Accidents - Manual scissors - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,229
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	584	Hand:	250
Ear:	207	Toe:	84
Pubic Region:	69	Wrist:	16
Foot:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
HIT FINGER ON BLADE OF SCISSORS DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
L SCROTUM LAC/54YOM AT HOME TRIMMING PUBIC HAIRS AND "KNICKED" SCROTUM WITH SCISSORS CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual scissors
PT CUT WITH SCISSORS; AVULSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT WAS USING A PAIR OF SCISSORS LOST HIS GRIP AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PT STABBED RIGHT HAND ACCIDENTLY WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS AT HOME PUNCTU RE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT TRIMMING FALL FLOWERS WITH SCISSORS CUTTING TIP OF RT MIDDLE FINGER RT FINGER TIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
CUT FINGER ON SCISSORS DX LAC TO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
79 YOF LACERATED THUMB WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
WHILE AT THE BEAUTY SHOP, THE HAIRDRESSER ACCIDENTALLY CUT HER LEFT EAR WITH SCISSORS DX: LACERATION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT AT THE SALON GETTING HAIR CUT WAS KNICKED IN THE RIGHT EAR BY A PAIR OF SCISSORS LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Manual scissors
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS ALL DAY LONG COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST CARPAL TUNNEL TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT. WAS TRIMMING HIS TOENAILS WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS, CUT HIS TOE - LACERATION TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT CLIPPING HIS TOE NAILS WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS AT HOME SUSTAI NED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual scissors
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS AT HOME SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND T O LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT USING A PAIR OF RUSTY MANUAL SCISSORS AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT USING KITCHEN SCISSORS CUTTING GRAPES DX: LT 3RD DIGIT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
PT USING A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSORS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual scissors
PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH A PAIR OF MANUAL SCISSO RS THREE DAYS AGO GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual scissors
69 YO M WIFE WAS CLIPPING HAIR OUT OF EARS, NICKED BY ACCIDENT. DX BLEE DING FROM EXTERNAL EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual scissors
DX:CELLULITIS. PT CUTTING NAIL AND CUT TOE WHICH THEN BECAME INFECTED. PT WAS USING A PAIR OF SCISSORS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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