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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 838
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| LEFT THUMB PW. PT STUCK FINGER ON A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT STATES ACCIDENTLY STUCK FORK IN FINGER DX PARONYCHIA OF THE RT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT HOLDING TONGS AND SISTER PULLED THEM FROM PT. DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT C/O PAIN R 3RD DIGIT MIXING BATTER USING A SPOON, FINGER LOCKED. DX TRIGGER FINGER R 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| TRYING TO OPEN A CRACKER PACKAGE WITH FORK AND STUCK FORK IN LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND UNDER NAIL OF LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT CUT THUMB WASHING SILVERWARE, LAC L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| GOT STUCK WITH FORK DX: PUNC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| FINGER LAC PT CUT FINGER WHEN A CERAMIC SPOON BROKE IN HAND, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT CUT LT POINTER FINGER W/A SPOON;NO ACTIVE BLEEDING. DX:SUPERFICIAL L ACERATION LT POINTER FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| CUT FINGER WITH FORK, STABBING MOTION DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 69 YO FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH FORK PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Flatware |
| 12YOF WAS HOME BAKING A CAKE WITH BROTHER,HE ACCIDENTLY HIT HER FINGER WITH THE SPOON;FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB-C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEFT THUMB WHEN SHE ACCIDENTALLY STUCK HERSELF WITH A LARGE TONGED FORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| POKED THUMB WITH FORK DX: PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 8 YO INJURED FINGER IN DRAWER FULL OF SILVERWARE LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware, Garbage disposers |
| METAL SLIVER TO THUMB WHEN TRYING TO RETRIEVE SPOON FROM GARBAGE DISPOS AL DX: FB THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS STABBED W/A FORK BY A CHILD. DX: PW R INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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