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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 890
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/07/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT USING A BOX CUTTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2004 | 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: Knives with replaceable blades, Thermal or sound insulation materials |
| LAC R WRIST/33YOM AT HOME WAS CUTTING INSULATION WITH A UTILITY KNIFE A T 3PM AND CUT R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT USING A BOX CUTTER AT HOME, LAC LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT USING UTILITY KNIFE AND CUT LEFT WRIST LEFT WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION WRIST - 40 YOF LACERATED HER RIGHT WRIST WITH AN *** KNIFE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Doors |
| LAC TO L FA/WRIST W/UTILITY KNIFE WHILE INSTALLING DOOR. DX. LAC VOLAR L WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Rugs or carpets |
| CUT WRIST WITH A BOX CUTTER WHILE CUTTING CARPET DX: L WRIST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT WRIST USING SHEET ROCK KNIFE DX: L WRIST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION WRIST - 44 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT WRIST WITH A UTILITY KNIF E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2004 | Age: 42 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: Knives with replaceable blades, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| DX LEFT WRIST LACERATION: CUT WRIST WITH BOX CUTTER CUTTING PLASTIC FLOWER POT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LEFT WRIST LACERATION.PT CUT WRIST WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT LAYING FLOOR TILE AT HOME WITH HUSBAND WHEN SHE CUT HER LEFT WRIST W ITH A BOX CUTTER LACERATION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LEFT WRIST LACERATION.PT LACERATED WRIST WHILE USING A CARPET KNIFE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION WRIST - 37 YOM HAD STOLEN FOOD FROM A GROCERY STORE, WAS TRY ING TO PUT BACK AND LACERATED HIS WRIST WITH A BOX CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/04/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| L WRIST LAC/33YOF CUT WRIST WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2004 | Age: 47 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: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers |
| PT CUT HIS WRIST ON A RAZOR BLADE TYPE KNIFE NOT INTENTIOAL TRYING TO O PEN FOOD CONTAINER DXWRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT USING AND *** KNIFE AT HOME SLIPPED WITH KNIFE AND CUT WRIST LEFTWRI ST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Ceramics supplies or equipment |
| CUTING CERAMIC TILE W/ KNIFE BLADE, SLIPPED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/23/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT STATES HE ACCIDENTALLY LACERATED HIS WRIST WITH A UTILITY KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LEFT WRIST LACERATION.PT LACERATED WRIST WHILE USING A BOX CUTTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Buckets or pails |
| 1 CM LACERATION LT WRIST REPAIRED, OPENING PLASTIC BUCKET WITH UTILITY KNIFE, SLIPPED AND CUT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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