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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,284
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 53 YOF LACERATES FINGER ON CARDBOARD BOX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| SHUT FINGER IN GLOVEBOX AND SUSTAINED A SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 39 YOF TENOSYNOVITIS THUMB MOVING BOXES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 32 Y/O B/FM BRUISED FINGER AFTER BOX FELL ON FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 51 YOM LACERATED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON PIECE OF CARDBOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 69 YOF LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON ALUMINUM FOIL BOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT OPENING A CARDBOARD BOX AND HAD LEFT FIFTH FINGER BENT BACK STRAINED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Food processors |
| GETTING FOOD PROCESSOR OUT OF CARDBOARD BOX AND LACERATED FINGER ON BLA DE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives |
| C/O PT STATES CUT FINGER WITH KNIFE WHILE OPENING A BOX DX LT FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT FINGER WITH CARDBOARD FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT. WAS FIGHTING WITH SISTER OVER BOX OF CHINESE FOOD WHEN METAL HANDLE GOT EMBEDDED UNDER THUMB. DX.: F.B. FINGER, SUPERFICIAL, SUBCUTANEOUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| C/O PT STATES A BOX FELL ON FINGER DX LT FINGER HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 21 YO MALE CUT LEFT THUMB ON CARDBOARD BOXPARONYCHIA INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON SERRATED PORTION OF *** WRAP BOX AT HOME AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| TRYING TO CUT CARDBOARD BOX WITH RAZOR BLADE DX: FINGER LACS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 70 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: Cardboard products |
| CUT FINGER ON THE SERRATED EDGE OF PLASTIC WRAP BOX. "LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB ON CARDBOAR D BOX AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL - 4 MM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 33 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: Cardboard products |
| R RING FINGER INJURY: PICKED UP CARDBOARD BOX, FELT "POP" R RING ` FINGER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| AVULSION FINGER - 27 YOF WAS PUNCHING A HOLE IN A CARDBOARD BOX TONIGHT AND HER ACRYLIC NAIL ON LEFT THUMB CAUGHT AND PULLED OFF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Cardboard products, Other manual workshop tools |
| C/O PT WAS LIFTING BOXES WITH CROWBAR AND INJURED FINGER NAIL DX LT FINGER NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Aluminum foil wrapping products |
| 25 YO - DX: LAC. L THUMB - HAND CUT ON INDUSTRIAL SIZE "TIN FOIL" BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT ON SHARP EDGE OF SHRINK WRAP BOX. DX- 2 CM L INDEX FINGER LACERATIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 8 YOM LACERATES FINGER CUTTING CARDBOARD BOX WITH UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 54 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Cardboard products, Scissors |
| PT CUTTING CARDBOARD WITH SCISSORS WHEN CUT RING FINGER. D: AVULSION, F INGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DROPPED A BOX ON FINGER CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT CUT RIGHT THUMB ON A CAN. DX-LACERATION THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 52 YO MALE CUT RIGHT THUMB ON BASE OF ALUMINUM FOIL BOX EDGE LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF CARDBOARD BOX (WAXED PAPER BOX) DX: R 5TH FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT FINGER ON CARDBOARD BOX IN THE STORE DX: R 3RD FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DROPPED A BOX ONTO FINGER BRUISING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT THUMB WHILE OPENING CARDBOARD BOX AT HOME; LFT THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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