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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,315
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 6YOM FELL ONTO TOOTHPICK FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 4 YR M HAS PIECE OF TOOTHPICK IN HAND;DX FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 11YOM HAD SPLINTER IN HAND 3 WKS AGO, DAD TOOK OUT WITH A TOOTHPICK, HA S REDNESS, PUS AT SITE; FB REMOVED FROM HAND IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 4YOM PW FROM TOOTHPICK/ LT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK STUCK IN HAND;DX FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FB LT HAND.PT HAD A TOOTHPICK EMBED IN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Outerwear |
| PATIENT WAS PUNCTURED IN RIGHT HAND WHEN TOOTHPICK CAME THROUGH JACKET POCKET. DX-RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT PLAYING WHEN FOUND A TOOTHPICKED, ACCIDENTALLY STABBED INTO HAN D, PUNCTURE WITH FB IN HAND; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2007 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Clothing |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A TOOTHPICK WHILE STICKING HAN D INTO CLOTHING POCKET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Alcohol |
| PT HAVING MARTINI, ACCIDENTLY SHOVED TOOTHPICK TO HAND, DX; HAND PUNCTU RE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOREIGN BODY TO HAND; IE TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Doors |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH SOME TOOTHPICKS, STICKING THEM IN A SCREEN DOOR AND GOT ONE IN HIS HAND. DX-FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL, RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT HAD A TOOTHPICK STUCK IN HAND AND CAME TO ED FOR REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| POKED WITH TOOTHPICK DX: PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM TOOTHPICK, FELL ON IT, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Tables |
| PATIENT WAS AT SCHOOL, TRIPPED & FELL ONTO A TABLE THAT HAD TOOTHPICKS THAT WEDGED INTO HIS LT HAND. DX - FOREIGN BODY IN HAND, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| CHILD POKING CANDIES WITH TOOTHPICK WHEN STABBED HAND. D: PUNCTURE WOUN D, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| CHILD FELL AND A TOOTHPICK PUNCTURED HAND, HAS BLEEDING. DX: FB REMOVAL . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STRUCK ON HAND WHILE HOLDING AN ART PROJECT, TOOTHPICK PENETRATION DX : PUNCTURE WOUND,FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| HAD TOOTHPICK PUNCTURE R PLAM OF HAND AT HOME DX R HAND CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK GOT EMBEDDED IN PT'S HAND FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| HIT HAND ON POINT OF TOOTHPICK DX: PUNC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STUCK IN HAND WITH TOOTHPICK 2 DAYS AGO. NOW WITH INCREASED SWELLING , REDNESS. D: TENOSYNOVITIS, WOUND INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT INTOXICATED AND GOT MAD SLAMMED HAND DOWN ON A TOOTHPICK AND IT BROK E OFF IN HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT C/O PUNCTURED WOUND TO LT HAND AFTER SHE GOT STUCK W/A TOOTHPICK ATH OME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STUCK HAND W/ TOOTHPICK LAST WEEK, C/O SWELLING, REDNESS TO BASE OF 4TH FINGER TO TIP DX: R HAND CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PUNCTURED HAND ON A TOOTHPICK 2 DAYS AGO. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND CEL LULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK EMBEDDED IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND FROM BROKEN MARTINI STIRRIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STATES GRANDSON STUCK PATIENT IN HAND WITH TOOTHPICK CELLULITIS LT HAND DORSUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS POKED W/TOOTHPICK AT CHURCH. DX: PW L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT HAD PW TO HAND WHEN STUCK BY TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WITH BLISTER TO HAND AFTER BEING STUCK WITH TOOTHPICK. D:HAND CELLUL ITIS WITH RETAINED FOREIGN BODY. TRANSFER TO TMC. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PUNCTURE L PALM; BROTHER STUCK HIM WITH TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS POKED W/METAL TOOTHPICK LAST PM. DX: CELLULITIS R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO HAND FROM TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH & TOOTHPICK WENT INTO HAND. DX: PW L PALM, FB REMOVAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PUNCTURED HAND WITH A TOOTHPICK ;HAND INFECTED;PIECE STILL INSIDE HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND: GOT TOOTHPICK STUCK IN HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT. FELL ON TOOTHPICK WHICH WENT INTO SKIN OF LEFT PALM, AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LRFT PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys |
| PT WAS HIT W/WOODEN TOOTHPICK FROM SLINGSHOT. DX: R HAND FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PUNCTURE, CELLULITIS - 72 YOM STUCK SELF IN PALM OF LEFT HAND WITH A WO ODEN TOOTHPICK AFTER HAVING IT IN HIS MOUTH, HAPPENED WEDNESDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STABBED HAND WITH A TOOTH PICK P W AND CELLULITIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2001 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2001 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2001 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2001 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Metal containers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2001 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2001 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2000 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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