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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 721
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PUNCTURED HAND WITH A MEAT FORK AT HOME ..PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2009 | Age: 33 years | 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 WITH ABRASION TO EYE, STRUCK ACCIDENTALLY BY BABY WITH A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 30 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: Flatware |
| CHOPPING ICE WITH A STEAK FORK VS SHARP IMPLEMENT&PUNCTURED LT INDEX FI NGER>>LAC/PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| REPORTS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC ?FORK WHILE EATING FOOD&NOW C/O>>THROAT FB SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| 32 YO M WAS STABBING SOME COLD BUTTER WITH A FORK WHEN FORK SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED INDEX FINGER. DX: FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS AT HOME STIRRING POTATOE SALAD WITH A WOODEN SPOON SPRAINED RT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER SWALLOWED FORK- DX- INGESTED OBJECT TO INTERNAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| LAC TO R THUMB ON BROKEN SPOON DX: THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Flatware, Tables |
| PT TRIED TO STICK FORK IN TABLE AND STUCK IT IN WRIST. DX: FORK IMPALEMENT/PW R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Flatware, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT PICKED UP A HOT METAL SPOON OFF OF STOVE. DX: SUPERFICIAL 2ND DEG BURN R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT WAS IN THE KITCHEN AT HOME AND A FORK WENT THRU THE POINTER FINGER DX. FINGER PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT TRYING TO SEPERATE FROZEN HAMBURGERS WITH A FORK AT HOME AND INJURED FINGER DX// PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Flatware |
| GOT INTO ARGUMENT WITH WIFE & THEN HELD A FORK TO NECK THREATENING TO K ILLSELF>>ETOH=0.233 INTOX/PSYCH EVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | Age: 26 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 |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Flatware |
| 33 YOM BURNED SELF WITH SPOON UNDER NOSE WHILE USEING HERION 2ND DEGREE BURN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flatware |
| DIRECT BLOW TO HAND WHILE PLAYING GAMES W/ SPOON DX: FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Flatware |
| STABBED FINGER WITH FORK. DX PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT DX PAIN IN OR AROUND EYE - S/P PT C/O EYE PAIN AFTER BEING HIT IN LT EYE WITH DINER FORK 5 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| INGESTED SPOON IN PRISON. DX INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/05/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| DX L THUMB CELLULITIS/PYOGENIC GRANULOMA L THUMB: 4D AGO W REMOV'G SILVERWARE F DRAWER, HIT L THUMB, ARTIFICAL & NATR'L NAIL RIP'D OFF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Flatware |
| C/O EAR PAIN&HEADACHE S/P HITTING LET EAR WITH PORCELAIN SPOON HOLDER W HICH SHATTERED 2 DAYS AGO>>EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flatware |
| 39 YOM IS DISABLED AND WAS TAKING BITE OF FOOD, SON PUSHED FORK IN TOO FAR AND PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO BACK OF MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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