Accidents - Faucets or spigots - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,267
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	616
6-15 years old:	344
16-25 years old:	305
26-50 years old:	608
50+ years old:	392

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	489	Head:	440
Finger:	324	Lower Trunk:	205
Knee:	148	Ankle:	135
Foot:	113	Lower Arm:	83
Upper Arm:	76	Pubic Region:	68
All Of Body:	66	Wrist:	31
Shoulder:	21	Lower Leg:	15
Eyeball:	15	Hand:	15
Neck:	6	Mouth:	5
Ear:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
TURNING FAUCET AND INJ WRIST STRAINING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
1.5CM THUMB LAC-CUT ON SHOWER KNOB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
STRUCK ON BATHROOM FAUCET DX: EYELID LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
FOOT AB-HIT FOOT ON FAUCET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
INJURED ON TUB FAUCET. LACERATION LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	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 UNATTENDED IN BATHTUB, FOUND WITH BLEEDING HEAD, MOTHER BELIEVE S HE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
FELL AGAINST FAUCET DX. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT RAN INTO WATER FAUCET AT HOME; NECK/CHEST WALL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT BENT OVER IN SHOWER, STOOD UP AND STRUCK HEAD ON SHOWER KNOB AT *** RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 53 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, Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HEAD ON FAUCET GETTING OUT OF TUB. DX: SUPERFICIAL LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 7 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
HIT FOREHEAD ON SHOWER HEAD, DX- 1.25 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL ON FAUCET. DX LABIA AVULSION LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT TRIPPED LAST PM AND HIT HEAD ON A FAUCET OUTSIDE OF HOME, STILL HAS HEADACHE. DX: CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
HIT FOREHEAD ON FAUCET DX: FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
REACHING DOWN TO TURN OFF FAUCET BACK CONTUSION HIP STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
EAR LACERATION, CUT ON SPIGOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 9 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
PT PT STRUCK CHIN ON FAUCET; LAC CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
CUT TO HEAD HIT ON FAUCET IN TUB DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WAS BENT OVER UNDER A WATER FAUCET PLAYING. RAISED UP AND HIT HEAD. DX. SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 16 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: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
HIT FOOT ON FAUCET WHILE STEPPING UNDER THE TUB. "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 11 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
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A FAUCET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	Age: 79 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
FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET. DX- 12 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
INJURED R ARM ON EDGE OF FAUCET ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WAS CUT TURNING OFF WATER FAUCET AT HOSPITAL. DX: .5 CM R THIRD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT TRIPPED OVER A FAUCET. DX. ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT HIT BACK ON FAUCET 2 DAYS AGO. DX: SACRAL ABR/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT REACHING FOR FAUCET PULLED SOMETHING IN RT SHLDR NOW C/O PN//SWELLIN G, STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
ABRASION SHOULDER - 40 YOF WAS OUTSIDE DOING YARDWORK AND TRIPPED AND F ELL AGAINST A RUSTY WATER FAUCET INJURING HER LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC LT THUMB ON GLASS PORCELIN FAUCET THAT BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Faucets or spigots
SKULL FRACTURE, HIT HEAD ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
FELL ON FAUCET WHILE TAKING SHOWER DX: LACERATION TO L) KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A FAUCET SPIGOT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	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, Bathtubs or showers
21 MOF HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
LUMBAR STRAIN-WHILE CHANGING KITCHEN FAUCET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
SCALP LACERATION, HIT ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT CUT LEFT FOOT ON A FAUCET SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
L FOOT, ANKLE PAIN, WALKED INTO WATER SPICKET, DX; ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Soldering equipment
CORNEAL ABRASION - 51 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER FAUCET HE WAS WORKIN G ON POSSIBLY SPLASHED WATER W/ SOME SOLDERING MATERIAL INTO HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots, Ceilings and walls
RETRACTABLE SHOWER HEAD FELL OFF WALL HITTING FRONT TEETH, TEETH FX; DE NTAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	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
PATIENT INJURED FOREHEAD WHILE RUNNING AROUND BACK YARD & HIT A FAUCET DX - LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC TO WRIST WHEN STRUCK ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 37 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 AFTER TURNING FAUCET DX: FINGER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC R THUMB & 2ND DIGIT; FIXING FAUCET @ HOME & CUT SELF ON CERAMIC TIL E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF LEFT EYEBROW LACERATION AFTER STRIKING HER HEAD ON HER SHOWERHEAD. DX - LEFT LID LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Faucets or spigots
PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM, HIT CHEST ON FAUCET. DX: VASOVAGAL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	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, Bathtubs or showers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP FROM STRIKING A FAUCET IN THE SH OWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Faucets or spigots
TRYING TO TURN A SPIGOT AND RIGHT THUMB GAVE WAY HAS PAIN AND SWELLING THUMB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
CHILD STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON FAUCET. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SUPERFICIAL LACERATION 0.5CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2005	Age: 47 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots, Ceilings and walls
BACK PAIN AFTER PULLING SHOWER SPIGOT FROM WALL STRAIN LOW BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/20/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Faucets or spigots
71 YO FELL STRIKING FAUCET FX ORBIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
FOOT LACERATION, CUT ON BATH TUB FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
CUT ARM ON SHOWER FAUCET FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HEAD ON SHOWER FAUCET. DX: SCALP LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2005	Age: 12 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
SIDE OF EYE LACERATION ON FACE, HIT A WATER FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Faucets or spigots
TURNED A FAUCET THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN 4 DAYS AGO C/O HAND PAIN SWE LLING TO FINGER DX L MIDDLE FINGER INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 7 years	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
SHOWER HEAD FELL, HIT PT ON TOP OF HEAD DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
33 YO F SLIPPED IN TUB STRUCK HEAD ON FAUCET CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON BATHTUB FAUCET THIS AM AT HOME DX: LEFT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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