Accidents - Knives with replaceable blades - Year 2007 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,901
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	5
16-25 years old:	722
26-50 years old:	1,778
50+ years old:	395

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUT THIGH WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME DX// RIGHT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Wire
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH USING A BOX CUTTER TO CUT A WIR E IT SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT LEG WITH BOX CUTTER DX: LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WORKING OUTSIDE,CUT WITH BOX CUTTER-NEW BLADE-ABOVE R KNEE DX LACERATION EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT ACCID CUT THIGH W/RAZOR KNIFE. DX: L THIGH LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Tapes
PT CUT THIGH WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING TAPE AT HOME DX// LEFT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUT THIGH WITH A RAZOR KNIFE AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS CUT W/RAZOR KNIFE. DX: L THIGH LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
LEFT LEG LACERATION.PT LACERATED LEG ON A BOX CUTTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers
RIGHT THIGH LAC, PT WAS OPENING A BOX WITH A BOX CUTTER INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products
PT CUTTING UP CARDBOARD BOXES WITH BOX CUTTER HAD LAC TO UPPER L LEG @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
79YOM WAS HOME USING A RAZOR KNIFE,ACCIDENTLY CUT UPPER LEG; UPPER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS AT HOME, LACERATED RT THIGH WITH A UTILITY KNIFE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
52 YOF WAS USING A BOX KNIFE AND CUT INTO LEFT THIGH SUSTAINING A LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
43YOM USING A UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME TO CUT SIDING,ACCIDENTLY LACERATED RIGHT THIGH; RIGHT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Rugs or carpets
66 YOM WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME TO CUT CARPETING AND CUT HIS LEF T THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
THIGH LAC-CUT ON UTILITY KNIFE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUT THIGH ON A UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
ACC CUT THIGH ON BOX CUTTER TODAY >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT HAD LAC TO UPPER R LEG FROM BOX CUTTER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Wire
USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT COPPER WIRE ACCIDENTALLY CUT THIGH. DX THIG H LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, House repair or construction materials
2 CM R THIGH LACERATION: USING NEW UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SHINGLES, KNIFE CUT THROUGH HIS BLUE JEANS AND CUT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
BOX CUTTER SLIPPED - CUT THIGH 4 CM THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, House repair or construction materials
28 YOM WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT WOOD TRIM WHILE REPAIRING HIS HOUSE. SUSTAINED CUT TO UPPER LEG. LACERATION, LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT WITH BOX CUTTER, DX; LAC. THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
LACERATION TO R UPPER LEG FROM A RAZOR KNIFE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Rugs or carpets
PT WAS CUT W/UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING CARPET. D: L LEG LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS AT HOME, LACERATED LT THIGH WITHA UTILITY KNIFE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, House repair or construction materials
1.5 CM LACERATION LT THIGH: CUT WHILE USING UTILITY KNIFE CUTTING SHINGLES LOCATION NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
LACERATES UPPER LEG WITH BOX CUTTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT THIGH WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. DX. L THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS CUT W/BOX CUTTER. DX: 8 CM R THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
36YOM WHILE AT HOME USING A RAZOR KNIFE ACCIDENTLY SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE THIGH; 2.5-CM THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT LEG WITH BOX CUTTER DX THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Rugs or carpets
P.W. R THIGH/39YOF AT HOME 10 MONUTES AGO WAS CUTTING CARPET WITH A CAR PET KNIFE AND STABBED R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS AT HOME USING A ULTILITY KNIFE, LACERATED LT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products
LAC R THIGH; @ HOME CUTTING BOXES TO RECYCLE WITH BOX CUTTER & ACCIDETN ALLY CUT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers
PT CUT THIGHT WITH BOX CUTTER WHEN TRYING TO OPEN BOXES DX: LEFT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUT SELF ON BOX CUTTER AT HOME DX: THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Containers
CUT THIGH WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHILE TRYING TO OPEN BOX/ LAC RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT INJURED LEG ON BOX CUTTER ART HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Rugs or carpets
CUTTING CARPET WITH WIT RETACTABLE KNIFE RAZOR CUT UPPER LEG ..LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS @ FRIENDS HOUSE WORKING WITH A *** KNIFE WHITTLING WOODWHEN KNIF E ACCIDENTLY STABBED INTO LEG. DX LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
BOX CUTTER BLADE CUT THIGH R LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT R THIGH W/BOX CUTTER DX: 7 CM LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A THIGH WITH AN *** KNIFE WHILE CUTTINGCAR DBOARD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUT LEG WITH UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT R LEG ABOVE KNEE W/BOX CUTTER DX: THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
33 YO M LACERATION TO THIGH CUT WITH UTILITY KNIFE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
CUT LEG WITH BOX CUTTER THIS AFTERNOON THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT ACCIDENTLY LAC LT THIGH WITH A BOX CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
PT SLIPPED WHILE USING A BOX CUTTER AND LAC RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Cardboard products
PT STATES SHE WAS USINF A BOX CUTTER CUTTING CARDBOARD LACERATED LEG DX- (R) UPPER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
31 YOM HAD LAC TO R THIGH FROM RAZOR KNIFE - UNKNOWN EVENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades, Thermal or sound insulation materials
AT HOME USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT *** INSULATION AND LACERATED UPPER T HIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives with replaceable blades
LAC THIGH ON UTILITY KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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