Accidents - Faucets or spigots - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,011
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	549
6-15 years old:	235
16-25 years old:	205
26-50 years old:	561
50+ years old:	459

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	598	Head:	346
Wrist:	237	Eyeball:	206
Hand:	190	Finger:	128
Lower Trunk:	109	Foot:	75
Shoulder:	40	Upper Trunk:	15
Knee:	15	All Of Body:	15
Neck:	15	Mouth:	10
Lower Leg:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WAS OUTSIDE PLAYING AND CUT LEG ON WATER FAUCET. D : LACERATION RIG T LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT BENT AND TWISTED SHOWER FAUCET, INJURED BACK, - STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Faucets or spigots
FX FINGER WITH FAUCET COVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
CUT HAND ON BROKEN FAUCET THIS AM " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 8 years	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, Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB. DX: HEAD CONT/ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT HIT HEAD ON SHOWER HEAD WHILE COMING UP FAST, CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 22 months	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, Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED&FELL HITTING EYEBROW ON A BATHTUB FAUCET " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT WAS CUT ON EDGE OF BATROOM FAUCET. DX: R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 56 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
HIT FOREHEAD ON FAUCET WHILE TRYING TO VOMIT, DX; FOREHEAD CONTUSION VOMITING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Faucets or spigots, Hot water
GOING TO WASH HANDS & TURNED ON HOT WATER FAUCET, BURN TO HAND <10%BSA 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 66 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: Faucets or spigots
DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: CUT ON OUTSIDE FAUCET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2006	Age: 78 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
CUT FINGER ON BATHROOM FAUCET DOING REPAIRS AT HOME LT 4TH/5TH FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 84 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
PT OUTSIDE TURNING OFF THE WATER SPIGOT WHILE WATERING HER PLANTS ANDSL IPPED ON THE WET GRASS STRIKING BACK OF HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 6 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
A SHOWER HEAD FELL ON PT'S FOOT DX: L FOOT CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 4 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
LAC TO HEAD, HIT ON WATER FAUCET DX: 3 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 12 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
PT'S MOTHER STATES SHOWER HEAD FELL AND HIT CHILD ON RIGHT EYELID DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Faucets or spigots, Pumps
PT WAS TURNING THE WATER SPIGOTT AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A SHOCK THROUGH OUT BODY- NOT SURE IF FROM WATER PUMP- NUMB CHEST PAIN ESI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT STEPPED IN A HOLE AT HOTEL AND STEPPED ON A WATER VALVE WHICH PUNCTU RED FOOT. D: FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC TO NOSE WHEN FELL AND STRUCK THE FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WAS TIGHTENING A FAUCET AND HURT WRIST. DX: STRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
SCALP LAC ON FAUCET DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Faucets or spigots, Hot water
LT NIPPLE BURNT ON A HOT SURFACE OF THE FAUCET, AFTER HOT WATER WAS TUR NED OFF,WHILE PT WAS BATHING IN A BASIN " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT FELL, HITTING HAND ON FAUCET IN PARK DX: ABRASIONS LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 11 months	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: Faucets or spigots
WASHING IN SINK WHEN TEETH GOT STUCK IN FAUCET DX: DENTAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 21 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
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN FAUCET AT HOME, LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 3 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. HIT ON BATHTUB FAUCET, LAC TO CHIN. DX. LAC CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 2 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
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FAUCET ADMITTED CLOSED HEAD INJURY/SYNCOPE/LOWER B ACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 56 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
STRUCK FINGER ON A KITCHEN FAUCET INJ IT, LATER SWELLING&REDNESS " CELLULITIS/OSTEOMYELITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots, Alcohol
37 Y/O M INJURED FOREHEAD WHEN FELL AGAINST WATER SPIGOT WHILE INTOXICA TED IN JAIL. DX; MINOR FOREHEAD CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 4 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, Nonelectric toothbrushes
HIT HEAD ON FAUCET WHILE BRUSHING TEETH AT HOME. DX: LACERATION FOREHE AD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 24 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Faucets or spigots
CONTUSION LEFT WRIST-SMACKED ON SHOWER HEAD LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT FELL STRIKING BUTTOCKS ON THE HANDLE OF A SINK SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT WAS CHANGING A FAUCET AT HOME & FELT DIRT FALL INTO HIS RT EYE. DX - INFECTIOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT FELL ONTO OUTSIDE WATER FAUCET AT APARTMENT COMPLEX; FLANK/ABDO MINAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC TO FOREHEAD, FELL AND HIT FAUCET DX: LAC TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 32 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
WOUND LT.1ST.DIGIT.PT.REFERS WHILE CLOSING TOILET FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Faucets or spigots
SLIPPED HIT LIP ON BATHROOM FAUCET LEFT MAXILLARY SINUS FRACTURE FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Faucets or spigots
FELT SOMETHING FALL INTO RT EYE WHILE WORKING ON FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	Age: 2 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
CUT FACE ON FAUCET IN BATHROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Faucets or spigots
41 YO WF WITH FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE AFTER CHANGING A FAUCET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 6 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, Bathtubs or showers
CHILD FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON BATH FAUCET. D:FOREHEAD LACERATION 3CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Faucets or spigots
TURNING OFF WATER SPIGOT OFF AND DISLOCATED R SHOULDER/ARM. DX. DISLOC ATED R ANTERIOR SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 55 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: Faucets or spigots
PUTTING IN A FAUCET AND DEBRIS WENT INTO EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION R EY E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 11 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
DX HEAD LACERATION: HIT HEAD ON WATER FAUCET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Faucets or spigots
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A FAUCET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Faucets or spigots
PATIENT IN BATHROOM AT HOME, PASSED OUT HITTING HEAD ON FAUCET; VASOVAG AL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT TO ER WITH C/O OF BACK PAIN AFTER TURNING FAUCET-STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PORCELAIN SHOWER HANDLE BROKE LAC. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT FELL HITTING FOREHEAD ON FAUCET. LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Faucets or spigots, Illegal drugs
PT, WHO HAS BEEN ON A COCAINE BINGE, CUT HAND 5 DAYS AGO ON FAUCET. HAN D SWOLLEN, RED AND WORSENING. D: DEEP INFECTION, HAND. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
PT PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, TRIPPED OVER A WATER SPOUT + LAC OVER KNEE CA P. DX: KNEE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Faucets or spigots, Hot water
UNSUPERVISED, TURNED ON FAUCET, BURNT NECK/CHEST ON HOT WATER " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
STRUCK LOWER LIP & NOSE ON WATER FAUCET, BLEEDING FROM NOSE & LIP DX: FULL THICKNESS LIP / CHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots
LAC HEAD - HAND HELD SHOWER HEAD FELL ONTO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Faucets or spigots, Bathtubs or showers
PT LAC FINGER ON A FAUCET IN THE BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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