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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,086
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| LAC L HAND; CUTTING SWEET POTATOES WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT CUTTING A STEAK WITH A VERY SHARP KNIFE AND IT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Screwdrivers |
| PT OPENING A CLAM WITH A SCREWDRIVER AND SLIPPED AND CUT HAND DX// LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT LAC LT HAND WHILE SLICING POTATO WITH A KNIVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| LACERATION HAND - 27 YO FEMALE REPORTS SHE CUT THE PALM OF HER LEFT HAN D AT HOME - TRYING TO CUT ICE CREAM & KNIFE WENT THROUGH CONT INTO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| WHILE PREPARING AVACADO AT HOME, PT ACCUDENTALLY PUNCTURED SELF WITH KN IFE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND PT WAS TRYING TO PRY FROZEN HAMBURGER P ATTIES APART WITH KNIFE STABBED HAND WITH KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| PT.INJ.BIL HANDS AT HOME WHEN HEATING GREASE IN A PAN & IT GOT TO HOT S O CARRIED OUT SIDE,SPILLED ON HANDS. DX; 1ST.& 2ND.DEG.BURNS BIL HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| PT STATES COOKING OIL SPLASHED FROM SKILLED ONTO PTS HAND, BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT CUTTING A COCONUT WITH A KNIFE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Microwave ovens |
| STEAM FROM HOT FOOD IN MICROWAVE BURNED HAND DX 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| 44 YOF WAS COOKING ON STOVE WHEN POT WITH HOT OIL CAUGHT FIRE.PT TRIED TO THROW HOT OIL OFF BALCONY.SUSTAINED BURN TO RT HAND.NO FIRE DEPT ATT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT LAC HAND WHILE CUTTING WATERMELON WITH KNIVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| COOKING NOODLES, DUMPING HOT WATER, PT DOG GOT UNDER FOOT, POURING WATER ONTO HAND DX 1ST DEGREE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT CUT HIS HAND 2 WEEKS AGO WITH A KNIFE CUTTING FISH NOW LAC IS RED AND SWOLLENDX// LAC AND CELLULITIS RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2006 | Age: 30 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: Foods, Knives |
| PT TRYING TO SEPARATE TWO FROZEN SALMONS WITH KNIFE WHEN LACERATED HAND . D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Foods, Kitchen gadgets |
| PT PEELING POTATOES WITH A PEELER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LEFT HA ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| PATIENT WAS CLEANING OUT SKILLET AT HOME, WHEN HOT GREASE SPLASHED ONTO RIGHT HAND. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE FROZEN HAMBURGERS WITH A KNIE AND CUT HAND, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Foods, Toasters |
| PALM BURN-CAUSED BY HOT *** TAKEN FROM TOASTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| PT BURNED HAND WITH HOT WATER COOKING PASTA DX:BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| PT COOKING BUTTER IN A POT AT HOME WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE SUSTAINED A THER MAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND NOT STATED IF FD ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| CUT HAND ON KNIFE SLICING MANGO " LAC" |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Metal cookware |
| WAS FRYING CHICKEN AT HOME; SPILLED HOT GREASE FROM FRYING PAIN ON LEFT HAND. BURN, LEFT HAND. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Electric deep fryers |
| HAND BURN-SPLASHED HOT GREASE FROM FRYER ON HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2006 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT COOKING DINNER AND ACCIDENTALLY STABBED KNIFE INTO PALM DX: LAC L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| COOKING PASTA, HOT WATER AND PASTA FELL ONTO LEFT HAND AS SHE DRAINED THE PASTA DX: SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| OPENING A CAN OF BISCUIT WITH A KNIFE CUT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| SPLASH OF HOT OIL FROM FRYING PAN ONTO THE HAND " BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| LACERATION HAND - AT HOME CUTTING CABBAGE - KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND PALM SIDE - 3 - 4 CM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2006 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT CUTTING TOMATOES W/ A KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING PT IN L PALM DX: LAC REPAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| MAKING PASTA LAST PM, HOT WATER SPILLED ON HAND '' BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT DEBONING A FISH WITH A KNIFE, LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Tableware and accessories |
| BURNS 1ST DEGREE R HAND, PT SLIPPED A CUP OF COFFEE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| SUSTAINED BURN OF HAND FROM GREASE IN PAN THAT CAUGHT FIRE IN OVEN. BU RN OF RIGHT HAND. FIRE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Other grills or stoves |
| WAS COOKING WITH GREASE ON HIS CAMPING STOVE IN HIS CAMPING TRAILER, GREASE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT BILATERAL HANDS. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/06/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| PT BOILING POTATOES WHEN ACCIDENTALLY PLACED HAND INTO HOT WATER. D: 1S T/2ND DEGREE BURN, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Foods, Hot water |
| PT WAS COOKING NOODELES AT HOME POURED HOT BOILING WATER ONTO RIGHT HAN D SCALD BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Metal containers |
| CUT ON CAN OF SOUP LAC. HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Foods, Cookware |
| 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT HAND-HAD GREASE FIRE AT HOME AND PICK UP PAN TO TH ROW IT OUTSIDE AND BURNED RT HAND. DOES NOT MENTION FD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PATIENT WAS USING A SHARP KNIFE & TRIED TO SEPARATE SOME FROZEN HAM- BURGER SUSTAINING A LT HAND PUNCTURE/LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Foods, Knives |
| PT WAS CUTTING TOMATOES AND LACERATED HAND WITH KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Foods, Refrigerators |
| LIFTING BAG OF FROZEN FRENCH FRIES INTO REFRIGERATOR, HURT HAND DX HAND STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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