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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,702
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| CUT ON ARM W MIRROR. PT RAN BY & HIT INTO MIRROR. BREAKING IT & CUTTING ARM. LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 50Y/O,M,LOST BALANCE, FELL INTO MIRROR AT HOME, LAC. L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT TRYING TO CATCH A FALLING MIRROR AND SUSTAINED A FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 56 YOF LACERATED RIGHT FOREARM ON EDGE OF A MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT WAS AT AUNTS HOUSE TRYING TO CATCH A MIRROT THAT WAS FALLING SUSTAI NED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/23/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| GLASS MIRROR FELL ON ARM DX: FOREARM & HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT WAS TRYING TO CATCH MIRROR AS IT FELL DX: LAC LT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| WALKED INTO A MIRROR. DX FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls |
| PT A MIRROR FELL OFF WALL AND CUT PTS ARM AT HOME DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT CUT ARM ON A BROKEN MIRROR AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT FELL IN BATHROOM HITTING ARM ON CORNER OF MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FELL INTO A MIRROR AT HOME HAS LAC TO (L) FOREARM AND BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FELL AGIANST A MIRROR THAT BROKE PT HAS LAC TO (R) FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT MIRROR SLIPPED AND CUT PTS ARM DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT RUN INTO A FLOOR MIRROR BROKE INTO HER ARM SUSTAINING LACERATION TO ARM DX FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| HORSEPLAYING WITH SISTER THEN FELL BACKWARS AGAINST A GLASS MIRROR WHIC H BROKE CUTTING FOREARM>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A MIRROR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LAC TO ARM FROM A MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT WITHI LAC TO ARM FROM A MIRROR DURING A FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT CUT ARM ON GLASS MIRROR, CONTUSION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT WAS PLAYING AND HIT HIS ARM ON A MIRROR. D : LACERATION LEFT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT HAD MIRROR FALL AND BREAK OVER HER ARM DX; LACERATED RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT THROWING OUT A BROKEN MIRROR AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOW ER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT HIT ARM ON A MIRROR, AT HOME, & IT BROKE, CUTTING PT'S FOREARM DX; FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A BROKEN MIRROR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PATIENT WAS USING GIRLFRIEND'S MIRROR, ACCIDENTALLY CUT RT FOREARM. DX-RT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| MIRROR ON A DRESSER FELL FORWARD, SHATTERED AND SHARD CUT PTS FOREARM;F OREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| CHANGING MIRROR IN BATHROOM -MIRROR FELL ON HIS ARM LACERATION LEFT FOREARM COMPLICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PATIENT CUT LEFT FOREARM ON BROKEN MIRROR. DX-LACERATION FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| WAS WORKING IN HIS GARAGE AND TRIPPED FELL INTO A MIRROR THAT BROKE PT HAS LAC TO (L) FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LAC TO ARM WHEN STUCK BY A MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Beds or bedframes |
| FELL INTO MIRROR WHILE JUMPING ON BED. DX LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT CUT ARM ON A SHARP EDGE OF A MIRROR, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT C/O LAC RT WRIST ON MIRROR. DX LAC FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FELL INTO A MIRROR THAT BROKE. DX ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| HANGING MIRROR/ FX ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY BROKE A MIRROR AND SUSTAINED A LAC TO THE R FOREARM. DX R FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX MULTIPLE SUPERIFICAL LAC, REPAIRED: SUSTAINED WHILE REACHING INTO A GARBAGE CAN FULL OF BROKEN GLASS FROM A MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A BROKEN MIRROR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT WAS DUMPING MIRROR INTO LANDFILL WHEN MIRROR BROKE. DX: R FOREARM LAC 5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 38 YO F LACERATION TO FOREARM CUT ON BROKEN MIRROR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LACERATION FOREARM - 33 YO FEMALE PRESENTS AFTER SMASHING A HAND MIRROR AND USING THE GLASS TO CUT HER LEFT FOREARM IN SEVERAL PLACES - TRANS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FOREARM LAC-FELL AGAINST A MIRROR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS LT FOREARM WITH MIRROR AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEFT FOREARM ON THE EDGE OF A MIRROR. DX-LEFT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT DX LACERATION OF RT FOREARM - S/P PT FELL ON MIRROR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LAC TO ARM FROM A MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT HAD MIRROR FALL ON L LOWR ARM CAUSED LAC TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT CUT FOREARM ON A BROKEN MIRROR AT HOME DX: LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FELLINTO MIRROR/ LAC RT ARM, MULT SKIN TEARS, ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| RIGHT FOREARM LAC, PT PUNCHED A MIRROR INJURING ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FELL ON EDGE OF MIRROR;DX LACERATED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT FELL AGAINST A MIRROR AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| SLIPPED IN BATHROOM AT SCHOOL, HIT ARM ON MIRROR, FOREARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| RUNNING AND A MIRROR FELL ON PT AND BROKE. DX ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|