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Accidents - Flatware - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,441
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Mouth:448Eyeball:346
Finger:235Face:152
Internal:145Neck:65
Head:28Upper Leg:6
Hand:6All Of Body:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/19/2004Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
8 MO DX: LACERATION LIP - DAD THINKS 3 YR. OLD HAD PUT FORK IN BABY'S M OUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2004Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
CHILD HAD SPOON IN BACK OF THROAT TONIGHT. SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD ON TON UE. D: OROPHARYNX TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2004Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flatware
SIBLING HIT PT IN HEAD REPEATEDLY WITH SPOON THIS EVENING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT WAS EATING YOGURT C A PLASTIC SPOON, LATER MOM NOTICED THE TIP OF TH E PLASTIC SPOON HAD BEEN CHIPPED, SUSTAINED'' FOREIGN BODY INGESTION''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2004Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LAC LIF ON PLASTIC FORK AS MOTHER TRIED TO GET IT FROM HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2004Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
CORNEAL ABRASION - 17 MOF C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN, HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH A S POON YESTERDAY AND POSSIBLY SCRATCHED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Flatware
SPILLED HOT SOUP ON HAND WHEN PT REACHED FOR A FORK. D: 2ND DEGREE BU RN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2004Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK AT KFC. DX: SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2004Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flatware, Chairs
CHI, CHIN LACERATION, STANDING IN CHAIR AND FELL ON A SPOON THAT WAS O N THE TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LAC INSIDE OF MOUTH WHEN PUT PLASTIC SPOON IN MOUTH AT HOME DX MUCOSAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LACERATION HEAD - 3 YOM WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL SOUP SPOON WHILE PLAYING WITH SISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT STRUCK CHIN ON END OF METAL SPOON & SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2004Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
15 MOF FELL WITH FORK IN MOUTH CAUSING LACERATION TO LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT WAS STANDING WITH SPOON IN MOUTH FELL AND INJURED MOUTH. DX ORAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/29/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
PT STUCK FINGER IN THE HOLE ON A SPOON HANDLE AT SCHOOL & GOT THE SPOON STUCK ON HER FINGER. DX: FOREIGN BODY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH FORK DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2004Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT DX SMALL ABRASION ON HARD PALATE - CUT TO MOUTH AFTER FALLING WITH SPOON IN MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2004Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT WAS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE WITH A SPOON - FELL AND HIT HEAD ON EDG E OF SOFA. D: LACERATION EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2004Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT SUST ABRASION TO EYEBALL WITH PLASITC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
MOUTH, CUT SOFT PALATE WITH A SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC FORK DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC SPOON, HAVING STOMACH PAIN, SENT TO E D FROM PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware, Tables
PT GOT POKED IN THE EYE WITH A FORK, BY ANOTHER CHILD WHIEL SITTING TO THE DINNER TABLE, SUSTIANED"BLUNT EYE TRAUMA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2004Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT. SWALLOWED TIP OF A PLASTIC FORK THAT SHE BIT OFF IN HOTEL ROOM. DX. SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FACE CUT, FALL WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT WAS WALKING WITH PLASTIC FORK &HER COUSIN FELL ONTO HER AND FORK BRO KE, SUSTAINED " SUPERFICIAL EYELID LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
POKED IN R EYE WITH SALAD FORK. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AFTER BROTHER ACCIDENTLY STABBED HIM WITH A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Flatware, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT STUCK A SPOON IN A LIGHT SOCKET. C/O PAIN IN R FOOT. DX: ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2004Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WHILE HOLDING A PLASTIC FORK POKED SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE ABRASI ON EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT RAN INTO A FORK IN MOM'S HAND,FORK HIT CORNER OF EYE DX CORNEAL ABR ASION RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT ON WOOD SPOON FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: POKED SELF IN EYE WITH FORK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware, Chairs
3 YO F FELL OUTCHAIR W/FORK INJURED FACE W/FORK ABRASION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
EYE INJURY - 2 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A SPOON AND ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HIM SELF IN THE LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
INGESTED FORK TINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT SCRATCHED SELF IN LT EYE WITH A FORK BY HIS BROTHER, CORNEAL ABRASIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH FORK DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2004Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
ABRASION R TONSIL - FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT MOUTH WHEN FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT POKED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH A FORK. C/O ALOT OF TEARING. DX. CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PIECE OF SPOON @ DAYCARE DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT SCRATCHED W/A FORK; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2004Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT WAS HIT IN THE LT EYE W/A PLASTIC FORK BY SIX YEAR OLD BROTHER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT PLAYING WITH A FORK AND JAMMED IT IN BACK OF THROAT, THROAT ABRASIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT LAC FINGER WITH A FORK. DX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT WALKED INTO A FORK HELD BY AN ADULT AT EYE LEVEL. DX: RUPTURE L GLOBE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/20/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
POKED EYE WITH FORK EYELID ABD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2004Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT WAS EATING AND PART OF THE PLASTIC SPOON IS MISSING. D: FOREIGN BO DY IN ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/13/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT SUST LACERATION TO MOUTH FROM SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
BROTHER POKED PT IN LT. EYE WITH A FORK- EYE WATERING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2004Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT POKED HERSELF IN EYE WITH FORK DURING BREAKFAST AT HOME; CORNEA L ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PATIENT FELL WHEN RUNNING WITH SPOON IN MOUTH AT HOME; THROAT TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2004Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PATIENT PUT SPOON IN MOUTH, HAD BLEEDING AND CRYING WITH PAIN, REFUSING PO, DROOLING, HOLDING MOUTH OPEN; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/17/2004Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PATIENT SCRATCHED BACK OF MOUTH WITH SPOON. DX: ABRASION TO INSIDE OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2004Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware, Cookware
21 MON OLD W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. MOM STS A SPOON FROM THE PASTA PO T FELL & STRUCK PT IN THE EYE @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
3 Y.O. W MALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT STUCK A FORK IN HIS EYE @ HOME. E9 14
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
CONTUSED EYELID WITH FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware, Counters or countertops
MOM STATED SHE SET SPOON ON COUNTER WHEN COOKING FRIES, PT PICKED UP SP OON AND HELD BETWEEN LEGS THEN HID BEHIND BACK; 2ND DEGREE THIGH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
SPOON VS. FACE DX: LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT DX ORAL MUCOSA LACERATION - MOUTH CUT INSIDE BY METAL SPOON TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH DX LACERTION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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