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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,620
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2003 | Age: 41 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: Automatic doors |
| 41 YO M INJURED FINGER ON GARAGE DOOR LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| OPEN FRACTURE LEFT THUMB.PT INJURED THUMB ON A GARAGE DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT C/O SEVERING TIP OF FINGER OFF IN GARAGE DOOR CRUSH INJ TOP OF BABY FINGER RT 4TH DISTAL TIP AVULSION FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2003 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| LACERATION DP FINGER, POSSIBLE TUFT FRACTURE, CAUGHT LT 4TH FINGER IN CAR DOOR AT HOME, PULLED FINGER OUT, HIT IT ON CABLE OF GARAGE DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2003 | Age: 46 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: Automatic doors |
| PT. MASHED FINGER IN THE SPRING IN THE GARAGE DOOR DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| FINGER LAC, PT WAS INSTALLING A GARAGE DOOR AND THE SPRING UNWOUND AND INJURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| ELDERLY PERSON GOT FINGERS IN AUTO GARAGE DOOR,PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/05/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| LAC (R) 1ST FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH THE GARAGE DOOR, C/O PAIN, SWEL LING, SENSATION INTACT, NO TENDON COMPROMISE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT CAUGHT R MAIN RING FINGER TIP IN GARAGE DOOR - CRUSH INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT CAUGHT FINGER IN AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR AND CRUSHED BETWEEN PANELS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT DX LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER - S/P PT HAD CABLE TO GARAGE DOOR SLIP RAPIDLY,AND CUT HIS LT FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT SEEN FOR FINGER LAC AFTER IT WAS CAUGHT ON THE GARAGE DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| ELECTRIC DOOR AT STORE CLOSED ON PT'S FINGER. DX: FX L FIFTH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PATIENT'S FINGER GOT STUCK IN AN AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR AT HOME. DX LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| 36 YO FEMALE GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN GARAGE DOOR.CONTUSION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | 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: Automatic doors |
| WORKING ON GARAGE OPENER MECHANISM AND THUMB WAS SMASHED DX LAC THUMB T ENDON INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| SHUT FINGER IN AN AUTOMATIC DOOR FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| FINGER CUT BY AUTO GARAGE DOOR DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| GARAGE DOOR ROLLERS ROLLED OVER MIDDLE FINGER OF R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| 15YOM CRUSHED R & L MIDDLE & RING FINGERS IN PANELS OF AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR. DX: CONTUSION, R & L MIDDLE & RING FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| CRUSHED THUMB IN GARAGE DOOR-FRACTURED THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| SMASHED FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR-FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN GARAGE DOOR DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 11 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: Automatic doors |
| PUT FINGER IN CRACK OF AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR AS IT WAS COMING DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT BOTH HANDS IN AN AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR. DX-FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANX BILATERAL 4TH FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 2 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN AN AUTOMATIC DOOR AND CONTUSED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 18 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: Automatic doors |
| THUMB SMASHED IN ELECTRIC DOOR DX AVULSED THUMB NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT STATES HE WAS AT THE MALL AND CAUGHT FINGER IN AUTOMATIC DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| CUT FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 36 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: Automatic doors |
| PT WAS CUT WHILE PUTTING GARAGE DOOR OPENER IN. DX: R LITTLE FINGER 1.5-2CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| STRAINED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN AUTOMATIC DOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PATIENT GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN A GARAGE DOOR. DX-LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 58 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: Automatic doors |
| 58 YOF FINGER CLOSED IN GARAGE DOOR FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| 20 Y/O F C/O FINGERS BEING CRUSHED. PT'S FINGERS GOT CRUSHED IN ELECTRI C DOORS. DX CONT TO FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| 17 YOWM INJURED HIS RING FINGER ON A GARAGE DOOR PANEL AT OME. DX. AVUL SION R RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| 72 YO M CAUGHT L PINKI FINGER ON CABLE ON GARAGE DOOR, CUT FINGER. DX L ACERATION 5TH DIGIT VOLAR SURFACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Automatic doors |
| PT STATES SHE CAUGHT HER FINGER IN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 54 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: Automatic doors |
| PT STATES FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE GARAGE DOOR DX FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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