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Accidents - Costumes or masks - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,656
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:440Face:227
Knee:216All Of Body:110
Finger:87Foot:80
Lower Arm:79Lower Trunk:76
Upper Trunk:69Unkown:69
Hand:62Head:60
Shoulder:16Toe:15
Ankle:12Neck:11
Mouth:6Wrist:6
Internal:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
7YOF HAS RASH ON FACE AFTER USING HALLOWEEN MAKE UP ALLERGIC REACTION/ DERMATITIS FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
7YOM RUNNING AROUND IN THE HEAT WITH A HALLOWEEN COSTUME ON AND GOT OVE RHEATED AND ALMOST PASSED OUT NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Costumes or masks
A 12 YR OLD FEMALE TRIPPED ON COSTUME CAPE DX FX CLAVICLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
13YOM WAS WEARING FULL HALLOWEEN MASK, TRIED TO RIP IT OFF AND FELT POP IN NECK, DID AGAIN AND HAD MORE PAIN; TORTICOLLIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2010Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
10 YO M ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE PLASTIC MASK HE WAS WEARING FOR HALLOW EEN. REDNESS TO FACE. DX ALLERGIC REACTION TO PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2010Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Costumes or masks
14YOM WITH R THUMB PAIN, SWELLING, HIT IN HAND WITH FACE MASK DX: FRAC R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2010Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
12YOM, INJURIED TOE 2WKS AGO WHILE " SUMO WRESTLING" IN AN INFLATABLE S UIT, +PAINS/SWELLING>>PARONYCHIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
7 YOM WAS HIT IN FACE W/PLASTIC *** MASK. DX: CONJUNCTIVAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
9YOF WAS AT HOME, WAS PLAYING WITH A DRESS UP CROWN, GOT POKED IN THE W EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON A COSTUME FELL IN FLOOR AND CONTUSED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
PT WORE A NEW, UNWASHED *** COSTUME TO SCHOOL TODAY. DEV RASH ALLOVER H ER ABDOMEN AND TRUNK. DX CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Costumes or masks
PT WAS WEARING A MASK TO SCARE SOME FRIENDS AND MASK CUT PTS FACE. D: LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Costumes or masks
PT ATE LONG PIECES OF FRINGE FROM HALLOWEEN COSTUME LAST WEEK. TODAY HA D BOWEL MVT W/ FRINGE IN IT. CANT PASS DUE TO PAIN. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Costumes or masks
15YOF AT HOME HAD A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM HALLOWEEN MASK STUCK IN HAND; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT WAS WEARING A HALLOWEEN COSTUME THAT WAS FAIRLY STIFF, HAD A MECHANICAL FALL BACK HITTING HEAD. DX-POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
PT GOT COSTUME MAKE UP IN EYE. DX: RIGHT EYE ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
INJURED (L) EYE FROM A MASK HE WAS WEARING----CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks
PT GOT HER R LEG CAUGHT IN SOMEONES HALLOWEEN CAPE AND TWISTED HER R KN EE. PAIN W/ WEIGHT BEARING. DX R KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
TRIPPED OVER COSTUME AT *** KNEE PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
STRUCK TO FOREARM BY A FACEMASK. DX CONTUSIO R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Costumes or masks
OLDER BROTHER THREW PLASTIC DARTHVADER HELMET AT PT, LACERATION EYEBROW /FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Costumes or masks
DRESSED AS THE GRIM REAPER WITH SCYTHE IN HAND AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, RUNNI NG OUT TO GO TRICK OR TREATING AND TRIPPED ON CAPE;FOREARM FX., DISLOCA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
PT RUNNING AT CHURCH AND GOT CAUGHT UP IN HIS HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT CHUR CH FELL ONTO RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2007Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT PLAYING WITH A PIRATE EYE PATCH, PULLED ON IT AND IT SNAPPED BA CK HITTING IN EYE, NOW HAS EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABARASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2007Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Costumes or masks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FOREHEAD LAC-HAD HALLOWEEN COSTUME ON-TRIPPED-FELL-HIT FILE CABINET-@ H OME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Costumes or masks, Rugs or carpets
8 YOF WAS AT A COSTUME PARTY, SLIPPED ON A RUG LANDING ON RT WRIST / ARM. DX: RT DISTAL RADIUS BUCKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
PT SUST INJURY TO EYE FROM MASK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Costumes or masks
CHI, TRIPPED ON COSTUME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Costumes or masks
TRIPPED AT SCHOOL OVER A COSTUME&FELL " CHIN LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT C/O LT INDEX FINGER LACERATION, CUT IT WHILE CUTTING HIS FACE MASK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT WEARING A MOUSE COSTUME AT A PLAY AND BECAME EXTREMELY HOT AND DIZZY; DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS-WEARING CONTACTS & PAINTBALL MASK-A FEW DAYS PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
10 Y/O M WITH UPPER BODY RASH SINCE WEARING HALLOWEEN COSTUME. DX; CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks
TRIPPED ON COSTUME ON 10/31 C/O R LEG PAIN DX R KNEE SPRAIN, R ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT PUTTING ON HALLOWEEN MASK LAST NIGHT AT HOME, A BURR IN MASK GO T INTO EYE, EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks
CAUGHT ANKLE ON HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY, TRIPPED AND TWIS TED LAST PM; RT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Costumes or masks, Adhesives
PATIENT STUCK FAKE PLASTIC TOOTH ONTO HER TOOTH WITH FINGERNAIL GLUE, C ANNOT REMOVE; REFERRED TO DENTAL CLINIC FOR REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Costumes or masks
11 YEAR OLD MALE HIT IN EYELID WITH WOODEN MASK AT SCHOOL LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
WHILE PT WAS WALKING AROUND IN PLAY PLASTIC DRESS UP SHOES AND FOOT FEL L INWARD - PT NOW LIMPING. D: CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Costumes or masks
F.B. (L) EYEBALL, MOTHER STS PT PLAYING W/A MASK, GLITTER PARTICLES FELL INTO HIS EYEBALL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, PHOTOPHOBIA, REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks
PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE RUNNING AT SCHOOL, ALSO HAS ITCHY BUMPS, RASH ON FOREHEAD S/P WEARING HALLOWEEN MASK; ANKLE SPRAIN, CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
URTICARIA-GENERALIZED BODY-AFTER WEARING NEW HALLOWEEN COSTUME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC ON TOY CAPE COSTUME AT HOME YESTERDAY, HAVING BLURRY VISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
PATIENT PUT ON LATEX HALLOWEEN MASK, HIVES AND FACIAL SWELLING; ALLERGI C REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Costumes or masks
PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE PUTTING ON A COSTUME, RESULTING IN A CLOSED HEA D INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
CORNEAL ABRASION - 10 YOM WAS STRUCK RIGHT EYE BY BEADED HALLOWEEN COST UME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks, Wrestling
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2000Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/30/2000Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2000Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Costumes or masks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/1999Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/1998Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/1997Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/1997Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/1997Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Costumes or masks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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