Accidents - Kites or kite string - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 268
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2003:	77
Year 2005:	158
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	16

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	77
6-15 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	32
26-50 years old:	76
50+ years old:	66

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 02/22/2010	Age: 25 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: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
25YOM, WENT ?KITTING&SUSTAINED A FALL WITH THE DORSUM OF HAND AGAINST R OCKS>>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
6YOF RUNNING BACKWARDS WHILE FLYING A KITE AND STRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string, Surfing
WHILE KITE SURFING ROPE CAUGHT AROUND ARM HAND ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN OUT IN YARD FLYING A KITE & TRIPPED & FELL. DX; LAC.L.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
PATIENT WAS FLYING A KITE, TRIPPED AND FELL ON RUSTY TIN AT HOME. DX-ABRASION SKIN FLAP LEEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Kites or kite string
*** KITE STICK STUCK HAND SPLINTER TO HAND / FINGER SPLINTER TO HAND / FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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