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Database: Injuries reported by emergency rooms

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) is a sample of 100 hospital emergency rooms in the United States and its territories. Patient information is collected from NEISS hospitals for every emergency visit involving an injury associated with consumer products. Make no mistake: Many injuries found here are the result of accidents or carelessness and not the fault of the product itself. More than 374,000 injuries were reported in 2008, the latest available year for NEISS data.

Type a keyword (such as "ladder" or "toy" or "eye" or "shot") into the empty text box and click on Search. You can also search by sex, age and treatment date. Use Advanced Search to select a date range. Children under age 2 are shown by age in months and have a "2" prefix: 223 = 23 months.

Search for     Narrative Treatment date Age Sex Race   Contains Equals Starts with ... More than ... Less than ... Equal or more than ... Equal or less than ... Empty           Details found: 393     Page 1 of 10      Records Per Page: 40 20 30 50 100 500 Treatment date Age Sex Race Narrative View 2/9/2008 7 Male Not stated 1 CM LAC. LT FOREHEAD: RIDING BATTERY-OPERATED TOY ***, JUMPING CURB, B ATTERY ( More ... View 10/4/2008 10 Male Black 10 YOM HAD DIME SIZED ROUND BATTERY IN MOUTH AND SWALLOWED IT INGESTED F/B View 1/18/2008 10 Male Black 10 YOM WAS HITTING A D-BATTERY WITH ANOBJECT, AT HOME, & CONTENTS SPRAY HIM IN T More ... View 6/6/2008 211 Female Black 11 MOF SWALLOWED A NICKEL-SIZE CAMERA BATTERY View 1/20/2008 11 Male White 11 YOM STATES HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE A BATTERY APART AND WAS SPRAYED IN THE EYES More ... View 4/29/2008 14 Male Not stated 14 YO GOT BATTERY ACID IN EYES FROM TOYS CONJUNCTIVITIS View 6/11/2008 14 Female White 14 YOF BROUGHT IN BY MOTHER, FELL OFF BATTERY OPERATED ATV SUSTAINING A CONTUSIO More ... View 2/27/2008 14 Male White 14 YOM SANT DOWN ON WII CONTROLLER, ARM HIT SIDE OF CHAIR KNOCKING BATT ERIES OU More ... View 7/14/2008 215 Male Not stated 15MO OLD SWALLOWED SMALL BATTERY INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT View 10/29/2008 18 Male Other 18YO HISP MALE WORKING ON OWN CAR,TRIED TO PUT BATTERY BACK IN -IT HIT L MID FIN More ... View 2/25/2008 75 Male Not stated 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE:ON LADDER PAINTING WATER TANK W/SPRAY CAN,PUT LIG More ... View 8/25/2008 2 Male Black 2 YO MALE PUT WATCH BATTERY UP NOSE F/B NARES View 7/7/2008 220 Female White 20 MONTH OLD FEMALE SWALLOWED A 1.5 V CYLINDER BATTERY F/B INGESTION View 12/17/2008 24 Male White 24 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WHILE USING A KNIFE TO REMOVE A BATTERY FROM A More ... View 6/29/2008 29 Male Black 29 YOM SUSTAINED LUMBAR STRAIN WHEN LIFTING BATTERY OUT OF HIS CAR View 5/3/2008 3 Female White 3 YOF SWALLOWED A WATCH BATTERY View 8/23/2008 3 Male White 3 YOM PRESENTS WITH SMALL WATCH BATTERY STUCK IN RIGHT NOSTRIL View 6/22/2008 30 Female Black 30 YO FEMALE'S BATTERY FOR PUMP DIED AND SHE FELL TO THE FLOOR UNCONSCI OUS - TO More ... View 10/18/2008 41 Male White 41 YOM GOT BLUE POWDER MATERIAL FROM CAR BATTERY IN LEFT EYE, FLUSHED O UT, SUST More ... View 4/10/2008 46 Male Other 46 YO MALE HAD BATTERY EXPLODE AND ACID SPLASHED IN EYE CHEMICAL BURN EYE View 8/13/2008 47 Male White 47 YOM STEPPED ON BATTERY IN GARAGE SUSTAINING PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT F OOT View 1/4/2008 53 Female White 53 YOF WAS USING A KITCHEN KNIFE TO OPEN A BATTERY PACKET AND CUT HER LEFT THUMB More ... View 11/9/2008 53 Female White 53YOF DECIDED TO CHANGE BATTERY IN SMOKE DETECTOR,STOOD ON WHEELCHAIR REMOVING B More ... View 3/14/2008 54 Male Not stated 54 YO MALE TREATED WITH BATTERY ACID TO EYE View 12/1/2008 57 Female White 57YOF IN APARTMENT,FURNACE ON,BECAME NAUSEA/HEADACHES,GAS CO.RED TAGGED FURNACE, More ... View 6/21/2008 6 Male White 6 Y/O M SWALLOWED WATCH BATTERY AT HOME. DX; INGESTED WATCH BATTERY. View 4/22/2008 67 Male Not stated 67 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON BATTERY OPERATED HEDGE TRIMMERS* View 11/17/2008 7 Female Black 7 YOF SWALLOWED WATCH BATTERY ACCIDENTAL INGESTION View 12/4/2008 7 Male Black 7 YOM PRESENTS FOR POSSIBLY INGESTION OF A WATCH BATTERY View 12/15/2008 208 Female White 8 MONTH OLD WEARS HEARING AIDE WOKE UP PLAYING WITH HEARING AIDE INJEST ED BATTE More ... View 11/1/2008 81 Female White 81YOF WAS ON A LADDER AT HOME CHANGING SMOKE ALARM BATTERY,FELL OFF STRIKING RT More ... View 8/21/2008 9 Female Black 9 YOF SWALLOWED A SMALL WATCH BATTERY - LITHIUM F/B INGESTION View 10/22/2008 213 Male Not stated ? OF SWALLOWING A TRIPLE A BATTERY,--X RAY SHOWS NO BATTERY View 12/20/2008 41 Male Not stated A 0.6 CM LAC. ON R THUMB AREA: USING BOX CUTTER, CUTTING BATTERY TERMINAL, CUT R More ... View 4/20/2008 223 Female Not stated ACCIDENTAL BUTTON BATTERY INGESTION:CHILD SWALLOWED A SMALL WATCH BATTERY THAT F More ... View 6/25/2008 67 Female Not stated ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER TIP ON BATTERY-OPERATED HEDGE TRIMMER >> LAC View 8/4/2008 37 Female Not stated ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED 15-20LBS BATTERY ONTO FOOT, C/O TOE CUT >> LAC/CONTS View 11/2/2008 13 Male Not stated ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONTO FACE WITH A SMALL AA BATTERY THROWN BY BROTHER >>CONTS View 9/1/2008 7 Male Not stated ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONTO HEAD WITH THE HARD BATTERY COMPARTMENT OF STUF FED BEAR More ... View 10/18/2008 2 Male Other AT HOME- HE DRANK OUT OF A CUP THAT WAS USED TO SOAK CAR BATTERY PARTS THREW UP More ... [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

SOURCE: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS database
CREDIT: John Maines/Sun Sentinel