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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,430
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 26YO HISP MALE AT NIGHT CLUB PEPPER SPRAY SPRAYED INTO PT'S EYE DX AMA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/26/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 44 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN, WAS SPRAYING *** UP INTO WINDOW WIND BLEW SOME INE YES. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE FROM PEPPER SPRAY AT A CLUB - NOT STATED HOW IT H APPENED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 36 Y/O F INJURED CHEST WHEN *** WHILE IN JAIL.DX; TWO CHEST PUNCTURE WO UNDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS TAZED DX:5TH METATARSAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| *** FIVE TIMES. DX MUSCLE PAIN DUE TO *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 46 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: Personal protection devices |
| 46 YOM GOT PEPPER SPRAY IN FACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT DX PAIN IN AND AROUND EYE - S/P AFTER BEING SPRAYED W/PEPPER SPRAY ON LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 47 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: Personal protection devices |
| 47 YOM WAS ***D IN FACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 29 YOM SPRAYED WITH *** AT CASINO CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT C/O SHOT ACCIDENTALLY WITH A TASTER GUN INTO LT HAND - LT HAND FOREIN BODY TASER GUN BARBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 32 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: Personal protection devices |
| PT DX ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES - C/O BEING ***,BURNING EYES. PTLW BS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT STS GOT PEPPER SPRAYED TO ENTIRE BODY C/O BURNING & PAIN ALL OVER, DX LWOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT STS ASSISTED WIFE WITH PEPPER SPRAY - C/O BREATHING PROBLEMS BURNING ALL OVER BODY , DX LWOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 29 SPRAYED IN FACE W/PEPPER SPRAY DERMATITIS FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 49 YO MALE WAS ***D WHILE STANDING NEAR CAESARS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WITH A HEADACHE, WAS EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUSTAINED ABRASIONS OF THE FACE FROM BEING TASERRED BY THE POLICE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE FACE BY FALLING ON CEMENT AFTER BEING SHOT WITH A TASER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT C/O BILATERAL EYE BURNING SENSATION AFTER BEING SPRAYED WITH*** , C/O FACIAL PAIN & BLURRED VISION. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS TAZED TO SHOULDER. DETAILS UNKNOWN. DX: PW R SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUS CHEMICAL CONJ TO EYE AFTER GETTING PEPPER SPRAYED IN HIS EYE% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Alcohol |
| BAL 251. ALCOHOL INTX. SPRAY W ***. BURNING EYES. BURNING EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Floor lamps or table lamps |
| 43 YO FEMALE WAS ***D AND HIT HEAD ON LAMP CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 27 YO FEMALE WAS SPRAYED WITH *** CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| CHEST PAIN FROM TASER. DX-CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 42 YO MALE WAS ***D IN EYES BY POLICE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Alcohol |
| CHEST CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-SPRAYED W/ PEPPER SPRAY WHILE HORSING AROUND-+E TOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 42 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: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| REPORTS EYE PAIN, BLURRY VISION STATUS POST BEEN *** IN THE FACE>>EYEPA IN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 43 YO MALE WAS PEPPER SPRAYED TWO DAYS AGO CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT WAS BROUGHT IN BY SHERIFFS AFTER HE SUFFERED A TASER INJURY AND WAS ALSO PEPPER SPRAYED IN THE EYES. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND TO ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT INHALED ***. FACE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| GOT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH *** AND SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH ***. UNCLEAR WHO SPRAYED PT. PT ABUSIVE TO STAF F AND ELOPED FROM ED AFTER SIGNING OUT AMA. D:PEPPER SPRAY EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Floors or flooring materials |
| 30 Y/O M INJURED UPPER BACK WHEN TAZED WHILE IN JAIL AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX; UPPER BACK CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | 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: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF AN ELBOW AFTER BEING TASERED AT JAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 27 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: PEPPER SPRAY, EYE IRRITATION AND LEAKAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 30 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION BILATERALLY: PEPPER SPRAY BILATERAL EYE PAIN AND DISCHARGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 44 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: PEPER SPRAY IN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT SIDE: IRRITATION BOTH EYES, BURNING FROM 0C SPRAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 31 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: REACTION TO PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 29 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: REACTION TO PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS, BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: PEPPER SPRAY IN EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 34 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CONJUNCTIVITIS/L SIDED CORNEAL ABRASION: PT WITH "PEPPER" SPRAY SPARYED TO EYES AS PART OF OBSTACLE COURSE TRAINING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 38 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION, BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: PEPPER SPRAY IN BILATERAL EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DX CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, CORNEAL ABRASION: PEPPER SPRAY IN EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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