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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 825
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| 20 YO F CUT TO CHEST W/KNIFE LAC CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| 22 YO MALE HAS STAB WOUND FROM FOLDING KNIFE OPEN WOUND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| KNIFE INJURY DX: STABBED IN CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| C/O STAB WOUND TO L UPPER CHEST.PT STATES SHE FELL ON KNIFE AT HOME.DX 3CM LAC CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| PT FOUND AT HOME BY FAMILY WITH STAB WOUNDS TO CHEST FROM 4" KNIFE. +ET OH. NO DETAILS AS TO HOW IT HAPPENED OR BY WHOM. D, CHEST STAB WOUNDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knives |
| LEFT CHEST STAB WOUND. PT FELL DOWN WHEN HOLDING A KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Knives, Containers |
| PT LIFTING LARGE BOX OF KNIVES AND BEGAN TO HURT LATER IN R RIB AREA. DX COSTOCHONDRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| KNIFE STAB WOUND TO CHEST LACERATION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| ACCIDENTLY STABBED BY A KNIFELACERATION LEFT CHEST 2.5 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| 4 YOM HURT WHEN 8 YR OLD RELATIVE AND HE WERE PLAYING WITH KNIFE.DX: 1 CM LACERATION ON CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Beds |
| LACERATION CHEST - LAID DOWN ON THE BED WHERE THERE WAS A PARING KNIFE AND WAS STABBED IN THE CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT SELF IN CHEST WHEN TAKING KNIFE AWAY FROM HER SONAT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| PT FELL ON PARING KNIFE AT HOME SUST PW TO R UPPER SIDE DX KNIFE PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| 29 YOM STABBED W/ KNIFE PUNCTURE BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 0 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knives |
| MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS TO CHEST WITH KNIFE BY HUSBAND. CPR, PNEUMOTHORAX , TO OR, DIED. DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREEN NEG. NO AGE KNOWN OR BIRTHDATE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| AC LAC ABDOMINAL, CUTTING PORK AND KNIFE SLIPPED, CUT STOMACH AREA% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF W STEAK KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/05/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| 44 YO M CUT IN CHEST W/KNIFE LAC AXILLARY REGION OF CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| PT WAS HORSING AROUND IN COOKING CLASS AND ACCIDENTALLY WAS POKED WITH A PARING KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| CUT IN CHEST WITH KNIFE LACERATION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Beds |
| PATIENT FOUND IN BED WITH STEAK KNIFE STUCK IN UPPER BACK, UNKNOWN HOW PT. STABBED WITH KNIFE AT HOME; UPPER BACK LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives, Tableware and accessories |
| PT WASING DISHES WHEN HE SON WAS EMPTYING THE DISHWASHER WHILE HOL DING A KNIFE- PT TURNED INTO KNIFE- PUNCTURE WOUND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| PT WAS STABBED WITH A KNIFE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives, Clothing |
| 24 YO M BENDING OVER ACCIDENTLY STAB SELF IN CHEST W/DAGGER IN POC KET***DX:STAB WOUND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| 19 Y.O. B MALE W/STAB WOUND TO CHEST. PT STS HE ACCIDENTLY FELL ON A BUTCHER KNIFE @ HOME. PT ADM. E9203 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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