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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 881
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Dishwashers |
| FELL ONTO KNIFE IN DISHWASHER DX: CHEST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 45 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: Other |
| Product: Knives |
| AT HOME & CUTTING VEGETABLES WITH A KNIFE AND DEVELOPED BACK PAIN THORA CIC BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 18 months | 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 |
| STABBED IN CHEST WITH KNIFE, +MEDSTAR AMBULANCE +CPR + POLICE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/08/2005 | 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PATIETN STATED A KNIFE FELL OUT OF CABINET AND CUT HIS BACK. DX-UPPER BACK LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2005 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| UPPER BACK, STAB WOUND WITH KNIFE FOUND BY 3 YEAR OLD BROTHER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/18/2005 | Age: 19 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 |
| 19 YOM STABBED HIMSELF IN CHEST WITH SMALL POCKET KNIFE CAUSING CHEST P UNCTURE. UNSURE HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| BINGE DRINKING (ALCOHOL) PULLED OUT A KNIFE FELL ON IT STAB WOUND TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives, Tables |
| MOPPING FLOOR, SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST TABLE WITH KNIFE & VASE ON IT,KNI FE PUNCTURED BACK,DX:ACUTE PENETRATING BACK TRAUMA,HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 13 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 |
| STABBED BY STEAK KNIFE TO CHEST BY BROTHER. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 50 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 DRANK 12 PACK OF BEER AT HOME, CARRYING AROUND A HUNTING KNIFE, TRIP PED, STABED SELF IN CHEST. DX: SELFINFLICED PUNCTURE/STAB WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knives |
| PT ROLLED OVER ONTO KNIFE. DX: PENETRATING TRAUMA CHEST, PNEUMOTHORAX, HEMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knives |
| FELL, LANDED ON KNIFE IMPALED IN CHEST DX TRAUMA ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 38 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: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| 38 YO TRIPPED OVER DOG AND FELL ONTO KNIVES. PUNCTURE THORACIC CAVITY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 11 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 |
| ASSAULT PT PLAYING AROUND WITH COUSIN WHEN ANOTHER BOY STABBED PT IN CH EST PT REPORTS RAN INTO KNIFE, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38YO FEEL ONTO KNIFE LAC CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT FELL ONTO KNIFE. DX: SUPERFICIAL LAC R UPPER QUADRANT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2005 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18 YO FELL ONTO POCKET KNIFE STAB WOUND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/11/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| BACKED INTO KITCHEN KNIFE AT HOME, LAC TO BACK DX: STAB WOUND THORACIC BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2005 | Age: 11 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 |
| PT THREW A KNIFE IN THE AIR AND TRIED TO CATCH IT BUT MISSED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| CUT WITH A KNIFE CHEST LACER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2005 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT C/O BEING STABBED TO THE BACK W/A KNIFE DUE TO FALLING DOWN +AOB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| STABBED IN CHEST BY KNIFE DX: STABLE ENOUGHT TO GO HOME AFTER 2 CM SUTU RES WERE PLACED IN LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2005 | 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: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| STAB WOUND CHEST-PT SUS 2CM SUPERFICIAL INCISION TO CHEST WITH A SMALL KNIFE. ADMITS TO STABBING SELF. LEFT AMA. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 14 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 PLAYING WITH 9 Y/O SIBLING IN HOME & SIBLING STABBED PT WITH A KNIFE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND & LAC CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| PT STATES HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY STABBED TO UPPER BACK WITH KITCHEN KNIFE, LACERATION TO UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Knives |
| PT C/O "ACCIDENTALLY PUNCHED W/A KNIFE BY GIRLFRIEND TODAY. PT DX ABRASION TO CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE, CUT CHEST WALL CHEST LACER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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