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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 942
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| ROOF OF MOUTH BURN.PT DRANK HOT CHOCOLATE FROM A STRAW AND BURNED ROO F OF MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| TONGUE BURN.P.T SIPPED OUT OF A STRAW HOT CHOCOLATE AND BURNED TONGUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT HAD STRAW FROM A JUICE BOX IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE BROTHER ACCID HIT TH E JUICE BOX AND STRAW PUNCT BACK OF PTS THROAT. DX MOUTH PUNCT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PUNCTURED ROOF OF MOUTH W/ STRAW---1/2CM LAC SOFT PALATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN MOUTH. DX: ORAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT FELL WHILE SUCKING ON A DRINKING STRAW, PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| LACERATED MOUTH WITH CAPRI SUN STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT.INJ.MOUTH AT STORE WHEN WALKING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH & STRAW WAS BUMPED. DX; LAC.ROOF OF MOUTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws, Metal containers |
| PT RIDING IN A CAR DRINKING A SODA FROM A CAN WITH A STRAW THE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP JAMMED STRAW INTO BACK OF THROAT ABRASION MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 2 Y/O M INJURED UNDER HIS TONGUE WHILE USING PLASTIC STRAW. DX; LAC FLOOR OF MOUTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT IN "***" W/ DAD. GRABBED HIS STRAW AND STUCK IT IN HER MOUTH.HAS A L AC TO PALATE. IS HARD TO SWALLOW SINCE. DROOLING. DX MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT C/O THROAT INJURY. PT WAS HIT IN MOUTH WHILE STRAW IN MOUTH. DX PW T HROAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws, Swings or swing sets |
| PUNCTURE MOUTH - SOFT PALLETTE - 7 YO FEMALE PUSHING SISTER ON SWING - SWING HIT END OF DRINKING STRAW AND PUSHED IT INTO SOFT PALLETT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS USING A DRINKING STRAW WHEN SHE PUSHED IT TOO FAR BACK IN HER MO UTH AND CUT HER MOUTH. HAD SOME BLEEDING. DX MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| TRAUMA TO MOUTH FROM DRINKING STRAW RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws, Foods |
| PT ON A FIELD TRIP WITH SCHOOL, DRINKING A DRINK AND ANOTHER CHILD BUMP ED INTO PT AND STRAW FROM DRINK WENT INTO MOUTH. DX LACERATION PALATE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| POKED MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| WAS DRINKING FROMA STRW, AT HOME, WHEN HIS TWIN PUSHED HIM- THE STRAW POKED THE BACK OF HIS THROAT. DX; PALATE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT HAD A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE FELL; THROAT INJURY. D: LACERATIO N SOFT PALATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| MOTHER STATES CHILD HAD A PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL AND CUT THE ROOF OF HER MOUTH. LACERATION ROOF OF MOUTH* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| SOFT PALLETE INJ/9YOM STS HE JAMMED A STRAW INTO THE PALLETE OF HIS MOU TH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL. DX MOUTH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| POKED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX: LAC ROOF OF MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PLAYING C A STRAW IN THE MOUTH, FELL JAMMING STRAW BACK INTO THROAT >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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