Accidents - Food skewers - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,379
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	84
Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	171
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	76
Year 2002:	227
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	86
Year 2005:	59
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	181
Year 2008:	148
Year 2009:	151
Year 2010:	71

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	305	Foot:	260
Hand:	250	Internal:	188
Lower Arm:	140	Eyeball:	90
Toe:	76	Head:	67

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 02/03/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
24YO FEM WAS POKED THUMB WITH SKEWER WHEN BBQING LST NYT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON WOODEN SKEWER PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Food skewers
PT USING A SKEWER, MADE OF BAMBOO, WHEN A SPLINTER PUSHED UP UNDER FING ERNAIL OF MIDDLE FINGER DX;; FB (L) MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Food skewers
STEPPED ONT A METAL ?SKEWER THAT STUCK IN THE FOOD >>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
STEPPED ON DIRTY WOODEN SKEWER PIERCING RUBBER SOLED SHOES PUNCTURING F OOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Food skewers
STABBED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A METAL SKEWER. DX SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN POKED WITH SKEWER. DX; P.W. L.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Food skewers
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF SKEWER. DX: FB SENSATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
PT STEPPED ON A SKEWER AND INJURED FOOT. DX: RIGHT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Food skewers, Foods
P/W THROAT FBS, PIECE OF WOOD FROM MEAT SKEWER STUCK INTO THE TONSILS W HILE EATING CHINESE FOOD " THROAT FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Food skewers
STEPPED ON A WOODEN SKEWER FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Food skewers
DX LEFT FOOT FOREIGN BODY REMOVED: STEPPED ON WOODEN SKEWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Food skewers
STEPPED ON WOODEN SHISKABOB STICK DX FB L GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Food skewers
PT.STATES EATING MEAT OFF A WOODEN SKEWER & GOT A PIECE OF WOOD IN THRO AT. DX; POSS F.B. THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 20 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: Food skewers
20 YOM LAC TO FINGER FROM BAMBOO SKEWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Food skewers
MIT STUDENT ATUCK WEB SPACE OF FOOT WITH A LAMB SKEWER LAC TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Food skewers
PATIENT EATING MEAT ON A STICK AND IMMEDIATELY HAD DIFFICULTY SWALLOWIN G WATER. D:ESOPHAGEAL OBSTRUCTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
PT- BENT OVER AND ACCIDENTLY GOT STABBED IN L SIDE OF HEAD WITH SKEWER DX-PUNCTURE L HEAD NO REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
PAIN TO HAND HIT WITH BBQ SKEWER DX: PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Food skewers
22 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN EYE W /WOODEN SKEWER @ HOME. E914
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2001	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/1999	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1999	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/1998	Age: 20 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: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/1997	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Food skewers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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