Accidents - Metal containers - 16-25 years old - Year 2007 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,546
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Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
CUT HAND ON FOOD CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Metal containers, Alcohol
+ETOH,STS PUNCHED METAL BOX THAT WAS IN THE STREET, DX 5TH METACARPAL FRACTURE R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT DX DEEP CUT TO RT HAND - INCISED WHILE OPENING CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A CAN LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE OPENING A CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT CUT HAND ON TIN CAN AT HOME DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT PRYING OPEN A CAN @ HOME HAD LAC TO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT CUT SELF ON CAN AT HOME. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
CUT HAND OPENING A CAN AT HOME LACERATION HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT CUT PINKY FINGER ON METAL CAN LID. D : LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Knives
20 YO FEMALE TRIED TO OPEN CAN WITH KNIFE LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 24 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: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A TIN CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Metal containers, Knives
PT WAS TRYING TO OPEN A METAL CAN WITH A KNIFE WHEN SHE STABBED THE CAN WITH THE KNIFE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND WHILE OPENING A CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 25 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: Metal containers
PT CUT HAND ON A CAN LID, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT LAC LT HAND WHILE OPENING A CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Knives
OPENING CAN OF SPAGHETTIOS WITH KNIFE AND SLICE HAND OPEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT C/O HAND LAC ON METAL FOOD CAN. DX LAC RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Can openers
PT OPENING CAN WITH CAN OPENER WHEN CUT HAND ON LID. D: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
CUT FINGER ON CAN @ HOME DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT CUT HAND OPENING CAN, HAND LAC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Knives
TRIED TO PRY OPEN CAN WITH KNIFE IT SLIPPED RESULTING IN LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Metal containers
PT PUNCED A METAL BOX. DX: R FOURTH METACARPAL BASE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
CUT (L) HAND ON A CAN OF CORN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LAC TO R HAND FROM A CORN CAN TOP. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT CAUGHT HAND ON METAL CAN LID, LACERATION TO THE LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Alcohol
PT. WAS TRYING TO OPEN A FOOD CAN AT HOME; ADMITS TO BEING INTOXICATED. LACERATION, RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
CUT HAND ON CAN/HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A FOOD CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Metal containers
PATIENT PUNCHED A METAL BOX 2 DAYS AGO NOW C/O RT HAND SWELLING DX - HAND CONTUSION, HAND CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 22 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: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Can openers
R HAND LAC/22YOM USING CAN OPENER TO OPEN CAN. LID DID NOT COME ALL THE WAY OFF SO USED HAND AND SUSTAINED LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 25 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: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT STS CUT R MIDDLE FINGER & PALM ON A CAN DX R HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT CUT HAND ON A CAN. DX: L HAND LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LAC HAND ON CAN TRYING TO OPEN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LAC L HAND, PT CUT W/A THIN CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Foods
PT DX LT HAND LACERATION - CUT HAND FROM CAN OF MILK ACCIDENTALLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
PT LAC RT HAND ON A CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND ON POP CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Foods
22 YOM LACERATED RIGHT HAND OPENING A CAN OF TUNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
OPENING CAN CUT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LACERATES HAND ON METAL SOUP CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Metal containers
RT HAND CONTUSION.PT DROPPED A LARGE CAN ON HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS PULLED OVER LAST EVENING BY THE POLICE HAD TO EMPTY HIS TRUCK OF ALL THE BEER CANS AND BOTTLES AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Metal containers
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A METAL CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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