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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,126
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Darts |
| 32 YOM STRAINS SHOULDER THROWING DARTS AT BAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Darts |
| LEFT 5TH FINGER FB-REMOVED.PT SHOT WITH A BLOW DART IN FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Darts |
| PT HIT BBY A DART AT HOME AND C/O PAIN TO RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| EAR CANAL INJURY-@ HOME-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/A LAWN DART |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Darts |
| LEFT KNEE STR. PT TWISTED KNEE WHEN THROWING DARTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Darts |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH DART DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| PATIENT HAVING CHEST PAIN, WAS THROWING DARTS AT PICNIC EARLIER, RUNNIN G AROUND IN RAIN; ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | 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: Darts |
| SCRATCHED EYE PLAYING DARTS. " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Darts |
| SCALP MINOR LAC-HIT W/A LAWN DART-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Darts |
| PT @ UNSTATED LOCALE PLAYING DARTS PT HIT IN ARM BY ANOTHER PLAYERS STEEL DART DX L ELBOW FB (DART) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Darts |
| BLOW DART STUCK IN FINGER DX PUNCTURE WOUND L FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| PT SUSTAINED INJURY TO EYE FROM DART |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Darts, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS AT HOME PLAYING DARTS WHEN ONE BOUNCED OFF THE WALL AND STRUCK H IM CAUSING A SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMMORRAGE IN HIS RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2005 | Age: 52 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: Darts |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH PLASTIC PART OF DART, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Darts |
| BROTHER HIT PT IN HEAD W/DART. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 33 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: Darts, Toy guns with projectiles |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH A RUBBER DART FROM A TOY GUN BY HER SON. DX - LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION/SUPERFICIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS: THROWING DARTS LAST NIGHT, STARTED HAVING SHOULDER PAIN TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| PLAYING DARTS -ELBOW PAIN RIGHT ELBOW TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Darts |
| STUCK A PLASTIC DART INTO EAR, C/O EAR PAIN DX CONTUSION L INNER EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Darts |
| POKED IN EYE WITH METAL TIP DARTRUTURED GLOBE WITH IRIS EXPULSION TO OR FOR REPAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/15/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Darts |
| PT STATES SHE RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT WRIST BY DART AT HOME PUNCTURE WOUND RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 11 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: Darts |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION FROM A DART |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Darts |
| PT'S FRIEND THREW DART & ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT IN EYE. DX: OCULAR LACERATION W/PROLAPSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| PT WAS HIT IN RIGHT THIGH WITH A DART A FEW DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Darts |
| DART BOARD FELL ONTO PT. DX: HEAD CONT, 2 CM FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Darts, Snow tubing |
| KICKED IN RT EYE WHILE TUBING YESTERDAY, THIS AM SHOT IN LT EYE WITH PL ASTIC DART/ BIL CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Darts |
| INJURED BACK WHILE PLAYING DARTS AT THE BAR/ LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | 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: Darts |
| LEFT EYEBROW LAC, PT WAS PLAYING DARTS AND FELL CUTTING FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Darts |
| PT WITH DART TO EYE LAST MONDAY. PAIN CONTINUES. DX: RUPTURED GLOBE/ LIMBAL LACERATION WITH IRIS PROLAPSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/14/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Darts |
| PW L THUMB W/DART DX PW L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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