Accidents - Flatware - 0-5 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,411
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	503	Face:	478
Eyeball:	203	Internal:	102
All Of Body:	60	Head:	30
Ear:	15	Upper Trunk:	5
Foot:	5	Finger:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT MOUTH WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2002	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT FELL ON WOODEN SERVING SPOON AT HOME; PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
FORK PUNCTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT FELL WHEN RUNNING WITH WOODEN SPOON IN MOUTH AT HOME, SPOON BRO KE IN HALF; HARD PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WHILE WALKING CARRYING A SPOON IN HIS MOUTH - INJURY TO MOUTH AND ROOF OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LACERATION FACE - 3 YOF WAS HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH A PLASTIC FORK AFTER S HE FELL WITH FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH A SPOON; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT FELL WHEN RUNNING THROUGH HOUSE WITH SPOON IN MOUTH; POSTERIOR OROPHARYNGEAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
INJURED L EYE WITH A FORK. DX. L CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
POIKE SELF IN EYE WITH FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FELL WITH SPOON IN HER MOUTH AND LACERATED LEFT PHARYNGEAL WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT WAS DRINKING WATER WITH A SPOON . TRIPPED AND SPOON STRUCK HER BEHIND ROOF OF HERMOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
RUNNING WITH PLASTIC SPOON IN MOUTH AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK AT HOME; CORNEAL ABRASION, SUP ERFICIAL EYELID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FELL RUNNING W/SPOON IN MOUTH. DX. PALATE LACE X 2 INTRAORAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Flatware
PT C/O WAS HIT BY HER BROTHER W/A SPOON ON HER HEAD TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT FOREHEAD WITH FORK
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
POKED WITH PLASTIC FORK;LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 2 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: Flatware
2YOF POKED SELF IN EYE W/FORK DX: CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PRONG OF PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Cookware
1 YOMC - PLAYING WITH A POT AND WOODEN SPOON, WHEN HE TRIED TO STAND UP , FELL STRIKING HIS FOREHEAD ON SPOON OR POT, LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WHILE HE HAD A SPOON IN HIS MOUTH - CUT INSIDE OF MOUTH. D: S OFT PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WHILE CARRYING A WOODEN SPOON IN HIS MOUTH ABRASION TO UPPER PA LATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT OUTH WHEN FELL WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH A SPOON IN MOUTH & LAC MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
POKED IN MOUTH ACCIDENTALLY W/ TEASPOON AT HOME DX MINOR PALATE CONTUSI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
STUCK FORK IN MOUTH PREV EVENING CONT OROPHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC FORK DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON FORK, STUCK PT IN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC FORK DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT HIT WHEN SISTER THREW A METAL SPOON AT HER; FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WITH A SPOON IN MOUTH LAC IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
RUNNING WITH SPOON IN MOUTH, FELL, CUTTING ROOF OF MOUTH. DX: LACERATIO N, ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT THUMB ON FORK;LAC THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
DX LACERATION TO BACK OF THROAT: RUNNING WITH FORK IN MOUTH, FELL ATHO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
2 YEAR OLD SIBLING PLACED WRONG END OF SPOON IN PTS MOUTH - PT OW SPITT NG UP BLOOD. D: TONGUE LACERTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 2 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: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT'S BROTHER STABBED HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A BARBEQUE FORK. DXSCALP LACS .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2002	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LACERATION CHIN - VICTIM WAS RUNNING WITH FORK AND FELL AND THE FORK SC RATCHED HIS CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT EYELID WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT. STUCK HERSELF IN THE FACE WITH A FORKPUNCTURE WOUND FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PTS EYE WAS SCRACHED ACCIDENTALLY BY SIBLING WITH A PLASTIC SPOON. D: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
INGESTION OF F.B., VIA EMS, PT CHOCKED ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON ATHO ME, NO PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
8MOM-PUNCTURE WOUND MOUTH-FELL AT HOME WITH METAL SPOON IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Flatware, General purpose household cleaners
FOUND IN THE KITCHEN AT AUNTS HOUSE WITH A BABY SPOON SPILLED MURPHY'S OIL. ACCIDENTALLY INGESTION $
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT POKED HIS EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK. D: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT WAS POKED ON CHEEK WITH BAR B QUE FORK. D: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT WAS HOLDING A FORK AND FELL,LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PLAYING WITH BROTHER-HIT IN MOUTH WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT EYELID WHEN FELL RUNNING WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 12 months	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: Flatware
CUT SELF ON LEFT CHEEK WITH A SPOON AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	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: Flatware
AT HOME RUNNING W/ A FORK FELL AND SCRATCHED EYE CORNEAL ABRAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
6 M/O F C/O EYE INJURY- ACCIDENTALLY STUCK FORK IN EYE. DX; FACE CONTUS ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 5 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: Flatware
PT DX TIP OF FORK IN LT EAR - C/O F.B TO LT EAR,(PEICE OF PLASTIC FORK) TONIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT WAS RUNNING WITH A FORK IN HER MOUTH AT HOME, JABBED HER MOUTH. DX-ABRASION UPPER LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT POKED TONGUE WITH FORK; TONGUE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FELL WHILE HOLDING FORK AND DANCING PERIORBITAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT RUNNING CARRYING A WOODEN SPOON WHE SHE FELL SUSTAINED A PUNCTU RE WOUND TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
WAS HIT IN LT EYE W/ FORK PRONGS AT BABY SITTER'S HOUSE. DX; CORNEAL ABR OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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