Accidents - Personal protection devices - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,426
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	223
6-15 years old:	380
16-25 years old:	800
26-50 years old:	839
50+ years old:	182

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	921	All Of Body:	567
Face:	478	Head:	120
Finger:	94	Upper Trunk:	88
Lower Trunk:	33	Shoulder:	16
Lower Arm:	16	Pubic Region:	16
Upper Leg:	16	Hand:	16
Unkown:	16	Mouth:	16
Internal:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Personal protection devices
SWELLING TO WRISTS AND FACE WAS SHOT WITH A STUN GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Personal protection devices
21 YO M SPRAYED W/PEPPER SPRAY IN FACE LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
CONJUCTIVITIS (L&R) EYEBALLS, MOTHER STS PT ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY ON H/FACE, CHEST, TOOK IT FOR PERFUME, C/O RASHES, REDNESS, LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
54 YO MALE GOT ***D BY POLICE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 45 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
45 YO MALE WAS PEPPER SPRAYED IN EYES LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
23 YOM SPRAYED WITH *** BY POLICE DEPARTMENT CHEMICAL INSULT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
50YOM-ALCOHOL INTOXICATION-DODGEING TRAFFIC=BROUGHT IN BY POLICE-SPRAYE D WITH ***-EVALUATION FOR INCARCERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
DOG WAS BARKING AT THE MAILMAN - MAILMAN SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY AND IT SP RAYED CHILD INSTEAD OF DOG. D: ACCIDENTAL PEPPER SPRAY - TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Personal protection devices
FOREIGN BODY CHEST - 33 YOM PRESENTS WITH A TAZER BARB LODGED IN HIS CH EST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
DX: R CORNEAL BURN. HAD PEPPER SPRAY SPRAYED INTO EYE 2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SUS BURN TO EYE BY ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Personal protection devices, Aerosol containers
PT SPRAYED *** INTO EYES./FACE 40MINS AGO,CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Personal protection devices
DX:PUNCTURE WOUND R BUTTOCK. TAZERED EARLIER TODAY BY POLICE. TAZER PRO BE REMOVED NOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 25 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
25 YO FEMALE WAS SPRAYED WITH *** IN EYES LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Personal protection devices, Lubricants
DX:ABRASIONS ON FACE. TAZERED 3-4 TIMES. FOUND LICKING OIL OFF THE ASPH ALT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/03/2003	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: Laceration
Product: Personal protection devices
PT'S HOME WAS INVOLVED IN A POLICE RAID AND THEY USED A FLASH BOMB AND IT WENT OFF IN PT'S FACE DX: FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
FACIAL PAIN. PT WAS SPRAYED IN THE FACE WITH *** ACCIDENTALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
EYE BURN. PT WAS SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY ACCIDENTALLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
POLICE SPRAYED *D IN THE DIRECTION OF 32 YO MALE AT BUS STATION* EX POSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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, Aerosol containers
*** SPRAYED IN EYES-CONJUNCTIVICIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 40 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
40 YO MALE WAS ***D IN FACE BY POLICE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	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
WAS SPRAYED IN EYES WITH PEPPER SPRAY DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Personal protection devices
DX:R 5TH FINGER FX. FELL TO GROUND WHEN BEING ARRESTED AND TAZERED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
PT. EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY. L.W.T.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Personal protection devices
DX:R FACE HEMATOMA AND LAC. FELL WHILE BEING CHASED BY PLICE . WAS TAZE RED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 21 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 DX * EXPOSURE TO EYES - PT C/O DRYNESS AND STINGING TO BOTH EYES S /P HAVING * SPRAYED IN HIS EYES THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 36 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: Personal protection devices
36YOM-LACERATION RIGHT 4TH FINGER-PUT HAND THROUGH GLASS-SPRAYED WITH * ** BY POLICE-EVALUATION FOR CORRECTIONS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Personal protection devices, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
DX:L FOREARM LAC. PARNOID, JUMPED OFF DOCK THENJUMPED THROUGH PLATE GLA SS WINDOW AT POLICE STATION. TAZERED X 2.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Personal protection devices
F.B TO BUTTOCK. TASER TO BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SUST CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES FROM ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 16 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE WHEN EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Personal protection devices
20 YO MALE SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY - FELL AND HIT HEAD HEAD INJURY - CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT AND FRIEND PLAYING WITH ***, IT WENT OFF IN FACE, CHEMICAL IRRITATIO N TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 28 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
28 YO MALE WAS ***D IN FACE 45 MINUTES AGO CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
PT DX * EXPOSURE - C/O FACE BURNING S/P ACCIDENTALLY *D TODAY. DX E YE IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
PT DX * EXPOSURE - C/O BURNING TO FACE AND IRRITATION S/P *D TO FAC E TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PEPPER SPRAY TO EYES FROM CONTAINER DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Personal protection devices
GRANDMA SAYS PEPPER SPRAY WAS SPRAYED INTO HOME INFANT WAS EXPOSED TO SPRAY. DX CHEMICAL IRRITATION EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
ALCOHOL INTOXICATION - 24 YOM PRESENTS FOR PSYCH EVAL, HAD BEEN DRINKIN G BEER, AGGRESSIVE, KICKING DOORS, SPRAYED WITH *** IN EYES BY POLICE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 43 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
43 YO MALE WAS SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PLAYING IN NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN SMALL NEIGHBOR FRIEND SPRAYED "DOG ***" IN L EYE DX CHEMICAL BURN TO L EYE AND SKIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 9 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SPRAYED SELF IN EYE WITH TEAR GAS, THEN RUBBED EYE, DX ALLERGIC RXN TO FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 20 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
20 YO MALE WAS ***D ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2003	Age: 64 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
PT STATES SHE HAD A CAN OF *** ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	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
23 YO MALE WAS SPRAYED WITH *** IN FACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - LEF T WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
AT *** LIGHTING CONDOMS ON FIRE. POLICE SHOWED UP AND PT BECAMEUNCONSCI OIUS. DX DRUG INGESTION. NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
GOT SPAYED IN FACE WITH *** DX: CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Personal protection devices
SWALLOWED NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS, SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY WHILESITTING IN ENCLOSED CAR AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS. SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SUST HEAD INJURY HIT WITH STUN GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SPRAYED *** PEPPER SPRAY INTO FACE & EYES - FB EYES
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SPRAYED W/PEPPER SPRAY TO EYE, ETOH DX: BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT STATES SHE WAS EXPOSED TO *** TYPE SUBSTANCE, INDIRECTLY AND DEVELOP ED A HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-AT SCHOOL-IN CLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-AT SCHOOL-IN CLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
TOXIC EXPOSURE TO PEPPER SPRAY-IN CLASS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 16 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
16 YO MALE HAD PEPPER SPRAY SPRAYED IN FACE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
RT. SIDED PAIN AFTER PEPPER SPRAY THIS AM. C/O BURNING SENSATION. L.W.T .
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Personal protection devices, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
2 YO M SPRAYED *** ON DASH AND WENT IN EYES, DURING ED VISIT HIT BACK O F HEAD ON BACK OF CABINET. DX CHEMICAL IRRITATION TO EYES, CLOSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices, Day wear
LT THIGH CHEMICAL BURN-APPARENTLY INJURED WHILE CARRYING A CAN OF *** I N HER FRONT PANTS POCKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
PT WAS ACCID PEPPER SPRAYED AT BOWLING ALLEY. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Personal protection devices
DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUCTIVITIS. STATES SPRAYED BY POLICE IWTH PEPP ER SPRAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 13 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
PATIENT SPRAYED IN FACE WITH *** 9 DAYS AGO AT HOME, WOKE THE RED EYESA ND SWELLING; CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Personal protection devices
33 YO MALE WAS HIT IN FACE WITH POLICE NIGHT STICK LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
16 YO FEMALE WAS PLAYING WITH PEPPER SPRAY TWO DAYS AGO AND IT SPLASHED IN FACE - CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
DX: MUCOUS MEMBRANE IRRITATION DUE TO CAPSAICIN SPRAY.SPRAYED WITH PEPP ER SPRAY WAS STANDING CLOSE AT TIME IT WAS SPRAYED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
HEADACHE WHEN SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
HEADACHE WHEN PEPPER SPRAYED ON HER AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
HEADACHE WHEN SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
35 YO M SPRAYED IN EYES W/*** CHEMICAL BURN EYE CHEMICAL BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
A FRIEND SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY - SOME GOT IN EYE. D: NO DX; PT LEFT WI HTOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Personal protection devices
MVA HIT HAND AGAINST GEAR SHIFT WHILE BEING CHASED BY POLICE ALSO FELL TO GROUND AFTER TAZER GUN USE + METH USE R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
34 YO MALE WAS SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Personal protection devices
PT WA SPRAYED IN THE EYE WITH MAZE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Personal protection devices
TEAR GAS SPRAYED IN BOTH EYES JUST PTA. LT CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
GRANDMOTHER WALKED IN AND PT WAS SPRAYING *** IN HIS MOUTH, NO SYMPTOMS , PC CONTACTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL IRRITATION FROM PEPPER SPRAY THAT WAS SPRAYED AT CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT CAUGHT IN CROWD AT CLUB, FELL, CHEST PAIN, *** USED AT CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Personal protection devices
PT CAUGHT IN CROWD AT CLUB (1ST OF MULTIPLE CASES FROM SAME INCIDENT) D ISLOCATED SHOULDER, ALSO C/O OF C.P.-*** SPRAYED AT CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY IN CLUB, HEADACHE-DX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT TO ER WITH C/O OF BURN TO MOUTH, EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY AT CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT CAUGHT IN CROWD AT CLUB, DX SOB, *** USED AT CLUB
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT EXPOSED TO *** AT CLUB, HEADACHE,CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT TO ER WITH C/O OF HEADACHE,NAUSEA, EXPOSED TO *** AT CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
*** SPRAYED IN CLUB, STAMPEDE OCCURED,CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT IN CLUB WHERE PEPPER SPRAY WAS USED, C/O OF HEADACHE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT INVOLVED IN STAMPEDE WHEN CROWD TRIED TO GET OUT OF CLUB WHERE *** H AD BEEN SPRAYED,CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT C/O OF SOB, BURNING TO CHEST, SPRAYED WITH PEPPER SPRAY IN CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT IN CLUB WHERE PEPPERSPRAY WAS SPRAYED, TO ER WITH HEADACHE AND BODYA CHE(PART OF MULTIPLE CASES)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Personal protection devices
PT C/O OF HEADACHE, CHEST PAIN, EXPOSED TO *** AT CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT DX 1ST DREGREE CHEMICAL BURN - S/P PEPER SPRAY LEAK INTO THE RT GROIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
SPRAYED WITH *** BY GIRLFRIEND CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS/CHEMICAL BURN FA CE & NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT SUS *** TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Personal protection devices
PT ACCIDENTLY SPRAYED MACE IN EYESDX: CHEMICAL TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Personal protection devices
18 YO M GOT PEPPER SPRAY IN EYECONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2003	Age: 40 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, Floors or flooring materials
40 YO MALE WAS HIT WITH *** AND FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Personal protection devices
60 Y/O M WITH TROUBLE BREATHING AFTER BEING SPRAYED BY PEPPER SPRAY WHI LE IN JAIL. DX; ACUTE DYSPNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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