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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,788
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PATIENT WAS AT A COFFEE SHOP LAST NIGHT, HAD TO CUT A HAMBURGER WITH A DULL KNIFE INJURING LT WRIST. DX-LT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Bags |
| WAS CARRYING 4 BAGS OF SUGAR AT 2 HOURS PRIOR AND STARTED HAVING RIGHT WRIST PAIN. DX:RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS GROWTH PLATE FRACTURE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| TRYING TO PRY APART FROZEN MEAT W KNIFE HAD KINFE POINTED TOWARD SELF WHEN IT SLIPPED LACERATING L WRIST D 2 LAYER REPAIR SEMI PW LAC L WRST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| NS: LT WRIST INJURY, FELL AT LOCAL STORE AFTER SLIPPING IN BUTTER ON FLOOR, LANDING ON HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| WRIST INJURY: SLIPPED IN SPILLED ***, LANDING ON KITCHEN FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Drinking glasses |
| CARRYING GLASSES OF DRINKS OUTSIDE, TRIPPED ON UNEVEN CONCRETE, FELL HU RT WRIST. DX WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| SCRAPING FOOD OUT OF A POT, FELT A POP IN LEFT WRIST DX: SPRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT CUT WRIST WITH A KNIFE WHILE CUTTING PIZZA AT HOME DX// LEFT WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| WHILE CUTTING CORN WITH KNIFE, PT CUT WRIST, SUSTAINED NERVE DAMAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| PT INJURED AT HOME BURNED FROM HOT CHILLI BEANS AND HOT WATER DX" BURN TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| AT HOME PT CUTTING RAW MEAT WITH KNIFE, ACCIDENTALLY CUT R WRIST DX R WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| PT WAS COOKING FOOD AND HANDLE FROM POT FELL OFF POT WHILE CARRYING IT AND PT BURNED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Ice makers |
| GETTING DRINK OUT OF REFRIGERATOR, FELL HURT WRIST. DX WRIST FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Tableware and accessories |
| HOT SAUCE ON PLATE. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Glass bottles or jars |
| TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING JAR OF PICKLES, JAR BROKE, L WRIST LAC DX; WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Microwave ovens |
| GETTING FOOD OUT OF MICROWAVE & SPILLED ON WRIST DX 2ND DEGREE BURN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| STEAM BURN TO RT WRIST FROM COOKING 1 WEEK PTA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT INJURED WRIST LIFTING A HEAVY RIB ROAST OUT OF THE OVEN DX// FX LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT LACERATED HER WRIST W/KNIFE WHILE CUTTING COCONUT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS MAKING A SANDWICH, STARTED TO SEIZE & FELL TO FLOOR. DX: WRIST L AC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT WAS REMOVING BACON FROM OVEN & GREASE SPILLED ON PT'S WRIST DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT WRIST FROM BACON GREASE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT WITH LAC TO WRIST, WAS SEPERATING FROZEN FOOD WITH A KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| WRIST FX-SLIPPED ON MELTED BUTTER ON FLOOR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/28/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Foods, Hot plates |
| BURNS: WHILE COOKING EGGS ON ELECTRIC HOTPLATE, BURN TO ER WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Bottles or jars |
| PT STATES WAS CARRYING 2 GALLON JUGS OF TEA AND DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN AT HOME, DX; SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT STS CUT SELKF WITH KNIFE WHILE CUTTING TOMATOES IN HAND,KNIFE SLIPPED, DX LACERATION LEFT VOLAR WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Other ranges or ovens |
| L WRIST;ARM BURN/19YOF AT HOME WAS REMOVING HAM FROM OVEN AND HOT OIL S PILLED DOWN HER WIRST AND ARM AT 1PM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| L WRIST PAIN CUTTING MEAT W/KNIFE DX: WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Tableware and accessories |
| 59 YOF SPILLED HOT CUP OF TEA ONTO LEFT WRIST SUSTAINING A BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| WHILE CUTTING AN APPLE , KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT WRIST, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Counters or countertops |
| WRIST STRAIN: WENT TO CATCH FROZEN TURKEY THAT WAS FALLING OFF COUNTER, BENT WRIST & THUMB BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Containers |
| WRIST SPRAIN-@ STORE-PAIN AFTER PICKING UP A PACKAGE OF TEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Foods, Microwave ovens |
| BURNS BOTH WRIST ON *** THAT WAS JUST DONE IN MICROWAVE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Beds or bedframes |
| SPILT SODA UNDER THE BED, WENT TO CLEAN IT UP, SLIPPED&FOOSH " WRIST FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Paper products |
| PT SPILLED HOT COFFEE FILTER AND COFFEE ON WRIST. D:2ND DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Bags |
| PT WAS LIFTING GROCERY BAGS AND HEARD A POP IN LEFT WRIST DX: FRACTURED LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT LACERATED WRIST WITH KNIFE WHILE TRYING TO CUT WATERMELON. D: SIMPLE LACERATION, WRIST; UTI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| LACERATION LEFT WRIST-SUS A 1CM LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST WHEN SHE CUT L EFT WRIST WITH A KNIFE WHILE CUTTING A BAGEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| MAKING A SANDWICH, FELL INTO FLOOR DX WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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