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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,022
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/19/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| A 4 YOM TO ER WITH SOB, HA, COUGH, SLEEPS IN ROOM WITH POSSIBLE MOLD EX POSURE IN WALLS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| DX SZ: P/W H/O FEBRILE SZ W ONSET ON NON-FEBRILE SZ W LAST MONTHN PRE- SENTS AFTER SZ. PT WALK'G AROUNG, BUMPG INOT WALLS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| RAN INTO WALL/SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| H/O EATING STRANGE THINGS: WALLS, DIRT, SAND PAPER, NOW SENT IN FROM PM D OFFICE FOR EVALUAIOTN STATUS POST LEAD LEVEL FOUND TO BE 61>> LEAD PO |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| EATING PAINT CHIPS FROM WALL. DX POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Substance ingested or inhaled by a victim under age |
| DX: LEAD POISONING WHEN IN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE HAS HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD I N WALLS; CHILD COUGHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| CHILD BECAME UPSET WHEN BEING DROPPED OFF AT DAYCARE. HIT HEAD AGAINST WALL. HAD WITNESSED SHAKING EPISODE & BECAME SLEEPY. D: SEIZURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| DX: ATE WET PAINT OFF WALL HE TOUCHED, NONTOXIC SUBSTANCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds or bedframes |
| @HOME PT SLEEPS IN BED W/MOM-CAUGHT BETWEEN HEADBOARD & WALL, HAS LIMP, DIAPHORETIC, BREATHING HEAVY D-MECHANICAL ASPHYXIATION, HEAD INJURY NOS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| FAMILY REMODLING, WIND BLOWS AIR C CHALKY SMELL THRU A HOLE IN THE WALL , C/O COUGH&EYE IRRITATIN " LEAD POISONING" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| THERE IS A HOLE IN THE WALL& AIR IS COMING THRU,P/W CHALKY TASTE IN MOU TH&EYE IRRITATION " LEAD DUST EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| HIT HEAD ON WALL WHEN WALKING AT HOME, FELL DOWN BECAME BLUE, STOPPED BREATHING FEW SECONDS; BREATHHOLDING SPELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PARENTS CONCERNED DUST FROM CEILING FALLING IN CAUSING COUGH, ALSO HAS FEVER, EAR PAIN; COUGH, VIRAL SYNDROM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PARENTS CONCERNED THAT DUST FROM CEILING FALLING IN CAUSING COUGHING, A LSO WITH FEVER, EAR PAIN; COUGHING, RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| BROTHER'S ROOM HAS HOLE IN WALL WHERE PT PLAYING, INGESTED LEAD PAINT, HIGH LEAD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING/TOXICITY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT BUMPED HEAD ON WALL PRIOR TO FULL BODY SEIZURE, SMALL BRUISE TO TEMP ORAL AREA, POSSIBLE RUPTURE OF EAR DRUM & INFECTED D-FEBRILE CONVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT C/O COUGH,TROUBLE BREATHING S/P PLASTER CEILING FELL ON TOP OF HER TONIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT HAS BEEN VOMITING, HIT HEAD ON WALL LAST NIGHT, PASSED OUT; VOM ITING/DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| POISONING, MOTHER STS PT INGESTED PAINT CHIPS FROM A WALL IN THE APT. NO PAIN OR SOB, HX OF LEAD IN APT.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HAD A SEIZURE AT HOME. PT FELL AGAINST DRY WALL & PRODUCED HOLE IN WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT ATE PAINT CHIPS OFF WALL, INITIAL ABDOMINAL PAIN; PAIN RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT WITH SEIZURE DISORDER RAN INTO A WALL AND HAD A SEIZURE; FALL/S EIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials |
| MOTHER HEARD A THUMP SAW CHILD WALK INTO A WALL AND FELL TO THE FLOOR H AVING SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY- NEW ONSET SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/22/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON WALL AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, STARTED VOMITING; NO INJU RY, GASTROENTERITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT'S MOM STATES THAT SHE FOUND CHILD EATING ON PAINT CHIPS FROM WALL LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Bathtubs or showers |
| ALLERGIC REACTION TO SOMETHIING WHEN IN TUB AND PART OF CEILING FELL IN TUBE - CAUSING A REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| SELF MUTULATING TANTRUMS - HAS BEEN BANGING HEAD ON WALL & SLAPPING SEL F WORSE TODAY. D: BEHAVIOR DISORDER / TEMPER TANTRUMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT FELL HITTING HEAD ON WALL 2 DAYS AGO, NOW VOMITING, HEADACHE; D X: VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds |
| INFANT (DOB: *****) FOUND BETWEEN WALL AND BED. HAD BEEN ASLEEP ON MOM'S CHEST & MOM FELL ASLEEP. D:DEATH. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/30/2001 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2001 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2001 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2001 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2001 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2001 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2000 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/30/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2000 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Cribs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2000 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2000 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/05/2000 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2000 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2000 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Boilers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/1999 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/1999 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, General purpose household cleaners |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/1999 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Boxing |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/1999 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/1999 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/1999 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/1999 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/1999 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/1998 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/1998 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Carbon monoxide poisonings |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/1998 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/1997 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, House repair or construction materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/1997 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Cribs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|