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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,467
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 6 YO MALE PUT A PART OF A PENCIL IN EAR. DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils |
| 6 YOM FOREIGN BODY EAR, WHITE PENCIL ERASER LEFT EAR CANAL, REMOVE IN T HE ER W/ ALLIGATOR FORCEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| HORSEPLAYING W BROTHER AT HOME WHEN BRO THREW MECHANICAL PENCIL THAT ST RUCK PT IN L EAR W LEAD FB DX L EXTERNAL EAR CANAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| EAR FB-7 Y/O F-PIECE OF PENCIL ERASER REMOVED FROM EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 14 YOM WITH FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EAR FROM BREAKING OFF ERASER FROM PENCIL. ACUTE FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2009 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT PLACED ERASERS IN BILAT EARS 2 DAYS AGO. UNABLE TO GET THEM OUT AT H IS DRS. MILD PAIN IN EARS. DX FB BILAT EARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 15 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY IN LT EAR AND NOSE - S/P HX OF BIPOLAR DISORDER AND ADHD.PT PUT PIECE OF PENCIL IN EAR AND NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 7 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: Pens and pencils |
| 7 YOF BROKE OFF PIECE OF ERASER AND STUCK IN RIGHT EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 9 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT PLACED A PENCIL ERASER IN RIGHT EAR- NOW UNABLE TO REMOVE ERASER. DX FOREIGN BODY EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| STUCK PENCIL IN EAR., ERASER CAME OFF DX-FOREIGN BODY L EAR # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 11 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: Pens and pencils |
| TIP OF PENCIL BROKE OFF IN EAR, FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2009 | Age: 8 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: Pens and pencils |
| HAS LEAD PENCIL TIP IN RIGHT EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT HAS A PC OF PENCIL IN EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 7 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: Pens and pencils |
| STRUCK ERASER OFF PENCIL IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT HAS *** COLORED PENCIL LEAD IN EAR; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| WAS REAR ENDED AND GOT PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN EAR AT SCHOOL. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 6 YOF, PATIENT PUT SMALL PENCIL ERASER IN EAR, FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO EAR WHEN HE STUCK A PEN IN EAR WHILE TRYING TO SCRATCH IT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 11 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: Pens and pencils |
| SCRATCHING EAR W/PENCIL AND GOT ERASER STUCK IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| CHILD POKED IN EAR WITH STYLUS PEN BY SISTER. DX: EAR CANAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| BALANCING A PEN ON HEAD, PEN SLIPPED INTO EAR. BASE OF PEN STUCK IN EA R. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT POKED EAR WITH PENCIL, SUS MINOR EAR TRAUMA% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 14Y/O,M,3 YR OLD COUSIN STUCK PEN IN PT'S EAR, BLEEDING, L EAR INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| ANOTHER CLASSMATE GOT RUBBER ERASER OF A PENCIL STUCK INTO PT'S RT EAR WHILE ASLEEP @ SCHOOL, SCHOOL NURSE NOT ABLE TO REMOVE IT>>FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STUCK PENCIL IN EAR AT SCHOOL AND PENCIL BROKE, NOW W/ERASER IN EAR, FB REMOVED IN ED; FOREIGN BODY IN AUDITORY CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PIECE OF PENCIL LEAD IN EAR. DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO EAR - S/P BIBEMS,PT C/O DURING LUNCH TIME A BOY FROM SCHOOL POKED HER IN HER LT EAR WITH PENCIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils |
| MOM STATES CHILD HAS A PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN EAR DX F.O.B. IN RT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WITH LEAD FROM PENCIL IN EAR. DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2009 | Age: 9 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO LT EAR - S/P PT C/O A PENCIL ERASER IN HER EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 8 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: Pens and pencils |
| LEAD FROM PENCIL FELL IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT BIB FAMILY VEHICLE PT STUCK THE TIP OF PENCIL ERASER INTO RT EAR AND HAS PAIN NOW- FOREIGN BODY RT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 11 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: Pens and pencils |
| A BOY POKED EAR W A PENCIL AT SCHOOL. ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO THE EAR WHEN ACCIDENTALLY STUCK PENCIL IN THE EAR.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT TRIED TO GET EARWAX OUT W/END OF PENCIL & ERASER CAME OFF. DX: FB R EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| TRIED TO GET SOMEHTING OUT OF EAR WITH PENCIL AND TIP BROKE OFF FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| 8 YOF STUCK PENCIL ERASER END IN LEFT EAR AND THE ERASER PART CAME OFF IN EAR, DX: FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| OTITIS MEDIA-PAIN SINCE PT STUCK A PENCIL IN EAR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EAR FROM ERASER PUT IN LEFT EAR BY ANOTHER STUDENT AT SCHOOL. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT WITH EAR PAIN, SORE THROAT, STATES PIECE OF LEAD PENCIL IN EAR BECAUSE SHE WAS BORED AT SCHOOL; POSSIBLE EAR FB, STREP THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2009 | Age: 8 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: Pens and pencils |
| STUCK A PENCIL IN EAR AND TIP BROKE OFF. DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PENCIL ERASER, FB IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT BROKE PENCIL LEAD OFF IN EAR. DX: R EAR FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT W/EAR TUBES, STUCK PENCIL IN EAR X2 DAYS AT SCHOOL AND KEEPS MESSIN G WITH IT, NOW WITH EAR PAIN AND DISCHARGE; EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT STUCK A PENCIL ERASER IN HIS L EAR AT SCHOOL EARLIER. COULD NOT GET OUT. NOW HAS PAIN IN L EAR. DX L EAR FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WITH FB IN EAR, PART OF A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2009 | Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils |
| PATIENT C/O A FOREIGN BODY TO RT EAR WITH A PENCIL LEAD BEING INSERTED WITH LEAD REMAINING IN EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY-RT EAR RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2009 | Age: 7 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT HAS A PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN EAR. D: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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