Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2003 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,338
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	12
6-15 years old:	205
16-25 years old:	69
26-50 years old:	755
50+ years old:	295

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Clothing accessories
FINGER FX-SHOVELING-GOT SPLINTER FROM SHOVEL-THROUGH HER GLOVE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC L 2ND FINGER ON FLOWER CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 14 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: Other unpowered garden tools
14 YO BM - SPRAINED RT INDEX FINGER - INJURED WITH SHOVEL TRYING TO KIL L A SNAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Ceilings and walls
CAUGHT BETWEEN SHOVEL AND WALL - FRACTURE MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 28 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: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM A RAKE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 27 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: Other unpowered garden tools
27 YOM CUT HAND ON SHOVEL LACERATION L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT SELF WITH SHOVEL DX. FINGER CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
37 YOM HYPEREXTENDED HIS THUMB WHILE SHOVELING SPRAIN L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 8 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: Other unpowered garden tools
PICKED UP A SICKLE BLADE, CUT LEFT 2ND FINGER DX: LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RT INDEX FINGER PAIN-@ HOME-HIT FINGER ON A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT LAC LT MIDDLE FINGER ON ROSE CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
7 Y/O M INJURED LT THUMB WHEN HIT WITH SHOVEL BY PLAYMATE AT HOME. DX: CONTUSION LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CAUGHT FINGERS WITH A POST HOLE DIGGER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT CUT FINGER ON A SICKLE; INJURY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER DX: OPEN FRACTURE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT THUMB ON SHOVEL DX. THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT GOT A SLIVER IN LT THUMB WHILE RAKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT FINGER ON GARDEN TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS USING A GARDEN FORK AND INJURED HER FINGER. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RIGHT INDEX FINGER FX. PT INJURED FINGER ON A SHOVEL WHEN DOING YARD WO RK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Metal containers
SMASHING CANNED DOG FOOD WITH SHOVEL, SHOVEL BROKE CUTTING THUMB. DX; LACERATION THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 81 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: Other unpowered garden tools
SOFT TISSUE INFECTION LEFT RING FINGER - RAKING LEAVES AND CLEANING IN YARD - PATIENT THINKS MAY BE A THORN IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT USING A SHOVEL AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON OLD SHOVEL AT HOME; FINGER ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT CHOPPING WOOD WITH WEDGE AND CHOPPED OFF FINGERTIP. D: FINGERTIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
INJ RT RING FINGER @ HOME-CRUSHED FINGER W/ "DIGGING BAR" WHEN SLIPPED/ FELL. DX:OPEN FRX RT RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS SHOVELING IN YARD. DX: L FLEXOR TENDON TEAR THIRD DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
62 YOM WAS DIGGING WITH A POSTHOLE DIGGER AND HE GOT A SPLINTER IN LEFT THUMB. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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