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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,637
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/01/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 68YOM SHAVING AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/28/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 39YOF SHAVING HER ARM PITS AND SUSTAINED A SMALL NICK THAT GOT INFECTED ABSCESS AXILLA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 30YOF SHAVING UNDER ARM PITS AND RAZOR KNICKED SKIN SUSTAINED AN ABRASI ON THAT GOT INFECTED ABSCESS AXILLA REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 46 Y/O F WAS SHAVING UNDER HER ARMS NOW C/O ACUTE AXILLA CELLULITS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| CUT ON BACK WITH RAZOR BLADE UPPER BACK LACERATION 9 YO M # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers, Bathtubs or showers |
| BACK PAIN-44YOF-STARTED WHILE SHAVING LEGS IN BATHTUB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 13YOF CUT HER RT BREAST, AT HOME- THE SCHOOL HAD FOUND SOME RAZORS, BUT PT SAID THE CAT SCRATCHED HER. DX; LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 10 YO M CUT AT THE BACK W/ RAZOR BY SISTER AT PHARMACY (WAS TEASING SIS TER) DX TRUNK LACERATION*** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 3YOF TRYING TO IMITATE HER MOTHER TRIED TO SHAVE ARMPITS WITH A RAZOR A ND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| CONTACT DERMATITIS-13YOF-RASH ON ARM PITS-? FROM SHAVING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| SHAVING AND BECAME LIGHTHEADED WITH CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH RESULTING IN CEREBELLAR LESION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 48YO WHITE FEMALE C/O R UPPER BREAST PAIN, STS USED RAZOR TO THAT AREA 2 DAYS AGO, DX CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF MIDSTERNAL CHEST PAIN ASSOC WITH DIAPHORESSI WHILE SHAVING THIS AM>>CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/08/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT CUT CHEST ACCIDENTALLY WITH A RAZOR BLADE DX: LACERATION CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| ADMITS OF SHAVING CHEST HAIR, STARTED AS A PIMPLE NOW WITH PROGRESSIVE SWELLING&REDNESS>>CELLULTIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| C/O BREAST INDURATION, RASH&SWELLING WITH SURROUNDING ERYTHEMA AFTER SH AVING A ?PIMPLE,2ND OCCURANCE>>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/14/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT WAS SHAVING HER ARM PITS AND DEVELOPED AN ABSCESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| C/O 3D H/O REPRODUCTIVE CHEST WALL PAIN THAT STARTED AFTER SHAVING >>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT SHAVED HER ARM PITS AGAINST HER MOTHERS ADVICE AND DEVELOPED A RASH UNDER ARM PITS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT STARTED USING A NEW BRAND OF MANUAL RAZOR UNDER ARMS AND DEVELOPED A N ABSCESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT SHAVED ARMS PITS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND DEVELOPED AN ABSCESS FROM TH E RAZOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT STS SHAVED ARMPITS 2 WKS AGO,FEW DAYS AFTER HAD BUMPS C/O PAIN, DX ABSCESS AXILLA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers, Alcohol |
| PT CUT CHEST WITH A RAZOR BLADE. PT DENIES SUICIDE ATTEMPT BUT STATES H E HAS BEEN DRINKING ETOH. D:LACERATION, ETOH INTOXICATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT USED ROOM MATES RAZOR TO SAVE ARMPITS AND DEVELOPED AN ABSCESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| ARM PIT ABSCESS-HAD CUT AREA W/ EDGE OF RAZOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT WAS SHAVING HIS CHEST AND SUSTAINED A SMALL NICK WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULIYIS CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| ABRASION TO CHEST AFTER SHAVING CHEST DX: ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT SHAVING HAIR OFF CHEST TWO DAYS AGO AND KNICKED LEFT NIPPLE WITH THE RAZOR NOW IT IS INFECTED CELLULITIS BREAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| TRUNK AB-ACCIDENTLY SCRAPED TRUNK W/A RAZOR BLADE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| USING BARBER BLADE, ACC DROPPED ON THE CW/THE AREOLA AREA " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers, Bathtubs or showers |
| 3 YOM HAD RAZOR FALL ON BACK WHILE IN TUB - LAC TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| 13 YO MALE CUT A BUMP ON CHEST WITH RAZOR BLADE LACERATION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers, Alcohol |
| PATIENT CUT BY RAZOR.ETOH INVOLVED DX: LACERATION TO CHEST AND BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| CUT CHEST WHILE SHAVING " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers, Elevators or other lifts |
| FOUND RAZOR BLADE IN ELEVATOR AND PUT IT IN POCKET SO AS IT WOULD NOT I NJURE ANYONE,FELL AND THE RAZOR LAC HER BREAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| USING RAZOR BLADE TO CUT VINAL-WASPS SWARMMED HIM-WAS SWATTING AT THEM- CUT RIB AREA DX LACERATION TO RIB AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2001 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/1999 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/1997 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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