Accidents - Flatware - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 856
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	288	Finger:	273
Internal:	115	Eyeball:	57
Face:	25	Foot:	24
Lower Arm:	23	Hand:	23
Upper Trunk:	6	Head:	6
Lower Trunk:	6	Upper Leg:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT TRIPPED&FELL C A PLASTIC KNIFE IN THE MOUTH, SUSTAINED ' SOFT PALATEL LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
PT PLACED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK INTO LT NOSTRIL C/O PN, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
A CHILD THREW A SPOON AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT PATIENT IN THE EYE AT HOME. DX-REDNESS AND CONTUSIONS TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT STABBED ON LT FOOT WITH FORK BY BROTHER C/O PN WITH SWELLING/REDNES S, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
UNWITNESSED ACCIDENT BY PARENTS, PT SAYS HE FELL ONTO A FORK HE WAS HOLDING PUNCTURED UPPER THIGH. DX PUNCTURED THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT STABBED IN ABD WITH A PLASTIC FORK, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Flatware
PT HIT IN EYE WITH SPOON THAT HAD BEEN THROWN ACROSS THE ROOM AT HOME; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC CONJUNCTIVITIS, EYELID LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
POKED RIGHT PALM WITH A FORK. D: ABRASION RIGHT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware, Doors
PT PLACED SPOON IN HER MOUTH, WALKED BLINDLY INOT A SCREEN DOOR, SPOON SNAPPED, PT SWOLLOWED HANDLE END SUSTAINED " INGESTED FOREIGN BODY"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
SCRATCHED THROAT WITH TEASPOON PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
BURN TO FINGER AFTER GRABBING HOT SPOON DX: BURN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
POKED HERSELF WITH FORK 2 DAYS PTA, DOES NOT BRUSH TEETH REGULARLY; GINGIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK WHILE EATING SPAGHETTI. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF W/ FORK WHILE TRYING TO BREAK ICE. LAC LT THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT HAS PW TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON A FORK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
WAS FIGHTING WITH SIBLING AND GOT A PIECE OF FORK CAUGH IN FINGER DX F.O.B IN LT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Blankets
TRIPPED ON BLANKET WITH SPOON IN MOUTH DX. ORAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT EATING WITH PLASTIC FORK WHEN BUMPED POKED BACK OF MOUTH DX: MUCOSAL TEAR SOFT PALETE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO A FORK AND INJURED FINGER. DX FINGER PUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
PT ACCD BRUSHED AGAINST MOM WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING A HOTDOG WITH FORK IN HAND BURNING PT ON BACK/RT SHLDR, 2 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
POKED SELF IN ROOF OF MOUTH W/ PLASTIC FORK. ACUTE PUNCTURE WOUND SOFTP ALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT REPORTS COUSIN CUT HIM ON RT ARM WITH A FORK X 3 DAYS AGO, LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
BIT DOWN ON PLASTIC SPOON AND SWALLOWED PIECE OF IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT HORSING AROUND WITH SIBLING, STABBING AT EACH OTHER WITH FORKS, 1 CM LAC TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PLAYING WITH SIBLING AND WAS STABBED WITH A FORK, FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/FORK. DX: ACUTE EYE PX, CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK SLEF IN THE RIGHT THUMB WITH A FORK AND A PIECE IOF FOOD REMAINED IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT HIT IN EYE BY DINNER FORK THROWN AT HOME, INTENT NOT STATED; SC LERAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
BURNED FACE WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Cardboard products
LACERATION HAND - 7 YOF WAS TRYING TO OPEN A CEREAL BOX WITH A FORK AND SLIPPED LACERATING HER LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM - 11 YOM WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH HIS OLDER BROTH ER AND ACCIDENTALLY GOT STABBED WITH A FORK ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT STUCK A PLASTIC FORK IN HER MOUTH AND SUSTAINED A 1CM PALATE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT FACE WHEN HIT BY THROWN FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
PT. STATES TOUCHED A HOT SPOON WITH INDEX AND THUMB . DX. 1 ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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