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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,496
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Aluminum foil wrapping products |
| PT CUT FINGER WHILE PLAYING WITH A BOX OF FOIL. D: LACERATION RIGHT T HUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 20 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DX L THUMB STRAIN: DROP'D CARDBOARD BOX ONTO THUMB, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 51 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, Cabinet or door hardware |
| CARRYING A CARDBOARD BOX FINGER HIT DOOR LATCH AND HAD LAC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DX L HAND INDEX FINGER MIDDLE PHALNX TINY VOLAR PLATE FX: C/O PAIN TO L RINGER FINGER S/P LIFT'G HAEVY CARTON, FINGER BENT @ JT UNABLE TO EXT'D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Saws |
| PT WORKING ON ENGINEERING PROJECT FOR CLASS AND CUT FINGER W SAW DX: FI NGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 18 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, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 18 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUTTING BOX OPEN WITH UTILITY KNIFE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 79 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 |
| CUTTING BOX AND FINGER GOT IN THE WAY. DX LACERATION L 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 52 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, Scissors |
| LAC THU;MB ON SHEARS OPENING A BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 12 months | 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 |
| FELL FROM A CARDBOARD BOX DX: LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 12 months | 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: Cardboard products |
| POSS PT CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF CARDBOARD DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 15 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 |
| CARDBOARD SNUFF BOX INJURED FINGER WHEN OPENING DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT THUMB ON *** WRAP BOX. DX THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 28 YOF LACERATED RIGHT RING FINGER ON SERRATED EDGE OF *** WRAP BOX WHE N SHE DROPPED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THE FINGER WHEN INJURED WHILE LIFTED HEAVY BOXES.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 59 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 |
| 59 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON CUTTING EDGE OF *** WRAP BOX AT HOM E* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 29 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME, BOX FELL AND HIT RT HAND CAUSING A CONTUSION TO RT INDE X FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STRUCK THUMB ON A BOX . DX AVULSION FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| LACERATION L THUMB WHILE CUTTING BOXES APART# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 21 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 TO FINGER ON CARDBOARD BOX DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 13 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 |
| PT WAS CUT ON RIGHT FINGER FROM A PIECE OF CARDBOARD, LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| LAC TO FINGER, WAS @ HOME CARRYING REFRIGERATOR BOX, SLIT FINGER AS HE SET BOX DOWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 59 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, Knives |
| DX LIF LAC: ACUTE WOUND INFXN: TRYING TO OPEN CARDBOARD BOX W KITCHEN KNIFE AND SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cardboard products, Heavy-duty workshop staplers |
| 40YOM AT HOME HAD A STAPLE THAT CAME OFF A CARDBOARD BOX ENTER FINGER; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 24 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, Knives with replaceable blades |
| L THUMB LAC/24YOF AT HOME WAS OPENING A BOX OF PANCAKES USING AN ***KNI FE AND CUT L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PTS MOM A BOX FELL ON CHILDS FINGER DX RT FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT CUT HER LT 5TH DIGIT ON A *** WRAP BOX. DX-LT 5TH FINGERLACERAT ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Aluminum foil wrapping products |
| PT CUT FINGER ON ALUMINUM FOIL BOX AT HOME AND THEN DEVELOPED CHEST PAI N DX// LEFT 2ND FINGER LAC CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 AN ALUMINUM FOIL BOX. DX. FINGER LAC ERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2008 | Age: 38 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, Light bulbs |
| CHANGING LIGHT BULB AND TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2008 | Age: 72 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: Cardboard products |
| LAC FINGER ON SOME CARDBOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47 YO M LACERATION TO FINGE REACHED INTO SCRAP METAL BOX AT HOME CUT HAND ON METAL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 34 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUTTING OPEN A BOX AND GOT SOMETHING IN FINGER CAUSING SWELLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 56 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, Knives |
| OPENING BOX WITH SERRATED KNIFE AND SLIPPED AND LAC FINGER ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 32 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 32 YO M CONTUSION TO FINGER LOADING BOXES 2-3 DAYS AGO THINKS INJURY OCCURED THEN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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