Accidents - Electric or battery-powered knives - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 758
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	68
26-50 years old:	444
50+ years old:	245

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	589	Lower Leg:	76
Hand:	76	Upper Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
INJ R MIDDLE/INDEX FINGERS,DISTAL/POST SIDE-INCISED ON ELEC.KNIFE BLADE -TRYING TO FIX.1CM AVUL.LAC,ABRASION INDEX/MIDDLE F.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
PT WAS CUTTING HAM WITH AN ELECTRICAL KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
PT C/O RT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION APPROXIMATELY 17 HRS AGO WHILE CUTTING TURKEY WITH ELECTRIC KNIFE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
CUT FINGER WITH AN ELECTRIC KNIFE DX: R INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
CUT THUMB WITH AN ELECTRIC KNIFE DX: LAC RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
CUT SELF WITH ELECTRIC KNIFE DX. THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
CUT LEFT 5TH DIGIT FROM BUTCHER KNIFE WHILE CUTTING FROZEN HAMBURGER DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
34 YOF CUT THUMB WITH KNIFE LACERATION R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
PATIENT CUT HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT HOME ON AN ELECTRIC KNIFE. DX-FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
PT.C/O CUT TO RT.THUMB RT.HAND SUSTAIN WITH ELECTRIC KNIFE. DX-LACERATION RT.THUMB RT.HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
LEFT 5TH FINGER TIP AVULSION-CUT TIP OF LEFT 5TH FINGER ON ELECTRIC CAR VING KNIFE. NO NUMBNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
PT USING AN ELECTRIC KNIFE AT HOME WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT IN THE CORD CAUSI NG HIM TO DROP IT ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
PT CUT FINGER WHILE USING ELECTRIC KNIFE DX: LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
CUT SELF WITH ELECTRIC KNIFE DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric or battery-powered knives
LAC TO RT MIDDLE FINGER ON ELECTRIC KITCHEN KNIFE LAST NIGHT. LAC ERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, DELAYED PRIMARY CLOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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