Accidents - Can openers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 772
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	14
6-15 years old:	53
16-25 years old:	480
26-50 years old:	105
50+ years old:	118

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	486	Hand:	162
Wrist:	102	Head:	14
Face:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT CUT FINGER ON A CAN OPENER. DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT ACCIDENTALLLY CUT HIM SELF ON THE HAND WITH A CAN OPENER DX LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers, Metal containers
USING A CAN OPEN TO OPEN CAN AND CUT (R) THUMB ON CAN LID DX- THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Can openers, Doors
WRIST/ HAND SPRAIN-USING A CAN OPENER-HIT A DOOR WHEN HAND SLIPPED-@ HO ME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT USING A CAN OPENER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT CUT FINGER ON A CAN OPENER AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT RING FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers, Metal containers
WAS USING CAN OPENER AND WHILE CONTINUING TO REMOVE METAL LID ACCIDENTL Y CUT SELF ON SIDE OF RT INDEX FINGER. LACERATION TO RT INDEX FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
23 YO CUT FINGER ON CAN OPENER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
R THUMB LAC FROM CAN OPENER. DX. LAC R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT STATES CUT L RING FINGER ON CAN OPENER. DX. LAC. L RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
FINGER LAC ON CAN OPENER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
LACERATED FINGER WITH A CAN OPENER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
CUT FINGER ON CAN OPENER AT HOME. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT CUT RIGHT THUMB WHILE USING A CAN OPENER. D: LACERATION RIGHT THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
CUT ON CAN OPENER DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PT WITH LAC TO HAND FROM A CAN OPENER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 17 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: Can openers
PTS MOM STATES CAN OPENER FELL AND HIT CHILDS HEAD DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON CAN OPENER. DX; 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Can openers
BROTHER THREW CAN OPENER AND IT HIT PT IN FACE, SMALL LACERATION CHIN, LOOSE TOOTH-NO AVULSION, SUPERFICIAL ABRASION INSIDE MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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