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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 873
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| TRIPPED OVER CARDBOARD BOX AT HOME. DX WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT WAS RUNNING AND FELL INTO CARDBOARD BOX, SUS LACERATION TO HAND% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| R SHOULDER CONTUSION - FELL AGAINST A BOX 2 WEEKS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Aluminum foil wrapping products |
| TRIPPED AND FELL OVER WRAPPING PAPER AND BOX DX: ANKLE SPRAINED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OVER A BOX CAUSING A FX TO LT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products, Ceilings and walls |
| STANDING ON CARDBOARD BOX WHEN TRYING TO JUMP UP TO TOUCH CEILING;DX FR ACTURED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cardboard products, Basketball |
| LOCKED OUT OF HOUSE, TRIED TO START FIRE IN BACKYARD TO KEEP WARM,PIECE OF CARDBOARD BLEW IN FACE,FELL ON B-BALL HOOP TO GET AWAY;BURN,FD N/S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CARDBOARD SNUFF BOX INJURED FINGER WHEN OPENING DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STRUCK IN L EYE BY CARDBOARD. DX CORNEAL ABRASION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 9 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: Cardboard products |
| PT HAD A *** STICK IN HIS MOUTH WHEN BROTHER ACCID. STRUCK HIM INHEAD W / A CARDBOARD ROLL. HAS LARGE HOLE IN SOFT PALATE. DX MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 9 YO MALE FELL AND HIT HEAD AGAINST MILK CARTON LACERATION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 9 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: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT WALKING BY A CARDBOARD BOX, POKED IN EYE BY FLAP OF BOX; CORNEA L ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 13YOF AT HOME ACCIDENTLY LACERATED INNER LOWER ARM ON AN ALUMINUM FOIL BOX;ARM LACERATION,LT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| FELL OVER BOX AT STORE CONTUSION TO NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products, Skateboards |
| 12YOM WAS BOX BOARDING AT HOME,WAS JUMPING OUT OF BOX,FELL STRIKING RIB (CARDBOARD BOX ATTACHED ON SKATEBOAR)RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT SWALLOWED SMALL PIECE OF FOIL FROM JUICE BOX AND FEELS LIKE THE FOIL IS STUCK IN THROAT, NOW W/SORE THROAT; FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT WAS CUT ON RIGHT FINGER FROM A PIECE OF CARDBOARD, LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 6 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: Cardboard products |
| 6Y/O,M,EDGE OF CARDBOARD BOX POKED IN EYE WHILE AT ***, L EYE CORNEAL A BRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| WAS CARRYING A BOX, AND SOMETHING FELL OUT OF IT, HITTING HER LT WRIST- HURTS TO MOVE WRIST. DX: LT WRIST INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT RECEIVED LACERATION TO HAND WHEN HITTING A BOX AND HIT CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT STATES WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON A BOX IN A DITCH DX RT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT TRIPPED OVER CARDBOARD BOX-CONTUSION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DX CORNEAL CONTU W/O ABRASION: PLAYING IN DARK ROOM WITH SISTER AND ACC HIT IN L EYE BY CARDBOARD BOX SISTER WAS SWINGING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 12 YOM PLAYING WITH BROTHER STRUCK ON RIGHT EYE WITH PIECE OF CARDBOARD ACCIDENTALLY SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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