COSTUME WITH SCISSORS AND CUT FINGER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 49 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: Costumes or masks |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT GLITTER FROM COSTUME INTO EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| HAS LAC TO (L) MIDDLE FINGER, CUT WHILE MAKING A HALLOWEEN COSTUME--LAC (L) MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Adhesives |
| 45YOM AT HOME DRESSED AS A PIRATE, WEARING A MUSTACHE/ BEARD ATTACHED WITH ADHESIVE & A PATCH ON EYE,GOT ADHESIVE ON HANDS,RUBBED EYE;EYE IRR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT WITH FB IN EYE, FROM WEARING A MASK WHILE IN JAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT WAS WEARING METAL MESH HALLOWEEN MASK AND WAS POKED IN EYE AT A CLUB DX: R EYE FB, R CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER *** COSTUME WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES SUST LEG SPRAIN AIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 28 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT GOT GLITTER FROM PRINCESS DRESS IN R EYE DX R EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| WAS WEARING FABRIC EYE MASK FOR SLEEP LAST PM, C/O EYE HURTING DX CORNEAL ABRASION L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT TRIPPED OVCWER HER CHILDS HALLOWEEN COSTUME LANDING ON LEFT KNEE CO NTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT. STATES WAS CLEANING AN ABANDONED HOUSE, WAS PUTTING ON A MASK AND GOT POPPED IN L EYE. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| LACERATED FINGER WORKING ON A HALLOWEEN COSTUME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PLAYING MEIEVAL GAMES. ARMOR WIEGHED 40-50 LBS. HAD ANKLE PAIN. R ANKL E SPRIAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2004 | Age: 35 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: Costumes or masks |
| 35 YO FEMALE WAS WEARING MASK YESTERDAY LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 37 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT HAS STIFFNESS FROM FOREARM TO FINGERS WHICH BEGAN 1 DAYS AFTER WEAR ING HALLOWEEN COSTUME. D:FOREARM PRONATOR MUSCLE STRAIN/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| RT KNEE SPRAIN-AT PARK-PARTICIPATING IN MIDEVIL REENACTMENT-GOT HIT W/A SHIELD IN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2001 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2001 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Knives with replaceable blades |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2001 | Age: 42 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: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2001 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2001 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/1999 | Age: 30 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: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/1999 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/1998 | Age: 38 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/1998 | Age: 39 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: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Scissors |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/1998 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/1997 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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