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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 345
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| FOUND IN LARGE ICE CHEST UNRESPONSIVE;CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| HIT LIP WITH TRAY FROM COOLER DX: LACERATION TO LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| MOM SLIPPED & BUMPED CHILD'S HEAD ON A METAL COOLER.NO LAC.DX CONT OF HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| RT 1ST MT FX-AT HOME-WALKED ON A "PROPPED UP" COOLER-COOLER LID SHUT ON FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 8 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: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH ICE PACK, ICE PACK WAS LEAKING AND MAY HAVE INGEST ED GEL; NON TOXIC, PC CONTACTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL OFF COOLER ONTO LINOLEUM FLOOR AT HOME; LIP LAC, TEETH LOO SE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| CUT EYEBROW WHEN FELL ON COOLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| CHILD FELL WHILE RUNNING AT HIT FOREHEAD ON PLASTIC ICE CHEST. D: FACE ABRASION/CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| PT FELL OFF OF A COOLER & BIT TONGUE; TONGUE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| PLAYING CHILD PUSHED OFF ICE CHEST BY BROTHER AND LANDED ON CONCRETE. D: FOREHEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Portable food or beverage coolers |
| PATIENT JUMPED OFF A PORTABLE COOLER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED RIGHT LOWER LEG SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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