Accidents - Faucets or spigots - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,801
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	338
6-15 years old:	463
16-25 years old:	328
26-50 years old:	319
50+ years old:	351

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	380	Finger:	334
Head:	301	Hand:	278
Lower Trunk:	146	Toe:	102
Foot:	77	Ankle:	69
Lower Leg:	33	Internal:	30
All Of Body:	16	Mouth:	16
Lower Arm:	12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Faucets or spigots
FOREIGN BODY LEFT INDEX FINGER-C/O PAIN & SWELLING TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER A PIECE OF METAL FROM FAUCET GOT CAUGHT UNDER FINGERNAIL.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT BEING BATHE WITH HEAD STRIKING FAUCET WHILE BEING BATHE, HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LACERATION FOREHEAD - 59 YOM SUSTAINED A FOREHEAD LACERATION WHEN STRUC K AGAINST A FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SHOWER HEAD. DX-SCALP HAMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT. WAS RUNNING OUTSIDE IN THE DARK AND RAN INTO A FAUCET . DX. LAC X 3 AROUND EYE AREA .AND FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
TURNING OFF WATER, REINJURED FINGER LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
81YOF-CONTUSION RIGHT FOOT-NURSEING AIDE COMPLETED GIVING SHOWER-DROPPE D SHOWER HEAD ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtub or shower enclosures
HIT BY A REMOVABLE SHOWER HEAD WHILE IN THE SHOWER. DX. R HAND CONTUSIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
BENT TURNING OFF FAUCET DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN TUB, HIT FAUCET DX. FOREHEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Faucets or spigots, Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE AND A WTERFAUCET AT APARTMENT AND WAS SHOCKED DX ELECTRICSHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS TRIPPED IN THE BATHROOM AT SCHOOL PT HIT ARM ON FAUCET AND THEN FLOOR PT C/O ARM PAIN - CONT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LACERATION FACE COMPLICATED - 3 YOM FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT LEFT S IDE OF FACE ON THE FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 13 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: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT. FELL ONTO A SPIGOT, LAC RT. BUTTOCK.AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WASHING HER FACE AT HOME STRUCK FACE AGAINST THE FAUCET CONTUSION FA CE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AND FELL BACK ON FAUCET. DX: RECTAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO LT THUMB - S/P WAS TURNING OFF FAUCET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND HURT HIS LT THUMB,CLENING NAIL HE NOTICED PIECE OF METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
25 YOF WAS HELPING HUSBAND WITH PLUMBING WORK & CUT HAND ON SHARP EDGE ON A FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET WHILE TAKING A BATH FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
PAIN TO FINGER TURNING FAUCET DX: FINGER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
TAKING A BATH AND TOE GOT CAUGHT IN FAUCET DX: R 3RD TOE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 59 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: Faucets or spigots
USING A PORCELAIN FAUCET HANDLE WHEN IT SHATTERED AND LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON SPIGOT IN TUB; EYELID LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
FOREHEAD LAC/9YOM HIT HEAD ON WATER FAUCET AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WALKED INTO A JUTTING OUT SPIGOT. DX FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
FELL HIT FACE ON SPIGOT DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 6 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: Faucets or spigots
CUT ARM WHEN FELL ON WATER FAUCET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT GOT INDEX FINGER STUCK IN A FAUCET DX: FINGER STUCK IN H20 FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC LT LOWER LEG. RAN INTO WATER FAUCET. DX; 6 CM LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
LAC TO HEAD. HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB. DX; 2.5 CM FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
7 YO M HIT MOUTH ON FAUCET DENTAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
WHILE PRACTICING AT THE VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL SCHOOL PATIENT HIT HER HEAD ON SHOWER HEAD, IS DIZZY AND TIRED. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT FELL STRIKING LEFT FLANK AREA ON A WATER FAUCET PUNCTURE WOUND FLANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Sinks
1 CM HAND LACERATION , CONTUSION, HEMATOMA, AT HOME, SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT HAND ON SINK FAUCET 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET;POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT ANKLE AGAINST A FAUCET ON 4/3. DX. R AVULSION FX. LATERAL MALLEOLUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT GREAT TOE WHEN SHOWER FAUCET FELL ON TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 3 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: Faucets or spigots
LACERATED HEAD ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Faucets or spigots
MOTHER STATES WHILE BATHING CHILD IN SINK, CHILD TOUCHED HOT WATER HAND LE (FAUCET) AND BURNED L SIDE OF ABDOMEN. LWOBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT IN TUB GETTING PERM SOLUTION OUT OF HEAD HITTING HEAD ON FAUCET, LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT SNEEZED AND HIT FOREHEAD ON FAUCET. D: FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT HIT BACK OF HEAD ON TUB FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT BACK OF HEAD AGAINST FAUCET DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT SWALLOWED METAL KNOB FROM FAUCET. DX: INGESTED METALLIC FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Sinks
CONTUSED HEAD WHEN GETTING BATH IN SINK AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT HAND ON FAUCET AT HOME DX CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
FAUCET FELL OFF SHOWER AND HIT LOWER LEG ON FAUCET IN TUB AT MOTEL CONTUSION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
IN TUB, GOT TOE STUCK IN FAUCET DX. TOE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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