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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 490
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS-SPRAYED IN FACE W/ *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS SPRAYED WITH *** AND NOW HAS CHEST AND BACK PAIN. D: COSTOCHONDU TIS, URI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PASS IN A MV, PEPPER SPRAYED INTO EYE, >> EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS PEPPER SPRAYED AT JAIL 2 DAYS AGO. DETAILS UNKNOWN. DX: L CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT AT FRIENDS HOUSE AND FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED *** IN PTS EYES. DX CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS CLEANING OUTDOOR GEAR CABINET AND SOME PEPPER SPRAY WENT OFF SPR AYING IN PT'S EYES. DX: CHEMICAL IRRITANT TO EYES |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 19 YO ACCIDENTAL SPRAYED SELF IN FACE BY *** CHEMICAL BURN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT SUST INJURY TO EYE FROM ***. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| C/O BEING SPRAYED IN EYES WITH ***, UNCLEAR IF ACCIDENT OR ASSAULT DX;B URNS TO EYES NO FIREARM INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 23 YO MALE WAS SPRAYED WITH *** IN EYES BY COPS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS PEPPER SPRAYED DOWNTOWN. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PATIENT WAS ***D AT A CLUB, ED WASHING EYES AT SINK, PT SCREAMING FOULA BUSIVE LANGUAGE IN ED; LEFT WITHOUT BEING TREATED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| HAS CHEST TIGHTNESS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER INHALING *** THAT WAS SP RAYED AT SCHOOL WHEN THERE WAS A FIGHT; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT WAS SPRAYED W/PEPPER SPRAY BY ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS UPSET AT BUS STATION. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT WAS HOLDING A CAN OF PEPPER SPRAY AND IT WEN T IN TOM PTS FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 19 YO MALE WAS ***D BY POLICE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT PRESENTED BY EMS DUE TO HAVING PEPPER SPRAY EXPOSURE TO FACE AND IN EYES. BURNING AND REDNESS TO LEFT EYE.LITTLE INFORMATION GIVEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YOF STATED EARLIER TODAY THAT SOMEONE SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY AT SCHOOL AND IN PASSING HALLWAY BEGAN COUGHING AND WHEEZING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 17 YOM EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY TODAY AT SCHOOL, C/O TROUBLE BREATHING A LL OF A SUDDEN AFTER EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 18 YOF EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY AT SCHOOL AND BEGAN WITH NOSE ITCHING, S LIGHT SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YOF EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY AT SCHOOL TODAY, C/O FEELING DIZZY 15 M INUTES AFTER EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT GOT PEPPER SPRAY IN A SCRATCH ON FINGER - FINGER HAS BECOME INFECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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