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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Ear

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,025
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2000:147
Year 2001:255
Year 2002:121
Year 2003:354
Year 2004:151
Year 2005:249
Year 2006:106
Year 2007:100
Year 2008:192
Year 2009:177
Year 2010:167

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/11/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
34YF,WITH COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY IN EAR PEICE OF PEN STUCK DX: FB TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
32 Y/O F WAS DIGGING IN HER RT EAR WITH PEN NOW C/O PEN DX RT EAR OTITS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FB IN EAR: 32YOF /W 2D H/O FOREIGN OBJECT STUCK IN L EAR; YTDY W PLAY' W PEN; NOTICED THAT PART OF HER PNE W MISS' & FELT L EAR FULLNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
50YOM HAS PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2009Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED SELF INSIDE EAR WITH PENCIL WHILE CARRYING A LOT OF THINGS. DX. EAR PAIN AND DRAINAGE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO EAR WHEN HE WAS ITCHING HIS EAR WITH A PENCIL AND WHEN HE TOOK OUT PENCIL ERASER WAS MISSING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN EAR AT JAIL. DX: FB R EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, First aid equipment
PT STUCK PEN IN EAR THEN USED ***, C/O SEEING BLOOD W PAIN DX; EAR PAIN DX; EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
40YOM USING THE END OF A PENCIL TO SCRATCH INSIDE OF EAR,NEPHEW WALKED PAST ACCIDENTLY STRUCK PENCIL,ERASER BROKE OFF IN EAR;FB REMOVAL EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
EAR FB-DIGGING IN EAR W/ INK PEN CAP-CAP STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH A PIECE OF A PENCIL STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND AUDITORY CANAL - S/P TRAUMA TO LT EAR W/A PEN THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL ERASER BROKE OFF IN EAR. DX- FOREIGN BODY R EAR LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/27/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT MENTALLY RETARDED LIVEDS IN A GROUP HOME WAS SCRATCHING LEFT EAR WIT H A PENCIL AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2007Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PIECE OF PEN STUCK IN EAR WHEN TOP CAME OFF INSIDE EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2007Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
45 YO MALE GOT TIP FROM PEN CAUGHT IN EAR F/B EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2007Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
33YFC USED A PEN COVER TO SCRATCH INNER EAR C/O EAR PAIN OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FBR EAR, PT GOT A PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN HIS CANAL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, HEARING LOSS, TM NORMAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DXRT ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA - C/O EARACHE X 3 DAYS AFTER CLEANING EAR W/A PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK END OF PENC COVER IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT USED TO PUT PENCIL POINTS IN HER EAR AT AGE 5 & 6 AND THINKS PART OF THE PENCIL POINT IS COMING OUT OF HER EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY LT EAR REMOVED: SCRATCHING INSIDE LT EAR WITH PEN, LOST PIECE IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR-CLEANING EAR WITH INK PEN-PIECE STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INSERTED AN INK PEN IN HIS RIGHT EAR TO ITCH IT WHEN THE END GOT LOD GED IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
SCRATCHING EAR CANAL WITH AN INK PEN AND NOTICED BLOOD ABRASION TYMPANI C MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STUCK PEN IN EAR,NOW BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2004Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
F.B. R EAR, PT INSERTED A PEN INTO HIS EAR, C/O SEVERE PAIN, BLEEDING, HEARING LOST, FB STILL IN EAR CANAL, PT IS MENTALLY RETARDED, SEIZURE+
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2004Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB IN RT EAR( LED FROM PENCIL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2004Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
41 YO FEMALE USED TOP OF INK PEN TO SCRATCH INSIDE OF EAR OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2004Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PRESENTS WITH TIP OF PENCIL/ERASER STUCK IN EAR DX:FOREIGN BODY TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX LT EAR PAIN - C/O LT EAR PAIN AFTER A LEAD PENCIL TIP BROKE WHILE IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RT EAR FB-PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
38 YO M THINKS PENCIL ERASER IS IN EAR SINCE SEPTEMBER 2002. DX R EAR F OREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT.REPORTED SCATCHING RT.EAR WITH BALL POINT PEN PEICE FELL INTO EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY RT.EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB R EAR; STUCK PENCIL IN EAR & ERASER CAME OFF IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
RESIDENT OF STATE SCHOOL W/ FB R EAR.STUCK PENCIL IN EAR.DX FB RT EAR- RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PEN CAP IN L EAR.SENT FROM STATE SCHOOL.DX FB LT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED IN EAR WITH PENCIL PREVIOUS DAY TRAUMATIC RUPTURE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
KEEPS STICKING PENCILS IN EARS WHICH ARE INFECTED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
"SOMEONE STUCK A PEN IN MY EAR" DX: SUP. LAC. L EXT. EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
EAR PAIN. PT STUCK A PEN CAP INTO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT TIP OF PEN STUCK IN EAR. DX: L EAR FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2001Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2001Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2001Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2001Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2001Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2001Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2001Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2001Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2000Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2000Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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