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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,217
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 24YOF CELLULITIS TO BREAST HAS NIPPLE PIERCING* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry, Day wear |
| PT CAUGHT NIPPLE PIERCING ON SHIRT AND IT RIPPED OUT. DX: L BREAST CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry, Bathtub or shower enclosures |
| TAKING A SHOWER&ACC CAUGHT THE NIPPLE RING ONTO THE SHOWER DOOR >>NIPPLE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS JEWELRY PIERCING IN CHEST, PT IS UNABLE TO GET OUT, PAIN DX;# FB, CHEST (JEWELRY) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry, Doors |
| NIPPLE INFECTION-20 Y/O M-FROM RECENT PIERCING-HIT AREA ON A DOOR-AREA BECAME INFECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 42YOF ABCESS TO R BREAST FROM BODY PIERCING* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT C/O PAIN AT SITE OF BELL RING PIERCING DX: KELIOD SCAR/PAIN TO BELLY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Jewelry, Paper products |
| C/O CHEST PAIN REACHED DOWN TO GET NEWSPAPER AND NECKLACE STUCK ON CENTER OF CHEST. DX-CONTUSION CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry, Towels or cloths |
| DX LAC, UMBILICAL: NAVAL RING PULLED ON SEVERAL DAY AGO. TODAY DRY'G OFF AFTER TAK'G A SHOWER W TOWEL PULLED HER RING OUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| DX ABCESS BREAST: GOT NIPPLES PIERCED 4 AUG; THINKS THAT L ONE MAY HAVE GOTTEN INF. TOOK PIERC'G OUT. NOTICED BLDG/DRAINAGE TO L NIPPLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS A RING PIERCING IN NIPPLE WHICH IS INFECTED. DX NIPPLE PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAD A LEFT BREAST PIERCING A FEW DAYS AGO AND NOW THE SITE IS INFECT ED CELLULITIS FROM PIERCING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS A NIPPLE RING IN LEFT BREAST NOW SITE IS INFECTED CELLULITIS TO CHEST FROM NIPPLE RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 20 YOM, FEMOVED NIPPLE RING, CHEST SWOLLEN, NIPPLE INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Jewelry, Day wear |
| PT PULLED NIPPLE RING THROUGH SHIRT 2 WEEKS AGO AND STILL BLEEDING DX// NIPPLE AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS LUMP ON CHEST. THINKS HE WAS BITTEN BY BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER. ABS CESS IS NEAR RECENT BODY PIERCING. DX:ABSCESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| DX CELLULITIS R NIPPLE/ S/P R NIPPLE PIERCING: P/W PIERC'G OF R NIPPLE 4 WKS AGO. TOOK PIERC'G OUT 2D AGO SECONDAY TO CONTINUE PN & SWELL'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| NIPPLE CELLULITIS-INFECTION FROM RECENT PIERCING-JEWELRY REMOVED-PT 37 WEEKS PREGNANT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| @ FRIEND'S HOUSE WHEN A DOG JUMPED&BIT PT'S NIPPLE TEARING OUT HER NIPP LE PIERCING>>AREOLA PW/LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry, Refrigerators |
| PT HAD BREAST PIERCED, HAD AN EARRING IN BREAST, HIT BREAST ON REFRIGER ATOR DOOR. DX. L BREAST ABSCESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT RECEIVED CELLULITIS TO NIPPLE AFTER JEWELRY PEIRCING DONE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Jewelry, Doors |
| NIPPLE RING RIPPED OUT AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN A DOOR, DX: NIPPLE AVULSIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| L BREAST NIPPLE PAIN AFTER PIERCING DX: CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| DX INFECTED PIERC'G, L NIPPLE: HAD PIERC'G DONE 2MOS AGO, GOT RING CAUGHT W CLEAN'G AND POSS RIP'D IT. W IRR & DISCHARE F PIERCH'G SITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| INFECTION NIPPLE - 27 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT BREAST PAIN AND REDN ESS - PURULENT DRAINAGE - HAD METAL NIPPLE PIERCING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAD NIPPLE PIERCED REMOVED EARRING DUE TO REDNESS & SWELLING DX: CELLULITIS TO LEFT BREAST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/02/2009 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| DX L BREAST ABSCESS: PEA SIZED LUMP IN L BREAST, INC'D IN SIZED NOW W PAINFUL FOR PAST 6D. HX OF NIPPLE PEIRC'G 3MOS AGO. NIPPLE RING REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry, Day wear |
| TAKING SHIRT OFF AND CAUGHT BELLY BUTTON RING AT HOME, HAS SIMPLE UPPER ABDOMINAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 21 YOF NIPPLE RING PULLED OUT LACERATION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| SWELLING OVER NIPPLE, HAD NIPPLE RING THERE,SQUEEAED AREA, PUS CAME OUT DX:BREAST ABSCESS,MASTITIS,CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| NIPPLE INFECTION/25YOF STS THAT HER NIPPLE RING PIERCING ON THE L SIDE IS RED/TENDER WITH YELLOW DRAINAGE FOR 5 DAYS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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