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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 366
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT CUT BY KNIFE; LAC HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 15 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: Knives |
| PT PLAYING AROUND @ HOME WITH FRIENDS HIT BY WOODEN SWORD ONTO HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A KNIFE. DX HEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| LACERATION HEAD - 17 YOM BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP IN A STORE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE TOP FRONT OF HIS HEAD ON PUTTY KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| ACCIDENTLY CUT HEAD WITH DAD'S KNIFE/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Beds or bedframes |
| PT FELL OUT OF BED AND LANDED ON KNIFE SUSTAINING MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO HEAD,CHEST AND HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2004 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Counters or countertops |
| PT PULLED A KNIFE OFF OF A COUNTER AND IT FELL OFF STRIKING THE CHILD I N THE HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knives |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK OVER THE HEAD WITH A "NIPPER" (SOMETHING LIKE A MA CHETE) CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HEAD FROM A KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT PLAYING WITH A KNIFE WITH ANOTHTER CHILD AT HOME WHEN THE OTHER CHIL D WAS IN A TREE AND DROPPED THE KNIFE ON HIS HEAD LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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