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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 496
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT POKED HERSELF IN THE RT EYE LAST NIGHT WITH A PLASTIC FORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PW TO HAND WHEN JABBED BY FORK AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2003 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20 Y.O. B MALE W/FINGER LAC. PT CUT SELF ON A FORK @ HOME. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| SPOON FELL INTO CAST ON HAND WHEN HE WAS SCRATCHING AN ITCH UNDER HIS C AST;HAD TO HAVE HOLE CUT INTO CAST TO REMOVE SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware, Computers |
| 23YOWM-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM-STABBED SELF AT HOME WITH BAR-B-QUEF ORK WHILE TRYING TO FIX *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT GRABBED A HOT SPOON AND BURNED RT HAND 2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT IMPALED RIGHT HAND WITH A FORK AT HOME FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2003 | Age: 18 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: Flatware |
| 18 YOF POKED IN FINGER WITH FORK PUNCTURE WOUND R INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| USING A FORK AS A REPAIR TOOL HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 22 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: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT. ACC. SCRATCHED EYE WITH A FORK. DX. RT. EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE FROM FORK L 2ND FINGER, PUNCTURE WOUND L INDEX FI NGER TIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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