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Accidents - Flatware - 0-5 years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,332
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Mouth:509Face:268
Eyeball:246Toe:67
Lower Arm:59Foot:59
Internal:44Lower Trunk:21
Lower Leg:15Hand:15
Pubic Region:11Head:11

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT BACK OF THROAT WITH SPOON
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware, Floors or flooring materials
PT RUNNING AT HOME AND FELL TO THE FLOOR WHILE HOLDING A FORK WHICH POK ED HER IN THE FACE ABRASION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LACERATION FOREHEAD - 2 YOF FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH A FORK LACERATING H ER FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Flatware, Tables
PT HAD SEIZURE AT DINNER TABLE, DAD PUT SPOON IN MOUTH DX: R LOWER CANINE 1ST MOLAR TEETH ABULSION FEBRILE SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PUNCTURE FACE - 22 MOM WAS RUNNING WITH A FORK AND FELL CAUSING PUNCTUR E WOUNDS TO HIS CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
MOUTH LACERATION, CUT WITH A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT FELL WHILE SHE HAD A PLASTIC FORK IN HER MOUTH. D: ORAL TRAUMA / I NJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
FOREHEAD BURN-@ HOME-HOT POTATOE BROKE & FELL OFF FORK-HIT PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT PLAYING IN KITCHEN, CAME OUT RUBBING EYE. MOM NOTED FORK IN HAND. DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2005Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
EATING AND PLAYING WITH A SPOON AND MAY HAVE SWALLOWED THE TIP OF THE S POON WHICH DID NOT SHOW UP IN X RAY-NEED TO OBSERVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Flatware
CHILD STEPPED ON FORK AT HOME, STABBED BETWEEN TOES. DX:SKIN AVULSION - TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PATIENT HAD A FORK THROWN AT HIM BY 1 YEAR OLD CHILD AT HOME DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
5 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC BROTHER HIT PT ON THE HEAD WITH A SPOON. D: LACER ATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
RUNNING C WOODEN SPOON IN MOUTH, FELL WENT THRU OROPHARYNX. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2005Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT WAS CRAWLING WITH A SPOON IN HIS MOUTH, & FELL, CUTTING ROOF OF MOUTH. DX: PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Flatware
DX: MOUTH LAC WHEN FELL WITH WOODEN SPOON IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
CHILD POKED SELF IN EYE WITH FORK AT HOME DURING DINNER. DX: CORNEAL AB RASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2005Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT RUNNING, FELL & HIT MOUTH. POSSIBLY HAD PLASTIC SPOON IN MOUTH. DX: LAC LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2005Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT WAS RUNNIGN WITH A PLASTIC SPOON IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE FELL ON IT SUS TAINED A LACERATIION TO INSIDEOF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2005Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH DX. MOUTH ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWOLLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC FORK. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2005Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
WALKING W/PLASTIC SPOON IN MOUTH, FELL, JABBED THROATDX: SOFT PALLETTE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
4Y/M BROKE A PLASTIC FORK AND PIECE FLEW IN HIS EYE DURING A CAR RIDE T ODAY,EYE "FEELS SCRATCHY",NO VISION PROBLEMS;RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware, Balloons
STABBED IN RT FOOT WITH FORK BY BROTHER WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO POP BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
EYE ABRASION, HIT WITH A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED TIP OF PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
22 MONTH OLD MALE FELL ON FORK WHILE IN MOUTH LACERATION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED SELF WITH A FORK, IN RT EYE DX: RT. EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
FELL ONTO SPOON FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
MOM REPORTS PT SUCKING ON A TEASPOON LAST NIGHT & SWALLOWED IT. DX: POSSIBLE INGESTION FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
RUNNING WITH METAL SPOON IN MOUTH, TRIPPED & FELL. LAC TO MOUTH & NECK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/02/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT PUT A PLASTIC FORK HANDLE INTO VAGINA - TOLD GM AS SHE WAS GETTING R EADY TO TAKE A BATH DX VAGINAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
MOUTH - SOFT PALATE -LACERATION, POKED HOLES IN THROAT FELL WITH CHOP-S TICKS IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A TINE FROM A PLASTIC FORK DX: POSSIBLE SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware, Barstools or kitchen stools
PT WAS SITTING ON KITCHEN STOOL WITH FORK IN HAND AND TRIPPED WHEN GETT ING OFF STOOL POKING HERSELF IN EYE WITH FORK. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
EYE CONTUSED, POKED WITH PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT WAS CHEWING ON PLASTIC SPOON,SWOLLOWED A SMALL PIECE OF IT SUSTAINED " INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flatware
CHI. HIT ON HEAD WITH METAL SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware, Tables
0.5 CM LOWER LEG LAC-FORK FELL OFF TABLE-HIT PT'S LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
WOODEN FORK JAMMED IN PATIENT'S CHEEK CUTTING FACE; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/26/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT POSSIBLY FELL ON A PLASTIC SPOON. DX: LAC FRENULUM OF LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT CUT ABDOMEN WITH A FORK AT DAYCARE TODAY. DX: ABRASION TRUNK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
WHILE EATING WAS TRYING TO STICK FORK IN CORN ON COB, FORK FLEW UP AND HIT HER R EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A SPOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2005Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT INJURIED ORAL MUCOSA ON A LARGE WOODEN SPOON THAT WAS IN PT'S MOUTH SUSTAINED" ORAL MUCOSA LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
EYE FB-RUNNING W/ FORK IN HAND-FELL-FORK INPALED RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/06/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
RUNNING WITH A SPOON IN HIS MOUTH AND FELL DX: SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO LINGUAL MUCOSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware, Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT STATED HER "PEE PEE" HURT WHILE IN BATHTUB, TOLD MOM 9 YO SON O F BABYSITTER PUT A SPOON IN HER "PEE PEE"; POSSIBLE ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flatware
PT HIT WITH IN EYE WITH A SPOON THROWN BY BROTHER, EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2005Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
PT STABBED IN EYE WITH A FORK THIS AM, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware, Cookware
DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND: GRABBED HOT SPOON FROM POT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
MOUTH LAC, VIA EMS, SCHOOL AIDE, STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A FORK WHILE EATING IN THE CAFETERIA, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, NO DENTAL LOOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
BURNS R FOREARM, MOTHER STS PT RAN INTO A HOT FORK, WHILE SIBLING COOKED FOOD, C/O PAIN, REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
FELL WITH SPOON IN MOUTH DX. PALATE ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
LAC FACE WITH SILVERWARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Flatware
EYE HEMORRHAGE, COUSIN THREW A FORK AND HIT CHILD IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2005Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT WAS RUNNING W/SPOON IN MOUTH AND HAS LAC. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Flatware
CHILD TOOK SPOONFUL HOT OATMEAL IN MOUTH TODAY. ACUTE THERMAL BURN 2ND DEGREE ANTERIOR TONGUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT WAS RUNNING WITH A WOODEN SPOON IN HIS MOUTH & FELL, PT. BLEEDING FROM NOSE & MOUTH. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HARD PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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