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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 787
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Flatware |
| 10 YOM DROPPED A FORK WITH HOT CARAMEL ON FINGERS SUSTAINING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 7YOM SCALP LACERATION YOUNGER BROTHER HIT HIM IN HEAD WITH STEEL SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2010 | Age: 7 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 |
| FINGER BURN-7YOF DAD WAS ROASTING MARSHMELLOWS OVER A FIRE,TURNED, ACCIDENTLY HIT PT WITH THE HOT METAL ROASTING FORK AT A FRIENDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2010 | Age: 9 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 |
| 9 YR F SPB POKED HER WITH A FORK;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Flatware |
| 8YOM SUSTAINED BURN TO SHOULDER WHEN HIS SISTER WAS COOKING WITH A FORK AND ACCIDENTALLY SWUNG AROUND AND SPILLED HOT GREASE ON HIM* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 8 YOM CONTUSION TO MOUTH WHEN FELL WITH SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| 14YOF D'TAL INJ ON FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 7 YO F CONTUSION TO EYEBALL WQHEN SCRATCHED EYE WITH FORK BY ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| P.W. L MOUTH;THROAT/9YOM WAS RUNNING WITH PLASTIC FORK IN HIS MOUTH WHI LE CAMPING@AROUND 9:30P-10P, FELL JAMMING FORK TO BACK OF MOUTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/04/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| 6 YR F STEPPED ON PLASTIC FORK;DX FOREIGN BODY FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 13 YOF PLAYING AROUND W/GF WITH FORK IN MOUTH; LAC BACK OF MOUTH DX: INTRAORAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 11YOM CUT WRIST ON A FORK. DX.WRIST CONTUSION, WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| 10YOM HAS A FORK STUCK IN HIS HEAD, AT HOME- BROTHER THREW IT AT HIM DX: EMBEDDED FORK, SCALP LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Flatware |
| 9 YR M TOUCHED HOP SPOON TO SHOULDER;DX BURNED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Flatware |
| 9YOM WAS HIT WITH A SPOON 3 WEEKS AGO, TESTICLES RED AND SWOLLLEN MORE TODAY, TROUBLE WALKING DX: HEMATOMA OF PUBIC REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Flatware |
| 12YOM, PLAYING WITH BROTHER WHO THREW A FORK HITTINGHIS BACK OF HEAD >>HEAMTOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 7YOM HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH FORK THROWN BY SIBLING; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 10YOF - HER BROTHER THREW A METAL SPOON AT HER LT EYE, 2 NIGHTS AGO, DURING A FIGHT, AT HOME- ECCHYMOSIS AROUND EYE. LT EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 6YOM FLIPPED FORK OFF TABLE AND WAS HIT IN L EYE, PAIN, PHOTOPHOBIA, IN CREASED TEARING, DRAINAGE DX: ABRASION TO L CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 7YOF; BOY THREW A PLASTIC FORK AND IT ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT IN THE EYE. D: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 11 YR M POKED EYE WITH FORK;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Flatware, Electric ranges or ovens |
| 8YOM HAS A BURN TO LT FOREARM, FROM A HOT SPOON, THAT WAS LAID ON ELEC.STOVE, HIS ARM BRUSHED AGAINST THE SPOON. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN-FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 9 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKE WITH A FORK AT HOME ON LT PINK FINGER- DX- PUNCTURE LT PINKY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 6 YOM INJURED EYE FROM FORK AT SCHOOL. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Flatware |
| 10 YR M BUMPED METAL SPOON WHEN IN HIS MOUTH;DX DENTAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 13 Y/O F CUT ARM ON FORK LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| YOUNGER BROTHER POKED HIS EYE WITH FORK;DX EYEBALL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware |
| 7 YR F GOT PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK STUCK IN MOUTH ;DX FOREIGN BODY MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| 9YOM WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK, LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 13 YR OLD MALE PUNCTURED RIGHT THUMB WITH A FORK WHILE FOOLING AROUND WITH A FRIEND AT HOME DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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