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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,838
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 22 YOF HIT HAND WITH TELEPHONE WHILE PLAYING AROUND FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| THUMB SPRAIN AFTER BEING HIT BY PHONE CHARGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT DX OPEN WOUND TO TOE - STEPPED ON PHONE CHARGER WHILE BAREFOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT DRIVING HER CAR WAS TEXTING ON HER TELEPHONE WHILE DRIVING NOT PAYIN G ATTENTION AND RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| 18 YOF WAS TALKING ON TELEPHONE AND PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| R EAR PAIN. GOT HIT W A TELEPHONE ON THE EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT'S FRIEND WAS TOSSING THE PHONE TO THE PT AND PT DIDNT CATCH IT AND I T STRUCK PT IN FACE. DX EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Bottles or jars |
| 21 YO M INGESTED CARBONATED WATER BURNING IN THROAT, ACCIDENTIALY PUT CELL PHONE IN WATER JUG, LATER DRANK WATER C/O BURNING IN THROAT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Poles |
| WAS WALKING DOWN SIDEWALK TEXT MESSAGING ON PHONE AND RAN INTO POLE HA S LAC TO (L) HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 23 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT IN EYE WITH TELEPHONE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PATIENT WAS PUTTING UP TELEPHONE AND CABLE HIT PATIENT IN EYE. DX; CO RNEAL ABRASION TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 16 YOM STRUCK ON FACE BY CELL PHONE WHEN A FRIEND SLIPPED ON A MUDDY SL OPE AT PARK SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PRESENTS WITH HEAD BLEEDING STATUS POST ACCIDENTALLY HITTING HEAD AGAIN ST A CORNER OF A ?PHONE>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 21 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH A CELL PHONE. DX. HEAD INJURY.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| EAR PAIN-HIT IN EAR W/A TELEPHONE BY HYPER CHILD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 23 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY PHONE CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Jewelry |
| PT WAS TALKING ON TELEPHONE LIGHTNING STRUCK AND BLEW EARRING OFF.FELL TO KNEES. ELECTRIC SHOCK EAR ARC FROM PHONE TO EARRING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| 18 YO MALE PULLED OVER TO ANSWER PHONE AND WAS REARENDED IN MVC NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT HIT FACE ON PHONE AT FRIENDS HOUSE DX// FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT ON THE TELEPHONE AND RECEIVED SOME BAD NEWS WHICH MADE HER PASS OUT STRUCK HEAD ON THE WAY CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Day wear |
| REACHING INTO POCKETS FOR CELL PHONE,TRAPPING HANDS IN POCKETS,TRIP ON CURB,FELL ONTO CHIN DX:FX MANDIBLE,AUDITORY CANAL,CONCUSSION,CHIN LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 21 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH CELL PHONE. DX; CONTUSION TO LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| TALKING ON TELEPHONE DURING STORM, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DX LIGHTNING ST RIKE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WITH INGROWN TOENAIL X 8 MOS. INCREASED PAIN S/P DROPPING CELL PHONE ON TOE. D: INGROWN TOENAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 19 YO MALE HAS COMMUNICATION EAR DEVICE STUCK IN EAR F/B EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PAIN AFTER TALKING ON CELL PHONE FOR LONG PERIODS/EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT WITH TELEPHONE;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| RIGHT HAND STR. PT INJURED HAND WHEN FALLING WHEN TALKING ON PHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT STEPPED ON A TELEPHONE AND SUSTAINED ABRASION TO LT FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT SWINGING PHONE CHARGER-HIT SELF-CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | 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: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| R GREAT TOE CONT/17YOF WAS RUNNING TO GET THE PHONE AND FELL AND HIT TO E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 16YOM WAS WALKING AND TEXT MESSAGING ON PHONE,WALKED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE;CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WAS ANGRY WITH SISTER AND PUNCHED THE PHONE. D: FX RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 19 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: Telephones or telephone accessories, Stairs or steps |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER BY DROPPING PHONE ON STAIRS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT INJURED SHOULDER REACHING FOR CELL PHONE AT HOME TODAY DX// DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2008 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| DX R COLLES FXR; R ULNAR STYLOID, R SCAPHOLUNATE DIS: FELL ONTO FLEXED WRIST WHILE HOLDING CELL PHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Counters or countertops |
| PT LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP CELL PHONE & HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP AT HOME DX: DEEP LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| BENT OVER TO GET PHONE AND FELL RESULTING IN PAIN TO BACK BUT LEFT WITH OUT A DIAGNOSIS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT IN THUMB AND WRIST WITH CELL PHONE, NO ABNORMALITIES, HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT HIT IN HEAD BY THROWN CELL PHONE AT HOME. DX. CONT NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Stairs or steps |
| 25YOF WAS HOME TALKING ON CELL PHONE AND READING SOMETHING WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STEPS,SLIPPED AND FELL,INJURING ANKLE;ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WAS IN ARGUMENT WITH MOTHER AND MOTHER TRIED TO TAKE AWAY PT'S CELL PHONE AND PT JAMMED FINGER. DX: RIGHT THUMB SPRAIN, FAMILY DISCORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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