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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,797
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT WAS AT HOME, PUT AND EAR PLUG IN EAR AND COULDN'T REMOVE IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2009 | Age: 71 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 |
| 71 YO M W/ EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR. USES EAR PLUGS BECAUSE LIVES IN NOI SY NEIGHBORHOOD. DX:FOREIGN BODY, EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT HAS "SILOCONE EAR PLUG" STUCK IN (R) EAR DX;# FB (R) EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2009 | Age: 26 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 STUDYING W EAR PLUG IN EAR AT HOME, UNABLE TO REMOVE DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 64 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 GOT PART OF EAR PLUG STUCK IN LT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | 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 HAS EAR PLUG STUCK IN R EAR DX- F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 13 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 |
| 13 YOF, EAR PLUG BROKE OFF IN EAR, FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| OTITIS EXTERNA-26 Y/O F-PAIN SINCE WEARING EAR PLUGS @ NIGHT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2009 | Age: 17 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 |
| 17 Y ROLD HAS AN EAR PLUG STUCK IN HIS EAR DX/ LEFT EAR FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 11 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 PLUGS STUCK IN EAR TRIED TO PULL OUT, FB REMOVED FROM EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| DX OTALGIA EAR PAIN: P/W HO CHR OTITIS W P/W NEW ONSET OF L EAR PN X 1D HAS BEEN WEAR'G EAR PLUGS @ NOC B/C OF HUSBAND'S SNORING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 33 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 |
| STATES HIS EAR PLUG BROKE OFF IN HIS LEFT EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EAR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2009 | Age: 57 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 |
| PT GOT EAR PLUG STUCK IN (R) EAR DX;* IMPACTED CERUMEN (R) EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2009 | Age: 14 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 FROM SWIMMING LODGED IN EAR RESULTING IN FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 12 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 |
| 12 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EAR, PARTIAL EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2009 | Age: 5 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 |
| PT STUCK CLEAR EAR PLUG INTO LT EAR, UNABLE TO REMOVE. DX - RT EAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 12 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 GOT WAX EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR. DX: FB L EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 19 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 |
| 19YOF, EAR PLUGS IN ALL WEEKEND, STUCK , FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT DX ACUTE OTALGIA - S/P PT C/O EARACHE 2 DAYS AGO FROM EARPLUG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| PT PUT EAR PLUGS USED FOR SWIMMING IN EARS NOW EARS RED AND BLEEDING AB RASIONS TO EAR CANALS FROM EAR PLUGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices, Bench or table saws |
| DX IMPACTED CERUMENT L EAR: W US'G EAR PLUGS EARLIER THIS WK W US'G TABLE SAW & THINKS PUSED WAX BACK, NOW W DEC HEAR'G. DO'G HOME PROJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 57 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 IN LEFT EAR FB EAR * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| OTITIS EXTERNA-PAIN SINCE WEARING EAR PLUGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices, First aid equipment |
| 58YOM, HAD COTTON IN EAR, PUSHED COTTON IN EAR TOO FAR WITH EARPLUG, OT ITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 51 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 GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EAR WHEN EAR PLUG BROKE OFF IN EAR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 7 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 |
| EAR FB-EAR PLUG BROKE UP & STUCK IN EAR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 38 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 |
| WAX EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR DX: F/B EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 5 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 |
| POSSIBLY HAS AN EAR PLUG IN HIS RT EAR DX: FB IN EAR- REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| EAR INJURY FROM FOREIGN BODY, EAR PLUG STUCK AND UNABLE TO REMOVE. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| 61YMC C/O EAR PAIN 1 WEEK AGO GOT OUT OF SHOWER AND PUT EAR PLUG IN WHILE EAR WAS WET/OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 16 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 BROKE OFF , STUCK IN EAR/ OTIC FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 22 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 |
| EAR PLUG IS STUCK IN PT'S EAR. DX: FB L EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT STATES PC OF EAR PLUG IS STUCK IN EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 29 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 |
| PT REPORTS FB IN EAR, EAR PLUG IS STUCK IN EAR% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ear protection devices |
| DX OTITIS MEDIA W EFFUSION L EAR: DEC HEAR'G, TINNITUS OR VERTIGO. W @ FIR'G RANGE LAST WK & EAR PLUGS SEEMED TO FIT DEEPER IN EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT HAD A SLICONE EAR PLUG STUCK IN RIGHT EAR UNABLE TO GET IT OUT FB EA R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 78 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 |
| 78 YO F FOREIGN BODY IN EAR, PT HAS SILICONE EAR PLUG STUCK IN EAR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT WAS CLEANING EAR OUT WITH COTTON SWAB AND IT GOT STUCK IN EAR. DX EAR FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2009 | Age: 59 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 |
| PT PUT AN EAR PLUG IN RIGHT EAR AND A PIECE OF IT BROKE OFF UNABLE TO G ET OUT OF EAR FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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