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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,961
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/02/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 21YF,INJURED WHILE IN CLASS CUT FINGER ON GLASS TEST TUBE DX: FINGER LA C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| CUT FINGER IN CHEMISTRY CLASS ON A BROKEN GLASS STIRRING ROD. LACERATIO N FINGER(S), RIGHT. 16 YOF* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 31 YOF LAC TO FINGER WHEN STUCK ON LAB GLASS TUBE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 39 Y/O FSUSTAINED LAC TO R THUMB AFTER SHE CRUSHED GLASS ITEM POSSIBLE A PIPE WHILE BEING QUESTIONED BY PD.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 5YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A GLASS CIGAR TUBE AND CUT FINGER. LACERATION T O RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 31 YOF-" I CUT MY R THUMB ON A GLASS AMPULE" @ HOME-THINKS GLASS IS ST ILL THERE DX LAC R 1ST FINGER * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 22 YOM WAS A STUDENT IN LAB AND CUT THUMB ON GLASS CULTURE TUBE DX: FI NGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 26YOM WAS CLEANING A BEAKER TODAY WHEN IT BROKE C/O RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.DX: A 2.5 CM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 15YOF, CUT FINGER ON GLASS PIPETTE IN SCHOOL, SUPERFICIAL LAC. L 3RD DI GIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2009 | Age: 15 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 15 YO MALE CUT ON FINGER BY A BROKEN BEAKER. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| FB L IND FING/17YOF STS FEELS LIKE THERE IS A PIECE OF GLASS IN L IND F ING. BROKE LAB TUBE IN CLASS TODAY AT SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 21 YOM LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON BROKEN PIPETTE, GLASS TEST TUBE, DURING CHEMISTRY CLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| CUT FINGER ON BROKEN TEST TUBE DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER ON A BROKEN GLASS BEAKER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 14YOM AT SCHOOL USING A GLASS BEAKER IT BROKE LACERATING RT RING FINGER ;FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| RT THUMB LACERATION WITH REPAIR: IN CHEMISTRY CALSS, CUT THUMB ON A BEAKER HE WAS TRYING TO CATCH, 1.6 CM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| BEAKER BROKE WHILE IN CHEMISTRY LAB. DX. FINGER LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| A GLASS BEAKER BROKE IN CHEMISTRY LAB. DX: 1.5 CM LAC R MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 14 YOM CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON TEST TUBE IN SCHOOL ABRASION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| CUT FINGERS WHEN GLASS BATTERY TESTER TUBE BROKE WHILE ASSEMBLING RUBBE R END. DX; LACERATION FINGER WITH AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PATIENT PUNCTURED HIS RT RING FINGER WITH THE TIP OF A PIPETTE, FELTGLA SS AT THE TIME. DX-FOREIGN BODY-RT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| LAC TO FINGER FROM A GLASS VIAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT WAS IN SCIENCE LAB AT SCHOOL AND BROKE A BEAKER CUTTING (R) INDEX FI NGER DX-FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| SMALL FLAP CUT R 3RD DIGIT DURING SCIENCE PROJECT AT SCHOOL ON GLASS TU BE THAT BROKE. DX. LAC R 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT CUT FINGER ON BROKEN TEST TUBE IN CLASS TODAY DX// LAC RIGHT SMALL FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2006 | Age: 24 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON LAB GLASS IN CHEMISTRY CLASS. D: FINGER LACERATI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON GLASS TEST TUBE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A GLASS TUBE DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2006 | Age: 15 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| STUDENT CUT THUMB ON GLASS TEST TUBE WHICH BROKE IN SCIENCE CLASS. D: T HUMB LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes, Fences or fence posts |
| PT CUT RT 4TH FINGER - PT WAS AT RECESS & REACHED OVER A FENCE, & GRABBED A GLASS ROD, WHICH BROKE. DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT CUT BY FLASK AT SCHOOL; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| WORKING WITH GLASS PIPETTE @ SCHOOL, IT BROKE & CUT FINGER DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes, Sinks |
| PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF A FINGER FROM DROPPING A GLASS INSULIN VIAL IN THE SINK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| LACERATION FINGER - 14 YOM WAS PUSHING THE CORK INTO A TEST TUBE WHEN T HE TUBE BROKE LACERATING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| GLASS PIPETTE PUNCTURED HAND IN SCIENCE CLASS/ LAC RIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| FINGER & THUMB PUNCTURE WOUNDS-INJURED ON A BROKEN VIAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON GLASS PIPET IN CHEMISTRY CLASS. D: FINGER LACERA TION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 24 YO CUT FINGER ON GLASS PIPETTE. DX L 3RD DIGIT LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT CUT FINGER ON BEAKER AT SCHOOL. DX: L THIRD FINGER AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| INJURED AT SCHOOL CUT FINGER ON GLASS BEAKER IN LAB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL USING A GLASS PIPET IN SCIENCE CLASS AND IT BROKEPC OF GLASS EMBEDDED IN THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| 22Y.O. W MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT STS BEAKER BROKE IN CLASS & CUT HIM. E92 08 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2001 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2001 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2001 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2001 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes, Counters or countertops |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2000 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2000 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2000 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2000 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/1999 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/1999 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/1999 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/1998 | Age: 15 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/1998 | Age: 16 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/1998 | Age: 20 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/1997 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/1997 | Age: 14 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/27/1997 | 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: Glass tubing or test tubes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|