Accidents - Pens and pencils - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,486
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	198
Year 2001:	167
Year 2002:	156
Year 2003:	129
Year 2004:	172
Year 2005:	157
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	197
Year 2008:	32
Year 2009:	90
Year 2010:	97

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	390
6-15 years old:	767
16-25 years old:	84
26-50 years old:	92
50+ years old:	151

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
2YOM SWALLOWED INK FROM PEN, NOT SURE HOW MUCH WAS INGESTED DX: INGESTI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
16YOM CHEWED ON A PEN AND INK EXPLODED INTO MOUTH ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF A MARKER-3YOF-PT ATE THE FELT TIP OF A MARKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
BEEN EATING DIRTS&CHEWINGON THE TIPS OF LEAD PENCIL, RECEIVED A CAL FRO M MD WITH LEAD LEVEL OF 41>>ELEVATED LEAD LEVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 4 years	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: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
DRANK INK FROM INK PEN DX: NON TOXIC SMALL AMOUNT OF INK INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
ABD PAIN, LEAD INGESTION: MOTHER STATES PT HAS BAD HABIT OF CHEWING ON PENCILS,CAN EAT QUITE A BIT OF PENCIL W/O REALIZING IT, ABD PAIN/VOMIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	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: Pens and pencils
PT PLAYING AROUND AT SCHOOL. BROKE OPEN A BALL POINT PEN. PT INGESTED S OME OF THE INK ON A DARE. NO SYMP. MOUTH BLUE. DX INK INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 4 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: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED INK FROM PEN;DX POSSIBLE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PT CHEWING ON PEN WHILE AT SCHOOL & IT EXPLODED IN MOUTH, NOW W/ABD PAI N, EMS FOUND PT LETHARGIC W/DECREASED ACTIVITY, +LOC; POISONING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils
COLORED TONGUE WITH A BLUE *** MARKER. DX POISONING
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 5 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: Pens and pencils
PT CHEWING ON AN INK PEN AND IT BURST. PT SWALLOWED SOME INK. DX POIS ONING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
OPENED A GLOWING PEN&INGESTED THE CONTENT, WAS CHEWING ON IT '' INGESTION''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT INK FROM PEN IN MOUTH. D : ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
LAST NIGHT PT STUCK A PENCIL INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET WAS STUNNED FOR A FEW SECONDS NOW HAS BEEN VOMITING. DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT SON PUT A PENCIL IN WALL SOCKET AND PT GRABBED PENCIL FEELING A "JOL T".PT NOW HAVING PALPITATIONS, "SKIPPING BEATS",DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	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: Anoxia
Product: Pens and pencils, Motor vehicles or parts
PT ON SCHOOL POSS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING /DX INHALATION CARBON MONOX IDE FUMES. FOUND STUDENTS HAD PUT PENCILS IN BUS HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Pens and pencils, Motor vehicles or parts
PT ON SCHOOL BUS POS CARBON MONOXIDE FROM BUS /DX INHALATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES. FOUND STUDENTS HAD PUT PENCILS IN BUS HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT PUT A MARKER PEN IN HER MOUTH AT SCHOOL, TONGUE IS BLACK NOW, MARKED ALL IN MOUTH. DX-FOREIGN BODY MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
SUCKING A MARKER IN SCHOOL. DX POISONING - NON TOXIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
ACUTE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ,PT SNIFFING MARKERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT BIT THE END OF A MARKING PEN OFF AT HOME, PARENT SMELLED INK ON BREATH, BROUGHT IN FOR EVAL. DX - LOW DOSE METHYL CYCLOHEXANE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	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: Pens and pencils
PT. WAS CHEW'G ON RED INK PEN + IT EXPLODED IN HER MOUTH. PCC CALLED, S TATED THAT INK IS NON-TOXIC. DX.: INGESTION OF NON-TOXIC CHEMICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
TOLD FRIENDS HE WAS GOING TO USE HEROINE,UNCONSCIOUS FOAMING AT MOUTH O N BED AT HOME, INJECTION SITE ON ARM, SMELLS OF MARKER, POSS HUFFING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pens and pencils
PT USED *** ALL OVER BODY BROKE OUT IN RASH AT HOME URTICARA URTICARA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PT BITING TIP OF BALL POINT PEN SWALLOWING INK WHILE @BLOCK PARTY, ING ESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
POISONING, MOTHER STS PT INGESTED INK FROM A PEN AT HOME, NO REC OF PAIN OR SOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT EXPOSED TO INK FROM PEN THAT EXPLODED, DX REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE,BR ONCHITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX LEAD INGESTION - MOM CAUGHT HER CHEWING ON PENCIL LEAD.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
POISONING, STEPFATHER STS PT CHEWING A WHITE ART PEN, SOME LIQUID INGES TED, C/O HEADACHES, NO EPIGASTRIC PAIN OR DIZZINESS,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
MOM STATES SHE STUCK A PEN IN AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET DX: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 5 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: Electric Shock
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
HAND BURN-PT STUCK A PENCIL IN STANDARD ELECTRICAL SOCKET-GOT SHOCKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Floors or flooring materials
70 YO M BENDING OVER TO PICK UP PEN OFF FLOOR BECAME DIZZY & FELL SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DRANK RED INK FROM A PEN 5 MINUTES AGO. D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 13 months	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: Pens and pencils, Paint or varnish thinners
PT WAS CAUGHT CHEWING ON TIP OF PAINT PENCIL WITH PAINT. DX CHEWED ON PAINT PENCIL PAINT TO MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
POISONING, VIA EMS, FATHER STS PT INGESTED 4 TABLETS *** FOR A HEADACHE S, INJURY CAUSED WITH A PENCIL, NO LOC OR DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O HEADACHE AND FACE TINGLING AFTER INHALING ***S. DX. HEADACHE. LWOBS .
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
"SNUFFING" MARKERS @ SCHOOL. NURSE SAID EYES WERE DILATED. DX: NORMAL EXAM / SCHOOL CONCERN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WITH NAUSEA, CHEST TIGHTNESS AFTER COLORING WITH PENS THAT CONTAIN XYLENE. D: ALLERGY, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, ANXIETY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
CHEWED ON PEN WHICH LEAKED DX. NONTOXIC INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
INGESTED INK FROM INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2001	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2001	Age: 83 years	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: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Chairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2001	Age: 5 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: Electric Shock
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils, Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2000	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/19/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/15/2000	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2000	Age: 18 months	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: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pens and pencils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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