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Accidents - Flatware - 50+ years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 296
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:107Internal:106
Finger:48Lower Trunk:17
Eyeball:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/13/2004Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
STRUCK HAND WITH FORK - LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2004Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PLASTIC SPOON WHILE DRINKING COFFEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Flatware
SWOLLEN KNUCKLE R HAND, STARTED WHILE WASHING SILVERWARE DX; HEMATOMA R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT WAS USING A FORK WHEN THE FORK SLIPPED AND JABBED INTO LEFT HAND PUN CTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
56 YO FEMALE STUCK LEFT FINGER WITH FORK PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
59 YO MALE WAS GARDENING WITH FORK AND PUNCTURED FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT HAS PW TO ABD WHEN STUCK BY A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2004Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT. MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC SPOON PER STAFF AT NH. DX. INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware, Dishwashers
PUNCTURE WOUND HAND - 58 YOF SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO BACK OF HER RIGHT HAND ON A FORK WHILE REACHING INTO DISHWASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LACERATION FINGER - 84 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT PINKY FINGER ON A SPOON A T THE NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2004Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT WITH A HX OF PARKINSONS DISEASE AT THE NURSING HOME TRYING TO EAT WI TH A FORK WHEN SHE ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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