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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 589
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| INJ R MIDDLE/INDEX FINGERS,DISTAL/POST SIDE-INCISED ON ELEC.KNIFE BLADE -TRYING TO FIX.1CM AVUL.LAC,ABRASION INDEX/MIDDLE F. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| PT WAS CUTTING HAM WITH AN ELECTRICAL KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| PT C/O RT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 17 HRS AGO WHILE CUTTING TURKEY WITH ELECTRIC KNIFE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC KNIFE DX: R INDEX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 37 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: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| CUT THUMB WITH AN ELECTRIC KNIFE DX: LAC RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| CUT LEFT 5TH DIGIT FROM BUTCHER KNIFE WHILE CUTTING FROZEN HAMBURGER DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 34 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: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| 34 YOF CUT THUMB WITH KNIFE LACERATION R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| PATIENT CUT HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT HOME ON AN ELECTRIC KNIFE. DX-FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| LEFT 5TH FINGER TIP AVULSION-CUT TIP OF LEFT 5TH FINGER ON ELECTRIC CAR VING KNIFE. NO NUMBNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| PT CUT FINGER WHILE USING ELECTRIC KNIFE DX: LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| CUT SELF WITH ELECTRIC KNIFE DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electric or battery-powered knives |
| LAC TO RT MIDDLE FINGER ON ELECTRIC KITCHEN KNIFE LAST NIGHT. LAC ERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, DELAYED PRIMARY CLOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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