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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 114
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUS TO POST SCALP, PT WAS AT SCHOOL FOR AN EVENT, WAS PLAYING A GAME WHERE YOU BLOW INTO A STRAW, PASSED OUT AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| STANDING AT MOTHER'S SIDE WHILE HAVING STRAW PLACED IN HER EARRING HOLE S. AFTER STRAW WAS PLACED, MOTHER WAS APPLYING PEROXIDE. DX. HEADACHE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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