Accidents - Plastic wrapping products - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,105
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	97
6-15 years old:	170
16-25 years old:	214
26-50 years old:	380
50+ years old:	242

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	411	Internal:	292
Face:	144	Hand:	137
Eyeball:	81	Neck:	15
Elbow:	5	All Of Body:	5
Toe:	5	Ear:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Plastic wrapping products
WRAPPED UP IN BUBBLE WRAP AND HAD LEFT ARM CAUGHT BEHIND BACK. DX. NURSEMAID'S ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
54 YO M SWALLOWED PLASTIC WRAPPER AT ***. DX ASPIRATED FOREIGN OBJECT. JECT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
EATING TV DINNER, SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC COVERING ON IT, FEELS LIKE IT IS STUCK IN THROAT/ SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic wrapping products
CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH SARANWRAP BY COUSING AT HOME, C/O REDNESS & PAIN, EOM INTACT, PUPILS NORMAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 24 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: Plastic wrapping products
24 YOM CUT FINGER ON *** BOX LACERATION R THUMB LACERATION R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PT GOT BEAD STUCK IN NOSTRIL; FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
EATING CAKE- SWALLOWED PEICE OF PLASTIC WRAPPING INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
LACERATION FINGER - 36 YOM STATES WAS WRAPPING FOOD AT THE JAIL, INMATE , AND LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON METAL TO PLASTIC WRAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAPPER, SMALLER THAN A DIME. S/P SWALLOW A PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAPPER. DO NOT CONTACT PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PATIENT JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON BUBBLE WRAP AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, BENT TOE BACK; TOE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
CHOKED ON PLASTIC WRAP FROM CRACKERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic wrapping products
? FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EAR- WAX AND SOMETHING ELSE. DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RIGHT EAR CANAL PIECE OF PLASTIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT CUT FINGER ON A SARANWRAP BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products, Cardboard products
LACERATED LEFT SMALL FINGER ON SERRATED EDGE OF A PLASTIC WRAP BOX. DX: LACERATION, LEFT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PT SWALLOWED SOME PILLS. D: MEDICATION INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PATIENT FOUND BLUE AND UNRESPONSIVE, CHOKING, MOM HAD FED HER PIECES OF PINEAPPLE, PT. VOMITED PINEAPPLE AND PLASTIC CANDY WRAPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic wrapping products
STRUCK HIMSELF IN EYE WITH PLASTIC SHRINK WRAP. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, L EFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
LAC LEFT HAND - 10 MINUTES AGO WHILE OPENINGA *** PACKAGE CUT ON THE PL ASTIC PACKAGING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
LACERATION TO HEAD WTIH PACKAGE OF SHRINK WRAP. SMALL LACERATION TO LE FT EYEBROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PT CUT THUMB ON EDGE OF PLASTIC WRAP DX: LT THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
LAST NIGHT PT WAS EATING A HOT DOG AT A RESTAURANT AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAPPING. DX ESOPHAGEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PT LACERATED L 4TH METACARPEL JOINT OPENING *** WRAP, L HAND LACERATION ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
21YOF-LACERATION RIGHT THUMB-CUT AT HOME ON METAL BAR IN PLASTIC WRAP BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic wrapping products
AT STORE, BENT DOWN AND WAS STRUCK WITH HARD PLASTIC WRAPPING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Plastic wrapping products, Microwave ovens
RT HAND BURN-@ HOME-BURNED ON STEAM UNDER ***-COOKING IN MICROWAVE OVEN VE OVEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic wrapping products
PT GOT PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAP STUCK IN THROAT WHILE EATING MEAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
CUT ON SHARP EDGE OF *** BOX/RT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products, Bags
PATIENT WAS GETTING BAGS FROM A CABINET, *** FELL OUT OF CABINET CUTTIN G HER FINGER. DX-LACERATION RIGHT 3RD DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic wrapping products
CUT LT THUMB ON PLASTIC WRAPPER HE WAS TRYING TO OPEN. LAC LT THUMB/THU MBNAIL@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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