Accidents - Aluminum foil wrapping products - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,450
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	485
6-15 years old:	158
16-25 years old:	93
26-50 years old:	397
50+ years old:	315

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Internal:	292	Finger:	288
Eyeball:	173	Mouth:	161
Ear:	112	Face:	109
Hand:	93	Head:	62
Foot:	62	Lower Leg:	41
All Of Body:	31	Lower Arm:	15
Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT WITH LAC TO LOWER ARM FROM ALUMINUM FOIL CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 54 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
54 Y/O M CUT FINGER ON KITCHEN FOIL PKG. LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS - HIT TO LT EYE WITH FOIL PAPER PACKED INTO ROUND BALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 14 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
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON GRATING ON ALUMINUM FOIL BOX AT HOME; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 7 years	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 PLACED A PIECE OF ROLLED UP ALUMINUM FOIL IN HIS L NOSTRIL EARLIER. NO SYMPTOMS. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 36 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
PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM ALUMINUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	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
PT GOT HIT IN (L) EYE W/ ALUMINUM WRAPPER DX;# (L) CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 9 months	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
PARENTS SAY PT SWALLOWED ALUMINUM FOIL MOM TRIED TO GET OUT OF MOUTH. DX POSSIBLE F/B INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
C/O WORSENING RT RING FINGER SWELLING&REDNESS AFTER ACC CUTTING IT ON A SERRATED KITCHEN/FOIL WRAP DISPNESER>>CELLULITIS/ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
WAS HIT IN L EYE 4 DAYS AGO WITH A BALL OF ALUMINUM FOIL C/O PAIN TO E YE DX- CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 62 years	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
FOIL WRAPPER FROM IRON PILL IS STUCK IIN ESOPHAGUS INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
STEPPED ONA ALUMINUM. FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	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 MONTH OLD CHOKING ON FOIL CANDY WRAPPER AT HOME DX// CHOKING RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
FOIL IN NOSE DX: FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	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, Pens and pencils
PT PUSHED AN ALUMINUM CANDY WRAPPER IN HER EAR WITH A PENCIL ERASER DX: FB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT WAS CHEWING ON A PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL AND GOT SOME PIECE LODGED UN DER GUM FB GUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 8 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
FB RT EAR.PT HAD ALUMINUN FOIL GUM WRAPPER IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 34 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, Electric counter-top ovens, broilers or toaster ovens
PT BURNED HAND ON HOT FOIL FROM TOASTER OVEN. DX: R HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
LAC TONGUE ON ALUMINUM FOIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
SWALLOWED ALUMINUM FOIL;DX IN GESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
WHISTLE SOUND IN THROAT AFTER A PART OF FOIL WRAP FROM GO GURT PACKAGE GOT STUCK IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PR CUT FINGER ON FOIL BOX,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 74 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
FB INGESTION-ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED FOIL WRAPPER OF HIS PILL INSTEAD OF T HE PILL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
BURN FINGER HOLDING HOT ALUMINUM FOIL BURN LEFT THUMB INFECTED CELLULITIS RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT WAS HOME CHOKING ON A PIECE OF CANDY FOIL WRAPPER THIS EVE. UNCLE REMOVED W/ FINGER AND GAVE RESCUE BREATHS.DX CHOKING EPISODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products, Cardboard products
CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF TIN FOIL BOX. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
DX CORNEAL INJ/ABRASION: L EYE REDNESS THAT STARTED LAST NOC, PLAY'G WITHA A PIECE OF ALUMINUM ROD & HIT TO L EYE BY SISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 63 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, Plastic containers
ACC CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF PLASTIC PACKAGE VS SERRATED EDGE OF WRA P BOX>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 48 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
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER ON AN ALUMINUM PAN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	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 ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED PAPER AND ALUMINUM WRAPPER DX: FB ESOPHOGAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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
CORNEAL ABRASION TO RIGHT EYE - WHILE WRAPPING LUNCH, PATIENT STUCK A PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PT INGESTED A PIECE OF FOIL FROM SOME SANDWICH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
FINGER SWELLING WHEN ROLLING FOIL, HE GOT A PIECE OF FOIL WENT INTO HIS SKIN. CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 14 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
PUT FOIL CANDY WRAPPER IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products, Tablet or capsule drugs
MOM FOUND PT W/FOIL WRAPPER TO AN UNKNOWN PILL & DISSOLVED PILL ON TONGUE. DX: POSS INGESTION OTC MEDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 47 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
SHARP EDGE OF *** WRAP=DX-1 CM R HAND LACERATION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
17YOF AT FRIENDS HOUSE,WAS LAUGHING WHEN FRIEND THREW A SMALL LITTLE ROLLED UP FOIL WENT INTO MOUTH;FOREIGN BODY SENSATION,THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 21 months	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
DX FB IN NASAL CAVITY/REMOVAL OF FB: MOP REPORTED NOSEBLEED F 1 NARE & NOTED WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF FOIL IN L NARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products, Grills
FOIL BLEW OFF THE GRILL AND LANDED ON SKIN OF PT AT CITY PARK. DX. BUR NS L ARM AND BOTH LEGS, BOTTOM OF L FOOT, LAC L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
PIECE OF FOIL IN EAR DX: FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
DX: CHOKING ON YOGURT ALUMINUM FOIL WRAPPER, CHOKING EPISODES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 10 months	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
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
WAS EATING A GRANOLA BAR DURING WHICH DEVELOPED THROAT FOREIGN BODY SEN SATION, THINKS A PIECE OF FOIL WRAPPER REMAINS>>ESOPHAGEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
31 YO HIT MOUTH ON ALUMINUM FOIL PAN LAC LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2009	Age: 20 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
ALUMINUM FOIL IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	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
BROTHER PUT FOIL IN PTS NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Aluminum foil wrapping products
AN ECONOMY SIZE BOX OF TIN FOIL, WEIGHING APPROX 25 LBS. FELL ON HEAD. DX. HEAD INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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