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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,421
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 16YOM HAS ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER MARCHING IN PARADE WITH HEAVY COSTUME ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Footwear |
| MULT. ABRA'S: FALL; 19YOF WALKING IN COSTUME W/ HEELS,TRIPPED OVER TRAILER HITCH IN PRKG LOT,FELL,HITTING GROUND,STRUCK CHIN,HAND, FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 22YOF GOT PIECE OF GLITTER FROM COSTUME INTO EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 18 YO F WITH HIVES OVER ENTIRE BODY. HAS TIGHT THROAT. WORE A HULA SKIR T LAST NIGHT. DX:URTICARIAL RASH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| DX FX ANK: 24YOWM HIT IN GROIN W/ "SPEAR" @ MEDIEVAL REENACTMENT, INJ' WAS BLUNT PART OF THE WEAPON & HIT HIS PENIS. LOST FOOT' TWIST' L ANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 18 YO F, WITH BRACES, PUT VAMPIRE TEETH IN MOUTH AND TEETH BECAME STUCK TO BRACES. CANNOT REMOVE. DX:VAMPIRE TEETH STUCK TO BRACES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 18YO WHITE FEMALE AT SCHOOL WEARING INFLATABLE SUMO WRESTLING OUTFIT HELMET FELL OFF,PT FELL HIT HEAD, DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| CUT BRIDGE OF NOSE ON HALLOWEEN MASK FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Manual cleaning equipment |
| WAS IN A PLAY, AT SCHOOL, & DID A BACK HANDSPRING, & WAS HIT IN HEAD BY A BRUSH THAT WAS ON HER COSTUME, SCLERA RED. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| DX CONCUSSION W/O LOC/NECK EXTENSION INJ/R-SIDED WEAKNESS: W SUMO WRESTL'G W SHE FELL BACKWARDS & STRUCK HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| RT HAND LAC.PT PUNCHED A PORCALIN MASK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN WHEN TRYING ON HALLOWEEN COSTUME . PAIN CONTINUES. D: MUSCLE STRAIN, SPASM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN A FACEMASK. DX SPRAIN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT DEVELOPED RASH TO HANDS WHEN WEARING COSTUME AT A PARTY DX: DERMATITIS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT C/O ANKLE PAIN, TWISTED ANKLE WHILE COMING OFF BOTTOM STEP. DX-RIGHT ANKLE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT IN A SCHOOL PLAY TRYING TO GET OUT OF HIS COSTUME AND SLIPPED AND FE LL TO CONCRETE FRACTURED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS AT A GRADUATION PARTY AND WAS WRESTLING WHILE WEARING AN INFLATE ABLE SUMO SUIT AND HIT HEAD ON THE FLOOR CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 20 YO MALE HAD COSTUME PROP FALL ON BACK AT MUMMERS PARADE CONTUSION BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PAIN L EYE, POKED SELF IN EYE W/MASK ONE WEEK AGO DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| WAS AT DAY POOL PARTY, DRESSED IN SOMMO WRESTLING SUIT,SLIPPED&FELL HIT TING HEAD ON GRASS/GROUND" CONCUSSION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 22 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: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT INJURED HERSELF ON A FACE MASK. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| WEARING A FACE MASK SECURITY PULLED THE BACK OF MASK AT SCHOOL CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Footwear |
| CELLULITIS L ANKLE/21YOM C/O RED, SWOLLEN FEET AFTER RUNNING IN MASCOTO UTFIT AT *** LACROSSE GAME. HAD TO WEAR SPECIAL BOOTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT. JAMMED LITTLE FINGER AGAINST A PLASTIC FACE MASK. DX. AVULSION OF R. LITLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT AT A PUBLIC HALLOWEEN PARTY WHEN SHE SWALLOWED HER FANGS (PART OF HE R COSTUME) FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2001 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Wire |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2000 | Age: 22 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: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2000 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/1999 | Age: 20 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/1997 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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