Accidents - Mountain climbing - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,492
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	114
Year 1998:	191
Year 1999:	241
Year 2000:	318
Year 2001:	415
Year 2002:	216
Year 2003:	178
Year 2004:	235
Year 2005:	75
Year 2006:	113
Year 2007:	30
Year 2008:	168
Year 2009:	176
Year 2010:	16

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	379
16-25 years old:	1,465
26-50 years old:	506
50+ years old:	140

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/12/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
13 YOF WAS ROCK CLIMBING AND FELL BACK ONTO ANOTHER CLIMBER SUSTAINING A FRACTURED LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Mountain climbing
PT SLIPPED WHILE ROCK CLIMBING, GOT LT 3RD FINGER CAUGHT ON ROCK SUSTAINING INJURY TO FINGER PAD. DX-AVULSION-LT 3RD FINGER PAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
PT CUT FINGERS ON JAGGED ROCK WHILE CLIMBING. DX: R 3-5 DIGITS LAC 8.5 CM TOTAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
PT ROCK CLIMBING ON MT *** WHEN FELL AND INJURED FINGER. D: 4TH PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS AT *** CLIMBING WHEN PT STUCK THUMB IN CRACK AND GOT BIT BY AN I NSECT C/O TINGLING SENSATION MOVING UP ARM.SCORPION STING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS ROCK CLIMBING NOW HAS C/O PAIN TO FINGER. DX FINGER TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS PLAYING WITH MOUNTAIN CLIMBING ROPE WITH CLIP AND CUT HIS FINGER DX LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Mountain climbing
PT FELL 6 FT WHILE ROCK CLIMBING. DX: L FOURTH DIGIT DISLOCATION, L HAND CONT, L WRIST ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
FELL WHILE ROCK-CLIMBING. DX FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
17 Y/O M INJURED R 3RD FINGER WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 ROCKS WHILE ROCK C LIMBING IN PARK. DX;R MID FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing, Glass bottles or jars
19 YOF WAS CLIMBING UP ROCKS W/ 2 GLASS BOTTLES IN HAND, SLIPPED & BOTT LES BROKE & PT SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO LEFT INDEX, MIDDLE, RING FINGRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
ROCK CLIMBING, LOST GRIP CUTTING FINGER ON ROCKS "LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
46 YOM ROCK CLIMBING, ROPE CAUGHT AROUND R SMALL FINGER FX TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
23 Y/O F INJURED R THUMB WHILE ROCK CLIMBING IN ***.DX; FX R THUMB. DX; FX R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
PT ROCK CLIMBING AND SMASHED FINGER. D: LACERATION, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mountain climbing
PT JAMMED FINGERS ON ICE AXE WHILE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. DX: CONT FOURTH FINGER, SUPERF FROST BIKE EARS, WRIST, FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
CLIMBING INDOOR ROCK WALL 7 DAYS EARLIER FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS CLIMBING IN THE CANYON AND SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HURT HER THUMB. DX: SPRAINED THUMB, GAMEKEEPERS THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS CLIMBING ROCKS AT *** RIVER AND SLIPPED AND LACERATEDFINGER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
INJ HAND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING DX: LT 5TH FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WITH FINGER NUMBNESS SINCE ROCK CLIMBING ONE WEEK AGO. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS HELPING A STUDENT ROCK CLIMB INJURING RT THUMB RT THUMB AVULSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Mountain climbing, Other manual workshop tools
SMASHED W/ CATAPAULT WHILE MOUNTAIN ROCK CLIMBING DX: SKIN AULSION LT. 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
RIGHT 3RD FINGER SPR. PT INJURED FINGER WHEN ROCK CLIMBING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mountain climbing
PT INJURED L 4TH FINGER ROCK CLIMBING, L 4TH FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
ROCK CLIMBING INJURED FINGER FRACTURE RIGHT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
ACUTE FX LEFT 3RD FINGER -, HEMATOMA LEFT HAND - A ROCK STRUCK HAND WHI LE ROCK CLIMBING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2001	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2001	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2001	Age: 21 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: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2001	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2001	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2000	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2000	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2000	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2000	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2000	Age: 33 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2000	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/1999	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/1999	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/1999	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/1998	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Mountain climbing, Jewelry
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/1998	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/1998	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/1997	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/1997	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mountain climbing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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