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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,830
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 7YOM SCALP LACERATION YOUNGER BROTHER HIT HIM IN HEAD WITH STEEL SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| 10YOM HAS A FORK STUCK IN HIS HEAD, AT HOME- BROTHER THREW IT AT HIM DX: EMBEDDED FORK, SCALP LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| 42 YOM HIT IN HEAD WITH SPOON CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Flatware |
| 12YOM, PLAYING WITH BROTHER WHO THREW A FORK HITTINGHIS BACK OF HEAD >>HEAMTOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 3 YOF DX SCALP LACERATION - S/P DIRECT BLOW,BROTHER HIT PT IN HEAD WITH METAL SPOON CAUSING LACERATION AT HOME PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| POKED SCALP WITH FORK;DX PUNCTURED SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS HIT ON THE HEAD BY SIBLING WITH A FORK. D: LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| HIT WITH METAL SPOON;DX CHI,FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| ON ***, S/P UNWITNESSED FALL, FOUND DOWN ON THE FLOOR BY HUSBAND WITH F ORK IN THE HAND, PUCTURED EYE>>INTRACRANIAL HEAMORRHAGE/GLOBE TRAU |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS STRUCK ABOVE LEFT EYE WITH A TABLESPOON, HAS A SMALL LAC THERE PT WAS APPLING PRESSURE WHEN PASSED OUT. DX: HEAD INJURY W/ LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS THROWING SPOON AND HIT ON HEAD DX LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 25 YO STRUCK IN HEAD W/FORK LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO SCALP AFTER HER SON THREW A FORK AT HER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT C/O CUT HEAD ON SPOON. DX SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 18YOF HIT WITH FORK PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| SLIPPED ON ICE, HAD A FORK IN THE HAND, FORK STUCK IN THE HEAD " PW/FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A METAL SPOON AND BIT ON THE ARM BY HIS BRO THER - LAC TO HEAD AND CONTUSION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PTS BROTHER THREW A SPOON AT THE PT AND INJURED HEAD. DX HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 9YOM SCALP LAC WITH SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| CUT HEAD, HIT WITH SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware, Floors or flooring materials |
| ~~~LEFT TEMPORAL CONTUSION-STEPPED ON A FORK ON FLOOR & LOST BALANCE, FALLING & HITTING HEAD ON WINDOW SILL.POSS LOC.C/O HA & DIZZINESS,NA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PW TO SCALP W/FORK BY BROTHER DX: PW SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 5 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC BROTHER HIT PT ON THE HEAD WITH A SPOON. D: LACER ATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware, Floors or flooring materials |
| PUTTING SILVERWARE AWAY, LOST BALANCE FELL HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR. " SDH" +" HEAD LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/10/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| CHI. HIT ON HEAD WITH METAL SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH METAL SPOON AT HOME; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| SIBLING HIT PT IN HEAD REPEATEDLY WITH SPOON THIS EVENING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2004 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware, Chairs |
| CHI, CHIN LACERATION, STANDING IN CHAIR AND FELL ON A SPOON THAT WAS O N THE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| LACERATION HEAD - 3 YOM WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL SOUP SPOON WHILE PLAYING WITH SISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT HORSING AROUND WITH SIBLING, STABBING AT EACH OTHER WITH FORKS, 1 CM LAC TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT.INJ.SCALP AT HOME WHEN BROTHER WAS FOOLING AROUND & THREW A SPOON & HIT PTS. HEAD. DX; L.SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware, Floors or flooring materials |
| HEAD LAC, MOTHER STS PT SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR, LOST BALANCE & STRUCK A SPOON AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, CRIED AT ONCE, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| SISTER THREW SPOON AT PT'S HEAD IN SCHOOL. D: SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A PLASTIC SPOON DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| WAS STRUCK WITH A SPOON ON HEAD LACERATING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT'S BROTHER THREW A FORK, HIT PT IN HEAD DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PUNCTURED HEAD WITH BBQ FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT C/O WAS HIT BY HER BROTHER W/A SPOON ON HER HEAD TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT'S BROTHER STABBED HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A BARBEQUE FORK. DXSCALP LACS . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware, Tables |
| PT WENT UNDER TABLE TO RETRIEVE FORK HIT HEAD ON TABLE DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2000 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2000 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2000 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2000 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2000 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2000 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/1999 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/1999 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/1999 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/1998 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/1998 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/1998 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/1997 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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