Accidents - Flatware - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 800
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	84
Year 1998:	94
Year 1999:	86
Year 2000:	96
Year 2002:	5
Year 2003:	124
Year 2004:	235
Year 2006:	5
Year 2007:	20
Year 2008:	46

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT HOLDING TONGS AND SISTER PULLED THEM FROM PT. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT CUT LT POINTER FINGER W/A SPOON;NO ACTIVE BLEEDING. DX:SUPERFICIAL L ACERATION LT POINTER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LAC TO FINGER FROM A FORK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
CUT FINGER WITH FORK. DX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT LAC FINGER ON A FORK. DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LAC LIF ON PLASTIC FORK AS MOTHER TRIED TO GET IT FROM HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
PT STUCK FINGER IN THE HOLE ON A SPOON HANDLE AT SCHOOL & GOT THE SPOON STUCK ON HER FINGER. DX: FOREIGN BODY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AFTER BROTHER ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIM WITH A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT ON WOOD SPOON FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT LAC FINGER WITH A FORK. DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
DX CONTUSION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER: INJURED FINGER WITH WOODEN SPOON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON FORK AT HOME; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flatware
AT DINNER, SISTER HIT HAND WITH SPOON, C/O PAIN. DX. SPRAIN R 4TH FING ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
HIT WITH SPOON BY ANOTHER CHILD AT DAYCARE DX. FINGER ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Flatware
SMASHED POINTER FINGER OF L HAND IN CAR DOOR LAST WEEK, ACCIDENTALLY ST ABBED IT W/A FORK. DX. PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 10/29/2000	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Flatware, Electrical outlets or receptacles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/1999	Age: 0 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/1999	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/1998	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/1998	Age: 2 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: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/1997	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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