Accidents - Aluminum foil wrapping products - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,430
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	514
6-15 years old:	187
16-25 years old:	45
26-50 years old:	484
50+ years old:	199

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	367	Internal:	263
Finger:	204	Face:	187
Ear:	124	Hand:	107
Lower Arm:	68	Foot:	60
Lower Trunk:	16	Wrist:	15
All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
8 M/O F CHOKED ON PIECE OF FOIL WRAP AT HOME. DX; CHOKING EPISODE ON FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PATIENT HAD A PIECE OF FOIL IN HIS EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
71 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BURN TO HAND. PT BURNED SELF ON BROWN SUGAR & HOT FO IL @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
52 Y/O C/O SCRAPE ACROSS L EYE. PT SCRAPPED L EYE WITH ALUMINUM FOIL. D X ABRASION TO LFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT WAS LIFTING FOIL PAN AND SPILLED HOT HAM OIL ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
RT EAR FB-AT SCHOOL-PUT A PIECE OF FOIL IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF FOIL DX: FB IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
RIGHT 5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT HERSELF ON THE STRIPPING ON A BOX OF ALUMI NUM FOIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
61 Y.O. B MALE W/LAC TO HAND. PT CUT SELF ON ALUMINUM FOIL @ HOME. E920 8
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
ABD PAIN. PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A PILL THAT WAS WRAPPED IN ALUMINUM FOIL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 48 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: Aluminum foil wrapping products
EYE HIT WITH PIECE OF FOIL DX: ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PAPTIENT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN EYE WITH A PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL, RE SULTING IN CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
RT 4TH FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON AN ALUMINUM FOIL BOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products, Cardboard products
PT CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON ALUMINUM FOIL BOX. D: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
LAC (R) HAND, PT SUST INJURY WITH THE ALUMINUM FOIL AT HOME, C/O PAIN & BLEEDING, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
CANDY FOIL WRAPPER IN EAR PAPER IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
BABY SWALLOWED 1-2 CM PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL THAT SHE PICKED UP BEGAN C HOKING DX FB ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
SCRATCH EYE WITH TIP OF FOIL BAG CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 12 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: Aluminum foil wrapping products
23 HR OLDLAC R IND FING/12YOM CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF ALUMINUM FOIL BOX A T 8:30P ON 7/31. WOUND OPENED TODAY WHEN HE BUMPED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
8 YO MALE PUT ALUMINUM FOIL IN EAR F/B EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY INGESTED (ALUMINUM FOIL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products, Containers
CUT FINGER ON SERATED EDGE OF ALUMINUM FOIL BOX LACERATION LEFT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 47 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: Aluminum foil wrapping products
CUT ON ALUMINUM FOIL-LACERATION INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT STATES WAS WORKING WITH A LOT OF FOIL PAPER AND HE MIGHT HAVEGOTTEN SOME IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT HITI N FACE WITH FALLING BOX OF ALUMINUM FOIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
DROPPED AN ALUMNUM ROLL ON HER L FOOT. L FOOT STRAIN $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
CUT FINGER ON ALUMINUM FOIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
CHOKED ON A PIECE OF FOIL GASPING AND TURNED PURPLE HAD HEIMLICH DONE, FOIL AND BLOODY MUCUS CAME UP. DX FOREIGN BODY NOW REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2002	Age: 20 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: Aluminum foil wrapping products, Cardboard products
DX ABRASION LEFT WRIST: GETTING FOIL OUT OF BOX, SCRAPED WRIST ON SERA TED EDGE OF BOX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PIECE OF FOIL WRAPPER IN L NARE DX F.B. REMOVAL FROM L NARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT HAS PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
CHEST PAIN FROM COCAINE ABUSE-STARTED AFTER SMOKING "COCAINE OFF OF FOI L"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PUT FOIL PAPER IN HER NOSE NASAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO ESOPHAGUS AFTER SWALLOWING FOIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
TAKING TIN FOIL OFF TURKEY SHE WAS COOKING AND STEAM BURNED HER RIGHT H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
INGESTED FOREIGN OBJ.PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED ALUMINUM FOIL FROM FOOD HE WAS EATING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT WITH A BALL OF FOIL IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT HAS PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL STUCK IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
FOIL BALL STUCK IN NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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