Accidents - Kites or kite string - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,824
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	149
Year 1998:	402
Year 1999:	238
Year 2000:	165
Year 2001:	40
Year 2002:	57
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	174
Year 2005:	135
Year 2006:	188
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	162
Year 2010:	10

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	303	Finger:	248
Wrist:	175	Lower Arm:	173
Face:	169	Ankle:	159
Upper Trunk:	159	Eyeball:	131
Mouth:	101	Ear:	69
Upper Arm:	66	Lower Trunk:	19
Foot:	17	Hand:	15
Elbow:	6	Internal:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/27/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
7YOM CORNEAL ABRASION FLYING KITES WITH FAMILY WHEN HIT IN EYE WITH WOO DEN KITE ROD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2010	Age: 8 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
8YOF PT TRYING TO FLY A KITE, RUNNING, NOT PAYING ATTN AND RAN INTO A P ARKED CAR. HIT FACE ON CAR. BUMP TO FOREHEAD. DX FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
6YOF RUNNING BACKWARDS WHILE FLYING A KITE AND STRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS AT A PARK, FLYING A KITE, PULLED IT DOWN AND WAS RUNNING WITH IT FELL HITTING THE STICK CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT UPPER EYE LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Kites or kite string
9 YOM HAD SEIZURE WHILE FLYING KITE AND HAS HEAD PAIN HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
LEFT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN FLYING KITE AND FELL TO CONCRETE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Kites or kite string, Ceilings and walls
FLYING A KITE, STANDINT ONTO RETAINING WALL, FELL OFF HITTING HEAD ONTO STONE,4FT HEIGHT FALL>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Kites or kite string
SWALLOWED PIECE OF STRING;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 7 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: Kites or kite string, Grills
PATIENT FLYING A KITE WHEN RAN INTO STATIONARY B-B-Q GRILL; FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string, Footwear
WAS FLYING A KITE AND TRIPPED ON HER SHOES (FLIP FLOPS) FELL ONTO HYPER FLEXED R WRIST DX- WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Kites or kite string, All-terrain vehicles
TRYING TO FLY KITE FROM BACK OF 4 WHEELER, FELL OUT DX; CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING KITE, WALKING, HIT PARKED CAR, FELL, INJURY ELBOW/ARM/WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS FLYING A KITE AND GOT LIFTED OFF THE GROUND AND FELL. DX: FX WR IST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Kites or kite string
PLAYING C KITE, THE KITE STRING WENT INTO FINGER " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING KITE, GOT STRUCK IN R.EYE BY EDGE OF KITE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS FLYING A KITE AND WENT TO GRAB IT AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT FOURTH FI NGER INTO A TREE FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE FLYING A KITE, INJURED ELBOW/UPPER ARM DX: FRACTURED DISTAL LEFT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
CUT LOWER ARM AS KITE STRING PULLED THRU ARM AT HOME. DX: LACERATION F OREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 8 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
DX RIGHT EYE ABRASION: HIT IN EYE BY CORNER OF KITE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS FLYING A KITE AT DAYCARE WHEN HE HIT A LIGHT POLE CAUSING A CONT USION TO HIS RT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
FINGER LAC W/ CELLULITIS-FINGER CUT ON KITE STRING-AREA NOW INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
TWISTED ANKLE WHILE FLYING KITE DX: ANKLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
CONTUSED EYE WITH KITE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
FRACTURE FINGER - 9 YOM WAS FLYING A KITE AND WAS GOING DOWN A HILL TOO FAST AND FELL INJURING RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	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: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING KITE, RAN INTO CAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string, Poles
FLYING A KITE AND RAN INTO A POLE BACKWARDS ?LOC HAPPENED IN A PARK DX HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 8 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: Kites or kite string
8 YOM FLYING A KITE KITE STRUCK HIM IN FACE LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2001	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Kites or kite string, Martial arts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2000	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2000	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string, Wire
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/1999	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/1999	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/1999	Age: 7 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: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/1998	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/1998	Age: 7 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: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/1998	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire:
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/1998	Age: 11 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: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1998	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1998	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/1998	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/1998	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/1997	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: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/1997	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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