Accidents - Flatware - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,515
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	336	Eyeball:	328
Internal:	254	Face:	228
Head:	135	Finger:	124
All Of Body:	68	Hand:	22
Pubic Region:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL W/FORK IN HAND. DX: .5 CM FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WITH A SPOON IN MOUTH AND INJURED MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Beds or bedframes
SPOON TO MOUTH LAC PALATE WHEN HE FELL OFF BED WHILE EATING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
POSSIBLE EYE TRAUMA - SCRATCHED EYE WITH A PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
RUNNING W/FORMK, HIT COUCH, FORK TO BACK OF THROAT DX: R ORAL MUCOSAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
CHILD SCRATCHED EYE WITH "SPORK" FROM *** .D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT. FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH, NOW WITH PAIN DX: ABRASION TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WITH A SPOON IN MOUTH,. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT. JAMMED FORK IN BACK OF MOUTH- BLEEDING IN MOUTH DX: SOFT PALATE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
C/O LEFT EYE INJURY LAST NIGHT- SISTER POKED HER IN EYE WITH FORK, C/OREDNESS, SCRATCH IN EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD LAC, MOTHER STS PT SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR, LOST BALANCE & STRUCK A SPOON AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, CRIED AT ONCE, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
DX CONTUSION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER: INJURED FINGER WITH WOODEN SPOON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LACERATION TO PHARYNX- PT. FELL WITH PLASTIC SPOON IN MOUTH DX: LACERATION TO PHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 5 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: Flatware
FACE LAC-@ HOME-SIBLING THREW A FORK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
CONTUSED MOUTH WHEN FELL WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
1 YO MALE STUCK PLASTIC KNIFE IN MOUTH, MOUTH ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT SEEN FOR CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER HITTING HER EYE W/ A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
2 YO FEMALE SWALLOWED AN ORANGE SEED OR A SHARD FROM PLASTIC KNIFE ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
FORK POKED PT IN LEFT HAND. D: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF A PART OF A PLASTIC SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LAC TO HAND WITH A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON FORK AT HOME; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASIC SPOON DX: INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Flatware, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT STUCK FORK INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET.PT THROWN BACK SCREAMING. PAIN(R)H AND. DX:ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
WAS STRUCK WITH A SPOON ON HEAD LACERATING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PUNCTURED MOUTH WHEN SIBLING TRIED TO FEED WITH FORK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 2 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: Flatware
FATHER STATES PT STUCK FORK IN L EYE 20 MINS PTA. DX. CORNEAL ABRA/PUP IL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
2YOBF-INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT-BIT PLASTIC SPOON AT HOME-SWALLOWED SMALL PIECE OF SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
UPPER UVULA ABRASION-MOTHER STATES PT WAS RUNNING WITH A SPOON IN HER M OUTH AND FELL. PT HAS AN ABRASION ON LEFT UPPER UVULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT WAS EATING ICE CREAM AND STUCK A SPOON IN HER THROAT. DX-PHARYNGEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT FELL ON A FORK. DX: PW R LOWER EYELID, CONT R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT. STUCK HIMSELF IN THE EYELID WITH A FORK LACERATION EYELID 1 MM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
3YROLD HIT IN EYE WITH FORK, PT AND 2YROLD COUSIN WERE FIGHTING OVER FOOD, PT FOUND WITH SCRATCH ON EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Flatware
3 Y/O M C/O LFT EYE INJURY. PT HIT SELF IN EYE WITH FORK. DX CONJUNCTIV ITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT C/O PAIN TO VAGINA TONIGHT.PT TOLD MOTHER THAT A BOY IN SCHOOL PLACED A FORK IN HER VAGINA TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT SUSTAINED SWLLOWED FOREIGN BODY AFTER SWALLOWING A PIECE OF PLA STIC SPOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FELL WITH A FORK IN HAND DX: CHEEK LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Flatware
POKED HERSELF IN RT EYE W/ FORK. ACUTE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT MOUTH WHEN FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flatware
AT DINNER, SISTER HIT HAND WITH SPOON, C/O PAIN. DX. SPRAIN R 4TH FING ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS RUNNING AND TRIPPED AND FELL WITH PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PUNCTURED HEAD WITH BBQ FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WITH A FORK IN HER MOUTH, PUNCTURED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
HIT WITH SPOON BY ANOTHER CHILD AT DAYCARE DX. FINGER ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Flatware
SMASHED POINTER FINGER OF L HAND IN CAR DOOR LAST WEEK, ACCIDENTALLY ST ABBED IT W/A FORK. DX. PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT FELL DOWN ON A FORK WHILE JUMPING AND SUSTAINED MINOR LACERATION PT LT UPPER EYELID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC FORK DX: INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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