Accidents - Manual scissors - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,788
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	149
Year 1998:	159
Year 1999:	84
Year 2000:	326
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	305
Year 2003:	143
Year 2004:	172
Year 2005:	46
Year 2006:	222
Year 2007:	392
Year 2008:	326
Year 2009:	192
Year 2010:	198

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	318
6-15 years old:	1,021
16-25 years old:	338
26-50 years old:	653
50+ years old:	455

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
15 YO WM SAT ON SCISSORS AT HOME CUT THIGH LACERATION LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
32 Y MALE USING SCISSORS TO CUT SKIN TAG ON THIGH C/O PAIN DX: THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
43YOF, ACC SAT ON PAIR OF SCISSORS CUTTING THIGH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
12YOM CUT LEG WITH SCISSORS AT SCHOOL LACERATION UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
25YOM,ACC CUT SELF ONTO THIGH WITH PAIR OF SCISSORS WHILE CUTING AN ?BO JECT>>PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO THIGH WHEN SCISSORS FELL ON HER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Chairs
R THIGH LAC/22YOM SAT DOWN ON SEAT WHERE THERE WERE SCISSORS AND THEY L ACERATED R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT SUST LAC TO THIGH WITH SCISSORS WHILE SEWING#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
SAT ON A PAIR OF SCISSORS. DX THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
WAS USING A SCISSORS AT HOME; ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED IT ON LEFT THIGH. L ACERATION, LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PT WITH PW TO UPPER LEGS, CAUGHT SCISSORS BETWEEN LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT'S COUSIN ACCIDNTALLY STABBED PT IN RIGHT THIGH WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS DX: LACERATION RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, First aid equipment
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY CUT WITH SCISSORS @ NURSING HOME-TAKING OFF BANDAGE-L EG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
ACCIDENTALLY SAT DOWN ON A PAIR OF SEWING SHEARS/SCISSORS CUTTING THIGH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT JUMPED ON COUCH WITH CLOSED SCISSORS AND STABBED THIGH AREA-PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
R THIGH LAC/15YOF AT HOME WAS USING SCISSORS AND SLIPPED CUTTING THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT WITH LAC TO LEG FROM SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PT STATES ACCIDENTLY STUCK SELF WITH SCISSORS IN THE LEFT LEG DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT CUT SELF WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS IN THE RIGHT UPPER LEG LACERATION L EG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PATIENT PUNCTURED RIGHT THIGH WITH PAIR OF SCISSORS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/04/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
CUT TO THIGH SAT ON PAIR OF SCISSORS DX: LACERATION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual scissors
PT HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH HER PARENTS AND SHE TOOK A PAIR ODF SCISSORS AN D SUSTAINED SELF INFLICTED ABRASIONS TO THIGHS AND LEGS TO CAUSE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
STUCK SELF WITH PAIR OF SCISSORS DX: PUNC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PT STABBED UPPER LEG WITH A SCISSORS ACCIDENTALLY. DX: STAB WOUND RIGHT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
ACCIDENTALLY ST ABBED IN LEG WITH SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PLAYING C SCISSORS WHILE MOM WAS COOKING, FELL CUTTING THIGH ON SCISSOR " LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT SUST LACERATION TO LEG FROM SCISSOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT WAS PLAYING C PAIR OF SCISSORS WHILE MOM COOKING, PT TRIPPED&CUT THI GH ON SCISSORS SUSTAINED" LEG LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
40 YOF LACERATES R UPPER LEG WITH SCISSORS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
LAC TO UPPER LEG WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT C/O LAC RT LEG. PT CUT LEG ON SCISSORS. DX LAC RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK WITH SCISSORS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
14 YOFC WAS CUTTING SOME SCHOOL PICTURES AND THE SCISSORS FELL AND STAB BED HER IN THE THIGH/ LACERATION TO R. THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Nonelectric blankets
STABBED WITH SCISSORS WHILE MAKING BLANKET/ LAC RT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors, Outerwear
PT HAD SCISSORS IN JACKET POCKET, WAS RUNNING IN SNOW AND SLIPPED FELL, SCISSORS STABBED PT IN LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Day wear
CUT LEG WHILE TRYING TO CUT PANTS WITH SCISSORS AT DAYCARE DX:LACERATED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
LAC L THIGH; DROPPED SCISSOR ON SELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
[T USING A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors, Outerwear
PW TO LEG WHEN CUTTING PANTS WITH SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
FELL ONTO PAIR OF SCISSORS, PUNCTURING LEFT THIGH AND KNEE DX: PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT THIGH AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
ACCIDENTLY STABBED HERSELF IN RT THIGH W/ PAIR OF HOUSEHOLD SCISSORS YE STERDAY. PUNCTURE WOUND RT LATERAL THIGH@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2000	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2000	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2000	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2000	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Paper products
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2000	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1999	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/1998	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/1998	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/1997	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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