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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,240
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT PUT A PIECE OF AN EAR PLUG IN EAR. DX FOB R EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT STATES HE CUT A FOAM EAR PLUG IN HALF; PT THEN STUCK THE PLUG IN HIS EAR & WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE IT-------DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR--REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| FOAM FROM EAR PLUGS STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| AN EAR PLUG GOT LODGED IN PT'S EAR, SUSTAINED" EAR FOREIGN BODY,REMOVAL " |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| F.B. R EAR, PT STS GOT A PIECE OF THE EARPLUG INTO HIS EAR CANAL, C/O PAIN, FB EMBEDDED IN AURICLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| FOREIGN BODY EAR - 46 YOF FELL ASLEEP WITH SILICONE EAR PLUGS IN HER EA RS, WOKE UP FEELING LIKE PART OF ONE WAS STUCK IN HER LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| EARPLUG STUCK IN EAR DX: R EAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PART OF EAR PLUG GOT STUCK IN PT'S EAR AT CONCERT. DX: PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| EAR FB-EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ear protection devices, Manicuring devices |
| FAMILY IN MOTEL; PT. GOT EARPLUG STUCK IN RT. EAR, PT. TRIED TO DIG OUT WITH TWEEZERS. DX: EAR CANAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| GOT EAR PLUGS STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| DRIVING RACE CAR WHILE WEARING EAR PLUGS HEARING LOSS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT SWALLOWED 10 SILICONE EAR PLUGS YESTERDAY. FOREIGN BODY GI, NOS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| HAS BEEN USING EAR PLUGS AND THINKS A PIECE MAY HAVE BROKEN OFF IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| EAR FB-PART OF EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT. PUT HOMEMADE EARPLUGS IN EARS X 4 DAYS. DX. L/R ACUTE OTITIS EXTER NA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices, Swimming |
| A PIECE OF A SILICONE EAR PLUG IS STUCK IN PT'S EAR. HAS BEEN SWIMMING. DX. FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| EAR FB-EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PLASTIC PARTS OF EAR PLUGS STUCK IN EARS F B EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| GOT EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT PUT WAX EAR PLUG IN HIS LT EAR AND THEN COULDN'T GET IT OUT. IMPACTED WAX EAR PLUG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| EARPLUG STUCK IN EAR DX: REMOVED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PUT OLD SILICON EAR PLUG IN RT. EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY RT. EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| EAR PLUG WAS STUCK IN PT'S EAR. DX: FB L EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| 53 YO MALE HAS EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR F/B RIGHT EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices, Swimming |
| R EAR FB/12YOF SWIMMING AT SCHOOL WITH EAR PLUGS TODAY AND IT GOT STUCK . SCHOOL NURSE SENT PT TO ER FOR EVALUATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices, Tools |
| EAR PAIN-SINCE USING EAR PLUGS WHILE USING A LOUD TOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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