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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,314
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| 23 YOF, POTATOE PEELER SHAVED SKIN ON FINGER, FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT CUT THE TIP OF PINKY ON A POTATO PEELER 2 HRS PTA. DX. LAC, ABRA PI NKY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2009 | Age: 22 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: Kitchen gadgets |
| 22YOF PEELING POTATOES WITH A POTATO PEELER AND SUSTAINED A THUMB LACE RATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2009 | Age: 22 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: Kitchen gadgets |
| 22YOF PEELING POTATOES WITH A PEELER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FING ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| CUT R THUMB WITH A POTATO PEELER DX- AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| METAL SALAD TONGS HIT HAND DX: RT 4TH, 5TH HAND SKIN ABRASION / AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT CUT FINGER WITH A POTATO PEELER DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| 25 YOM DROPPED A CUTTING BOARD ONTO LEFT GREAT TOE SUSTAINING A CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| ROUGH HOUSING W HUSBAND AT BROS HOME WRESTLING WHEN HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF METAL DEHYDRATOR DX CONCUSSION W OCCIPUTAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| CUT RIGHT THUMB WITH POTATO PEELER TODAY AT SCHOOL LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTING CHEESE WITH POTATOE PEELER. DX-ACUTE LEFT INDEX FINGER AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT WAS PUNCHING PIE DOUGH ON WOODEN CUTTING BOARD AND INJURED HAND DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| 20 Y O M ACCIDENTLY POKED ARM W/ A GRILLING COOKING TOOL LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT'S 2YO CHILD ACCIDENTALLY HIT HER IN HEAD WITH A POTATOE MASHER DX- M ONOR HEAD INJ HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| CUT TO FINGER ON KITCHEN UTENSIL DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT W/METALLIC FB ON SCAN, PT ADMITS TO SWALLOWING A MAGNET ON A DARE. DX. ABDM PAIN, FB. TRANSFERRED TO DUKE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN EAR WITH A CHOPSTICK. DX. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT EATING SHISH-KA-BOBS YEST WHEN SHE FELT FB SENS IN THROAT, CLEARED T HROAT. STILL FELT PAIN TODAY. PIECE SHISH KA BOB IN TONSIL DX FB MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT LAC FINGER ON SPATULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT. WAS COOKING IN HIS KITCHEN & TOUCHED THE SPATULA ACCIDENTLY TO HIS ARM DX: BURN + CELLULITIS R UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| 18 YOM PUNCHED A NAPKIN DISPENSER AT HOME SUSTAINING A FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| HAND CT-CAUGHT HAND IN A PIZZA DOUGH ROLLER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| CUT THUMB ON PEELER DX: THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT WAS PEELING POTATOES WITH A POTATO PEELER AND SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 17 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: Kitchen gadgets |
| LAC THREE FINGERS ON A PIZZA CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| HAND 2ND DEGREE BURN-TOUCHED HOT SPATULA WHILE COOKING FOOD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT PEELING POTATOES AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER AR M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kitchen gadgets |
| PT USING A POTATO SLICER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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