Accidents - Manual scissors - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,119
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	227
Year 1998:	160
Year 1999:	71
Year 2000:	100
Year 2001:	201
Year 2002:	30
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	139
Year 2005:	314
Year 2006:	126
Year 2007:	91
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	388
Year 2010:	167

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	19
6-15 years old:	701
16-25 years old:	216
26-50 years old:	623
50+ years old:	558

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/10/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
13YOF; PT WAS KICKING PERSON IN FRONT OF HER; HE HAD SCISSORS IN HAND T HE SCISSORS HIT PT' S LOWER LEG; PT C/O CUT TO LEG; DX: LAC. TO LEG#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
20YOM SUST LAC TO LEG ON SCISSORS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
25YOM USING SCISSORS TO CUT SOME MATERIAL,HAD SCISSORS OPENED LIKE A KNIFE STRUCK RT CALF;CALF PUNCTURE WOUND,0.5CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
21 YOM LAC TO LEG WITH SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
LAC TO LEG FROM SCISSORS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
20YOF CUT TO LOWER LEG WITH SCISSORS DX: LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEG WITH SCISSORS DX: RT LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
L LOWER LEG LAC/10YOF CUT LOWER LEG ON A PAIR A SCISSORS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT LAYING DOWN WEEDMATTING IN HIS GARDEN VCUTTING IT WITH A PAIR OF SCI SSORS STRUCK LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL ON SCISSORS THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR, DX: LOWER EXTREMITY LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors, Refrigerators
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY WITH ASSOCIATED CELLULITIS - SCISSORS FELL OFF REFRIGERATOR AND STABBED INTO LOWER LEG/ANKLE AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT WITH LAC TO LEG FROM SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
CUT LEG ON A PAIR OF ?SCISSORS, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PATIENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A SCISSORS TO CUT HAIR ON HER LEGS WHEN SHE ACCIDENTALLY CUT HER LEG. DX - LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
79YRS MALE, PT USING SCISSORS TO CUT A SUBCUTANEOUS SKIN TO PREVENT CANCER AT HOME, HX OF BEING A DOCTOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
SCISSORS SLIPPED OFF HAND CUTTING L.LEG " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors, Containers
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RLE C A PAIR OF SCISSORS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A BOX " PW/LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
LEFT LEG PW. PT WAS GROOMING A DOG AND DROPPED SCISSORS ONTO LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
CUT WITH SCISSORS LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT DROPPED A PAIR OF SCISSORS ONTO RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PW TO LOWER LEG WHEN STRUCK BY SCISSORS AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
CHILD, MILDLY RETARDED, CUT ON LOWER LEG WITH *** SCISSORS KNIFEBY BROT HER ACCIDENTALLY WHEN PT MOVED LEG UP. D:LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT CUT BY SCISSORS AT NH DURING DRESSING CHANGE SKIN LAC LT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT WAS AT SCHOOL TODAY WHEN ANOTHER PUPIL ACCIDENTALLY CUT PT W/ SCISSO RS WHILE PT'S LEG WAS UNDER A DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PUNCTURED LEG PIMPLE WITH SCISSORS AND IT POPPED A VARICOSE VEIN IN LEG THAT IS NOW BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Chairs
PT WENT TO SIT ON A CHAIR THAT HAD A PAIR OF SCISSORS IN IT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
R LEG LAC/12YOM CUT R LEG WITH SCISSOR AT HOME AT APPROX 7:45P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT DROPPED A PAIR OF SCISSORS ONTO RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER LOWER LEG AS A RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY FALLING SCISSORS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Day wear
PT STATES SHE CUT HER LEG WHILE CUTTING HER PANTS WITH SCISSORS SHE WAS WEARING THE PANTS AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PTS BROTHER THREW HER A PAIR OF SCISSORS, SHE MISSED AND THEY HIT HER I N RT LOWER LEG, LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
LAC TO LEG WHEN PLAYING WITH SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2001	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2001	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2000	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2000	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/1999	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/1998	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/1998	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/1998	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/1997	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1997	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Sewing machines or accessories
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/1997	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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