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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,294
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC TO FACE WHEN USING SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors, Plastic wrapping products |
| PT CUT SIDE OF LEFT THUMB WITH SCISSORS WHEN OPENING A PLASTIC TOY WRAP PER ON GIFT THIS AM LEFT THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| 11 YOWF CUT KNEE WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS. DX.KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC L IND FING/14YOF AT HOME CUT FINGER ON SCISSORS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT FELL ONTO A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND INJURED FINGER. DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual scissors, Plastic products |
| L THUMB AVULSION INJ/13YOF AT HOME WAS CUTTING PLASTIC WITH SCISSORS AN D INJURED THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| 13YOF-LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER-CUT AT HOME WITH SCISSORS WHILE CUTT ING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT C/O CUT TO RT HAND FROM SCISSORS LACERATION RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT LAC HAND WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC WEBSPACE L THUMB & INDEX FINGER WITH SCISSOR WHILE CUTTING FROZEN C HEESE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC R 5TH DIGIT/10YOF WENT TO GRAB SCISSORS FROM BROTHER WHO SQUEEZED S CISSORS CUTTING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER WITH SCISSORS AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors, Bags |
| PT CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH SCISSORS WHILE CUTTING A BAG LEFT INDEX F INGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT LAC FINGER WITH SCISSORS. DX FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| 1 CM FINGER LACERATION, GLUED; CUT FINGER WITH SAFETY SCISSORS COULDN'T STOP BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors, Paper products |
| PT INJURED FINGER CUTTING PAPER WITH SCISSORS. DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT C/O EYE INJURY. PT POKED EYE WITH SCISSORS. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PATIENT TRYING TO TAKE CHILDREN'S SCISSORS AWAY FROM SISTER AND CUT HAN D AT HOME; HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING SCISSORS AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT USIONG MANUAL SCISSORS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations |
| 14 YOFC WAS CUTTING SOME SCHOOL PICTURES AND THE SCISSORS FELL AND STAB BED HER IN THE THIGH/ LACERATION TO R. THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| CUT WRIST WITH BLADE OF SCISSORS DX: WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT CUT MIDDLE FINGER AT SCHOOL WITH SCISSORS DX: LT FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manual scissors, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF HIS BUTTOCK AS A RESULT OF SITTING ON SCHOOL SCISSORS ON THE COUCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT.INJ.L.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING SCISSORS & CUT FINGER. DX; LAC. L.INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER FROM SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC TO ARM WHEN USING SCISSORS AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| BROTHER HOLDING PAIR OF SCISSORS HITTING PT INSIDE EAR W POINTY END OF SCISSORS DX TRAMATIC RUPTURE L TM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO WRIST FROM SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT USING MANUAL SCISSORS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT STATES HE CUT INDEX FINGER WITH SCISSORS AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| P.W. L HAND/8YOM WAS STUCK BY THE POINT OF SCISSORS THAT HIS SISTER HAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PATIENT CUT THUMB WHILE USING SAFETY SCISSORS AT SCHOOL; THUMB LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT STRUCK IN EYE W/ SAFETY SCISSORS AFTER ANOTHER STUDENT FLUNG THEM IN AIR. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LE FT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/17/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT SUS LAC TO FINGER BY SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| CUT FINGER ON SCISSORS A FEW DAYS AGO. DID NOT GO TO ER. NOW FINGER SO RE AND SWOLEN. CELLULITIS TT LEFT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| CUTTING WITH SCISSORS THUMB AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PTS FRIEND TURNE AROUND WITH SCISSORS IN HAND AND LAC PT FACE. DX FACE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT STATES SHE LACERATED HE THUMB WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LACERATION HANDS - SELF INJURY - PATIENT PRESENTS FOR EVALUATION AFTER SCRATCHING THE BACK OF HIS HAND WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS - TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manual scissors, Outerwear |
| PT HAD SCISSORS IN JACKET POCKET, WAS RUNNING IN SNOW AND SLIPPED FELL, SCISSORS STABBED PT IN LT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT. WAS USING SCISSORS AT SCHOOL, CUT HIS FINGER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors, Day wear |
| PT STATES SHE CUT HER LEG WHILE CUTTING HER PANTS WITH SCISSORS SHE WAS WEARING THE PANTS AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT LAC FINGE ON SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| PT. WAS USING SCISSORS AT SCHOOL, CUT HIS FINGER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors, Pens and pencils |
| 15 YOFC WAS TRYING TO CUT A PIECE OF TAPE OFF OF A PENCIL WITH A SCISSO RS AND CUT THE END OF HER FINGER/ LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/19/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manual scissors, Tapes |
| SM PUNCTURE ON NOSE; STABBED SELF WITH SCISSOR WHEN TRYING TO CUT TAPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual scissors |
| LAC TO TOE WHEN STEPPED ON SCISSORS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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