Accidents - Tapes - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,422
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	287
6-15 years old:	347
16-25 years old:	150
26-50 years old:	292
50+ years old:	343

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	209	Finger:	170
Internal:	168	Toe:	164
Upper Trunk:	154	Lower Leg:	145
Lower Trunk:	141	Foot:	69
Face:	65	Hand:	61
Mouth:	58	Ear:	12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tapes
SWALLOWED PIECE OF TAPE DX: DYSPHAGIA, POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A TOE FROM A TAPE DISPENSER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Tapes
CONTACT DERMATITIS SECONDARY TO TAPE ON CHEST, WRIST & FACE WHEN HAD SURGERY LAST WEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tapes
HAD BREAST BIOPSY, RED STREAKS AROUND SITE DX ABRASION SECONDARY TO TAPE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tapes
PT HIT IN EYE WITH ROLL OF TAPE; EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 51 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: Tapes
WHILE CUTTING TAPE, PT LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	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: Tapes
FRIEND PUT TAPE IN PATIENT'S EAR, DAD REMOVED, BUT UNSURE IF HE GOT IT ALL OUT; FB NOT FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes
FINGER LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON PACKING TAPE DISPENSER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes, Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS CUTTING TAPE OFF HAND W/BOX KNIFE AT GOLF COURSE. DX: 4 CM R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes, Knives
PT CUT HAND WITH KNIFE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT DUCK TAPE, SUSTAINED " LT HAND LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tapes
CORNEAL ABRASION - 44 YOM C/O LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A BAL L MADE OF DUCT TAPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tapes
SOFT TISSUE INJ R FOOT/60YOF DROPPED A HEAVY TAPE HOLDER ON HER R FOOT LAST NIGHT AT HOME. HAS BRUISING TOP OF R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Tapes
PATIENT ACTED LIKE HE WAS CHOKING BEFORE VOMITING, COUGHING AND CHOKING , COUGHING FIT IN TRIAGE, COUGHED OUT PIECE OF TAPE; CHOKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes
PATIENT CUT THUMB TRYING TO CUT TAPE. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT THU MB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tapes
BLISTERS ON HAND AFTER BEING TAPED TO HOLD IV IN PLACE FOR STRESS TEST DX: ALLERGIC RXN TO TAPE R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Tapes
PT STATES FOLDED TAPE INTO A TRIANGLE AND STUCK IT UP HER NOSE, ENT CON SULT, NO FB VISUALIZED IN ED; SUSPECTED FB TO NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tapes
CAR WINDOW IS BROKEN AND HELD TOGETHER WITH TAPE - PT PULLED TAPE OFF & GLASS FELL INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tapes
PATIENT ASPIRATED A TAPE BALL, SMALL BALL MADE OF ELECTRICAL TAPE, DOG JUMPED UP ON HIM CAUSING HIM TO SWALLOW THE BALL. DX-INGESTER FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Tapes
CHILD STARTED CHOKING, TURNED BLUE, MOM(A NURSE) GOT A PIECE OF FOLDED TAPE OUT OF CHILD'S MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Tapes
DERMATITIS - 54 YOM PRESENTS WITH REDNESS AND ITCHING TO SITE SURROUNDI NG PICC LINE SITE AND WHERE ADHESIVE TAPES USED TO SECURE PICC LINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tapes
PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BLISTERS AT PORTA-CATH SIDE - REACTION TO DRESSIN G TAPE AND/OR CATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Tapes
HAD HIP PINS REMOVED 1 WEEK AGO, NOW HAS BLISTERS FROM TAPE. DX: CELLU LTITS BILATERAL HIPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 12 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: Tapes
PATIENT GOT PIECE OF TAPE IN EYE AT HOME, EYE PAIN; CONJUNCTIVAL/CORNEA L ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tapes
SKIN TEAR AFTER REMOVING TAPE FROM TOE DX: ABRASION TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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: Tapes, Photographic equipment
10YOF-CORNEAL ABRASION-PICKED UP A CAMERA WITH BLACK ELECTRIC TAPE ON I T-TAPE SCRATCHED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tapes
PT. INGESTED *** TAPE AT DAYCARE WHICH WAS REMOVED AS PER PARENTS BOUGH T TO ER TO BE EVALUATED DX: S/P FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	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: Fracture
Product: Tapes, Rugs or carpets
PLAYING GAME WITH CHURCH YOUTH GROUP, HANDS/FEET DUCT TAPED AND TIED BE HIND BACK TO ANOTHER PERSON, FELL ONTO CARPETED CEMENT; MANDIBLE FX. DE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tapes
47YOM-FRACTURE LEFT FEMUR-MVA-UNRESTRAINED DRIVER-UNRESPONSIVE AT SCENE DUCT TAP TO WRIST & LEGS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/19/2004	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Tapes
PATIENT WITH EAR BLOCKAGE, REMOVED ROLLED UP PIECE OF TAPE FROM EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tapes
PT HAD SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND HAD REDNESS AT ABDOMEN FROM ADHESIVE TAPE DX: ALLERGIC REACTION TO ADHESIVE TAPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes
HIT IN HEAD W/A LARGE ROLL OF TAPE, THEN PASSED OUT WHILE BEING EXAMINE D BY SCHOOL NURSE. DX. EYEBROW LACERATON, VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Tapes
PULLED SCAB OFF LEG AT HOME AND BEGAN PROFUSE BLEEDING PUT DUCT TAPE ON IT. DX LLE HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tapes, Ice hockey
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER AS A RESULT OF CUTTING TAPE FRO M HIS ICE HOCKEY STICK AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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