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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,449
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 36 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: Camping equipment |
| 36YOM JABBED IN EYE W/TENT POLE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| 42 YOM FELL THROUGH ROOF OF CAMPER DISLOCATED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| FELL ONTO THE SPIKE OF A TENT, CUTTING L EYEBROW. L EYEBROW LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| LT ELBOW CT-FELL OVER TENT STAKE-HIT THE STREET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT HOMELESS LIVES IN A TENT WHILE BENDING OVER TO ZIP UP HIS TENT STRAI NED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| 26 Y.O. W MALE W/SCALP CONTUSION. PT STS A TENT POLE FELL ON HIM. E9179 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| C/O DRAINAGE FROM UMBILICIS AND (R) GREAT TOE PAIN. KICKED TENT W/ TOE DX: SUPER UMBILICAL INFECT.& (R) GREAT TOE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT TRIPPED OVER TENT STAKE AT CAMPGROUND. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| CONTUSION KNEE - PATIENT CAMPING TRIPPED AND FELL TO LEFT KNEE WHEN EXI TING TENT - TRIPPED ON ZIPPERED OPENING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT TRIPPED OVER TENT POST FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| 40YOM LAC TOE WHEN HE KICKED A TENT STAKE WHILE CAMPING AT A PARK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHILE BACKPACKING IN A STATE FOREST. DX RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| =42YOF CAMPING TRIPPED OVER TENT TIE DOWN INJ TO WRIST DX/FRACTURE WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT CARRIED HEAVY BACKPACK IN MOUNTAINS YESTERDAY. DX: RIB FX, CONT R SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| RUBBED AGAINST SHARP EDGE ON CAMPER HOME, SUSTAINING LAC TO R LOWER LEG . ^ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT KICKED A CAMPER LAST P.M. LT FOOT & GREAT TOE BRUISED. GREAT TOE FX@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| LAC TO FOOT WHEN STRUCK ON TENT SPIKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| STATES WAS HIT WITH A TENT POLE AFTER A FUST OF WIND BLEW THE TENT D: H EAD LAC, CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| 35 YOF STRUCK BY A TENT POLE WHEN IT FELL-DX SOFT TISSUE INJURY RT TRAPEZIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| 34 YOF STRUCK BY A TENT POLE WHEN IT FELL-DX LAC LFT EAR & SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| LOW BACK PAIN 30 YO WM HURT BACK PULLING UP TENT STAKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING CAMPING EQUIPMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| RT WRIST SPRAIN-WHILE PUTTING UP A TENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| SITTING IN TENT AT TENT CITY AND STEEL CROSSBAR SWUNG DOWN AND 40LB BAR LANDED ON CECK DX NECK CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT OUT CAMPING TRIPPED OVER A TENT STAKE LANDING ON BOTH KNEES CONTUSIO N KNEES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT HAD TENTS FALL OVER ON HER AT STORE, ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PATIENT CAMPED IN A TENT, SUSTAINED ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT CARRYING A 60LB. BACK PACK TRIPPED OVER A ROCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| COOKING ON STOVE, STOVE EXPLODED & PIECE OF METAL HIT HAND AT CAMP SITE FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX (FINGER).. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings |
| WORKING ON HIS CAMPER SLIDE OFF TOP, LEGS SLID IN BETWEEN PROPANE TANK. COMMINUTED TIB/FIB FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment, Exercise |
| PT CARRIED HEAVY BACK PACK FILLED W/STONES WHILE HIKING. DX: ACUTE DORSAL/LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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