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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,447
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT HAD SKIN CANCER REMOVED FROM LEFT LOWER LEG SIX DAYS AGO AREA AROUND TAPE IS RED AND IRRITATED ALLERGIC REACTION TO ADHESIVE TAPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2003 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes, Ramps or landings |
| PT. SLIPPED ON TAPE MARKING RAMP AT RESTAURANT. DX. LAC FACIAL, PERIOR BITAL, FACIAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2003 | 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: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Tapes |
| ? STOMACH FB-PT SWALLOWED 1 INCH OF *** TAPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER SCALP AS A RESULT OF A TAPE DISPENSER FALLING ON HER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| STATES WAS REACHING UPON A SHELF AND CUT HIS 2ND FINGER RT HAND ON MASKING TAPE GUN. FLAP LAC 3 CM OF MIDDLE RT 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes |
| LAC (R) 4TH FINGER, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH DUCT TAPE AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT PUT PLASTIC TAPE INTO LT NOSTRIL FB/REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tapes |
| FINGER LODGED IN TAPE DISPENSER. DX- R INDEX FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 5 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: Tapes |
| PT WITH TAPE PLACED INTO RT EAR BY ANOTHER GIRL @SCHOOL TODAY, FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tapes |
| 14YOM PULLING TAPE OFF PUMPKIN INJ TO FINGER NAIL AT HOME DX TRAUMA FINGER NAIL WITH INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD LACERATED HAND ON A TAPE DISPENSER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| RASH TO NECK, ADHESIVE TAPE RXN, SURGERY 1 WEEK AGO DX: ALLERGIC DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 77 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: Tapes |
| ITCHING TO CHEST & BACK, ABD AREA, +RASH TO TAKING *** DX: ACUTE RASH, TAPE ALLERGY OR DRUG RXN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 21 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT FOUND BY SIDE OF ROAD WAS THROWN FROM MOVING CAR HAD DUCT TAPE AND U RINE ALL OVER BODY DX ABRAS ON ENTIRE BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/03/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Tapes |
| DROPPED TAPE ON FOOT AND FX FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2003 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes, Knives |
| 1.5 CM LT HAND LACERATION, CUTTING ELECTRICAL TAPE WITH POCKET KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED THROUGH TAPE AND CUT LT THUMB WEB SPACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT HAD DISC SURGURY FRIDAY HAD RAISED RED RASH FROM TAPE, ALLERGIC REAC TION TO TAPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tapes |
| TRIPPED ON ROLL OF TAPE AT HOTEL DX. ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Tapes, Floors or flooring materials |
| 52 YOF AT *** STEPPED ON PIECE OF TAPE IN FLOOR AND ALMOST FELLDX LUMB OSACRAL STRAIN, R KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| REDNESS AROUND BLOOD DRAW AREA FROM TRANSPORE TAPE,DERMTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS RT FOOT-SINCE DOCTOR APPLIED TAPE TO PT'S FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| FINGER NEUROPRAXIA - 34 YOF C/O LAP CHOLE YESTERDAY, NOW COLD INDEX FIN GER RIGHT HAND, REMOVAL OF TAPE IV SITE DID NOT IMPROVE SXS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tapes, Containers |
| 29YO M INJURY TO HAND ON TAPE CUTTER WHILE PACKAGING BOXES. DX R MIDDLE FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT HIT W/ ROLL OF TAPE IN (R) TESTICLE. PAIN WENT AWAY NOW RETURNED. DX:(R) TESTICLE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| DX: CONTACT DERMATITIS TO PENIS. PT MASTURBATED WITH OTC LOTION THEN PU T PAPER TAPE ON PENIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Tapes |
| CHOKED ON PIECE OF TAPE AT DAY CARECHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT PLAYING WITH FRIEND, WRAPPED IN MASKING TAPE, FELL HIT HEAD , POSS SEIZURE. DX: BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tapes |
| MOM STATES PT PUT TAPE UP HIS NOSE - FOREIGN BODY NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2003 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| PATIENT HAD SLEEP STUDY LAST NIGHT, HAD TAPE WITH LEADS ON NECK , ARMS, AND LEGS, NOW HAS ITCHING RASH; ALLERGIC REACTION DUE TO TAPE/LEADS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Tapes |
| FB R EYE/22YOM STS 1 HOUR AGO WAS WORKING WITH DUCT TAPE AT HOME AND SO MTHING FLEW INTO R EYE. LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes |
| SKIN TEARS - TAPE PEELED SKIN OFF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes |
| DX LACERATION LEFT ANKLE < 2.5 CM: CUT ANKLE ON EDGE OF METAL TAPE DISPENSER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Tapes |
| CONTUSION (R) HAND, PT STS TANGLED IN TAPE AT THE COURTHOUSE, FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN, SWELLING & DISCOLORATION, DENIES LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Tapes |
| PARENTS SAY CHILD ASPIRATED *** TAPE, CHILD WAS COUGHING ALL DAY, COUGH ED UP PIECE. DX: ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tapes, Razors or shavers |
| 22 YO M CUTTING TAPE CUT FINGER W/RAZOR LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Tapes |
| PATIENT WITH RASH AROUND SURGICAL TAPE ON ABDOMEN, MOM REMOVED TAPE; CO NTACT DERMITITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tapes |
| PT STATES BROKE OUT IN HIVES FROM ADHESIVE TAPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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