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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,245
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT C/O HAND LAC. PT CUT SELF WITH BOX CUTTER. DX HEMATOMA LAC LFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT WRIST ACCIDENTALLY WITH BOX CUTTER DX: WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| WRIST LAC-CUT ON *** KNIFE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| 15 YOM @ SCHOOL IN SHOP CLASS LAC TO L WRIST FROM RAZOR KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2006 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| 55 YO M LACERATION TO WRIST WAS USING STICHER SCRAPER(RAZOR BLADE IN SCRAPER) AND CUT WRIST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LAC WRISWT ON *** KNIFE DOING PROJECT AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Motor vehicles or parts |
| 47 YOM USING RAZOR KNIFE WORKING ON CAR LAC TO L WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT USING A BOX CUTTER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT CUT WRIST WITH BOX CUTTER WHILE CUTTING BEADS OFF HECARS REAR VIEW M IRROR TODAY DX// LAC LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION LEFT WRIST-CUT SELF MULTIPLE TIMES WITH BOX CUTTER-DENIES SU ICIDAL IDEALATIONS- |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products |
| CUT WRIST WHILE CUTTING CARDBOARD WITH BOX CUTTER DX: WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| ACC STRUCK WRIST C BOX CUTTER " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT CUT WITH BOX CUTTER; LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT WRIST WITH A BOX CUTTER. D: WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LAC TO LT WRIST BY A RAZOR KNIVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT SELF WITH UTILITY KNIFE/WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATES WRIST WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT SELF W/ UTILITY KNIFE DX: R) WRIST LACERATION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS USING ***KNIFE AND IT SLIPPED. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT CUT WRIST WHEN UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND DX// LAC LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WITH EAR ACHES AND SORE THROAT. ALSO STABBED WRIST WITH RAZOR BLADE KNIFE 4 DAYS AGO. INTENT UNSTATED. D:URI, PHARYNGITIS, PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT C/O STAB WOUND LFT WRIST. PT DROPPED *** KNIFE ON SELF ACCIDENTLYDX LAC LFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products |
| PT WAS USING RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT CARDBOARD AND CUT WRIST. DX: L WRIST LAC 3.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT WRIST WITH A BOX CUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT SEF WITH BOX CUTTER/WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT TO WRIST WHILE USING BOX CUTTER DX: LACERATION TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION WRIST - 45 YOM WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE THAT SLIPPED LACERA TING RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WORKING ON A HOUSE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST WITH A C ARPET KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH AN *** KNIFE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION WRI ST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Bags |
| PT PUTTING UTILITY KNIFE IN BAG AND IT SLIPPED OUT AND CUT WRIST C/OPAI N LEFT WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers |
| 40 YOM HAS LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST FROM BOX CUTTER WHILE OPENING BOXES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| WHILE CUTTING CANDLE WITH A BOX CUTTER, PT LACERATED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| AT FATHER-IN-LAWS HOME CUTTING A HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND LACERATE D WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers |
| USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT BOX, ACCIDENTALLY CUT WRIST. DX. LAC WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers |
| PT USING UTILITY KNIFE TO OPEN BOX AND SLIPPED CUTTING RT WRIST C/O PAI N RT WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A WRIST FROM A BOX CUTTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| PATIENT ATTEMPTING TO CUT PLASTIC BOTTLE IN HALF USING BOX CUTTER AT HO ME, SLIPPED CUTTING WRIST; WRIST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT WRIST WITH BOX CUTTER DX WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| INADVERTENTLY SLICED WRIST WITH SHEETROCK CUTTER. LACERATION RIGHT WR IST AND TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/08/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| L WRIST LAC/50YOF AT HOME WAS RE-INSTALLING A RAZOR BLADE ON AN *** KNI FE AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT HER L WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUT WITH BOX CUTTER ON WRIST BY ACCIDENT DX WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products |
| LT WRIST LACERATION: AT HOME JUST PTA, CUT LT WRIST, CUTTING ON A BOX WITH BOX CUTTER, BROTHER PUSHED HIM (NOT STATED IF ON PURPOSE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers |
| LACERATED WRIST WITH A RAZOR KNIFE AT HOME WHILE CUTTING A BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS RT WRIST WITH THE BOX CUTTER KNIFE. DX - RT WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| PATIENT GOT A CUT ON THE RIGHT FOREARM, JUST PROXIMAL TO THE RIGHT WRIS T, WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHILE OPENING A PACKAGE. LAC. RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Tarpaulins |
| PT WAS CUT W/BOX CUTTER WHILE CUTTING A TARP. DX: L WRIST LAC 2 CM, RADIAL ARTERY LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives with replaceable blades |
| SUST WRIST LAC WHEN UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING AT HOME SLIPPED CUTTING HIM DX WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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