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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 884
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| 19 YOM PUNCHED A MAIL BOX IN ANGER SUSTAINING A CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT PUNCTURED A HAND BY FALLING ON A LAWN ORNIMENT AT A HOUSE PARTY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| CUT LT HAND ON METAL LAWN EDGING, AT HOME DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| HAND FX. PT PUNCHED A MAILBOX INJURING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT WITH HAND PAIN S/P PUNCHING MAILBOX. D: METACARPL FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT CUT HAND WHEN CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN MAILBOX AND CAR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| ;PUNCHED A MAIL BOX AND INJ HAND FX IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT PUNCHED MAILBOX. DX: R HAND CONT/ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT DX CLOSED FX OF METACARPAL BONE - S/P DUE TO DIRECT BLOW X4 DAYS AGO ON STREET,PUNCHED MAILBOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT WAS IN THE YARD AND TRIPPED OVER CROSSTIE HAND LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| 94YOM WHILE GETTING MAIL OUT OF MAILBOX AT HOME CUT LEFT HAND ON MAILBOX;HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| BUMPED INTO MAILBOX DX: HAND LAC, ELBOW CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| FELL ON YARD ORNAMENT;DX LACERATED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| FX HAND ON MAILBOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| MC FX-PUNCHED METAL SIGN, MAILBOX, & SIDE OF HOUSE IN ANGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON METAL YARD ORNAMENT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT FELL INTO POND AT HOME AND CUT HAND ON A ROCK DX// LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| FELL ON DECORATIVE YARD EDGING;DX LACERATED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| HIT HAND ON MAILBOX AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment, Ceilings and walls |
| CONTUSION HAND - 17 YO MALE STATES THAT HE HAD A RAILROAD TIE LAND ON H IS HAND AND THEN HE PUNCHED A WALL IN ANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| STRUCK A STEEL MAILBOX. DX FRACTURE R HAND METACARPAL #5 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| C/O HAND PAIN&SWELLING STATUS POST PUNCHING VERSUS STRUCK HANDON A MAIL BOX >> HAND INJUREY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A BIRDHOUSE AND HURT L HAND, POP IN L 4TH & 5TH FINGE RS. DX. FX L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT CUT HAND ON A METAL YARD PIECE, LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PUNCHED A MAILBOX AND FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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