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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,018
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| 25 YO MALE PUNCHED A BOX FRACTURE WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| 21 YO MALE HURT LEFT WRIST WHILE LIFTING BOX SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| PAIN LIFTING A BOX DX. WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Containers |
| PT MOVED A BOX WHICH FELL ON HAND. DX: R WRIST CRUSH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Containers |
| PT STATES WAS PACKING BOXES ALL DAY AT HOME AND WOKE UP NEXT DAY WITH PAIN IN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| 20 YO MALE LIFTED HEAVY BOXES SPRAIN LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| DX LEFT WRIST SPRAIN: BENT WRIST BACK WHILE LIFTING HEAVY CONTAINERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT INJURED WRIST CARRING HEAVY BOXES FX CONTUSION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers, Knives |
| DX LEFT WRIST LACERATION: CUT WRIST WITH KNIFE WHILE OPENING BOX OF TOYS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| 20 Y.O. W FEMALE W/WRIST SPRAIN. PT WAS LIFTING UP SOME BOXES & HYPEREX TENDED WRIST @ HOME. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| PICKED UP 5 GALLON JUG OF WATER-TWISTED RT WRIST DX: RT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| WRIST SPRAIN - 24 YOF STATES SHE DROPPED A BOX TODAY INJURING RIGHT WRI ST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Containers |
| LEFT WRIST INJ. PT WAS LIFTING A BOX AND TWISTED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| RT WRIST SPRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A BOX AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT INJURED WRIST LIFTING HEAVY BOXES C/OPAIN DX; CONTUSION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| PATIENT WITH WRIST PAIN AFTER PICKING UP BOX. D; WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| PATIENT DROPPED A CASE OF *** ON HER RIGHT WRIST. DX-ACUTERIGHT WR IST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| LIFTING BOXES TODAY AND RIGHT WRIST "POPPED", SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Containers |
| PT PICKED UP A HEAVY BOX AT HOME.DX: WRIST TENDONITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT INJURED WRIST CARRYING BOXES C/O PAIN AND SWELLINGDX; CONTUSION WR IST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| ACUTE NOVICULAR FX OF THE WRIST - WHEN JUMPING OVER A BOX FELL ONTO WR IST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Containers, Computers |
| PATIENT WITH WRIST/THUMB PAIN AFTER TYPING USING COMPUTER MOUSE AND ALSO PICKING UP LIGHT BOX. D: WRIST TENDONITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST LIFTING A HEAVY BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| TRYING TO LIFT HEAVY BOX AND IT FELL ONTO RIGHT WRIST, SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| 18-YOF SPRAINED HER WRIST AS A RESULT OF STRIKING A BOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| PT LIFTING EHAVY BOXES INJURED WRIST C/O PAIN DX; STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers, Stairs or steps |
| FELL ON STAIRS WITH BOX DX. WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| LEFT WRIST PAIN AFTER FELL ONE MONTH AGO, YESTERDAY PICKED UP BOX REINJ URED IT. LEFT WRIST PAIN, SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| STRAINED WRIST WHEN LIFTING BOXES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| PT CARRYING HEAVY BOXES INJURED WRIST C/O PAIN DX; SPRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers |
| DX RIGHT WRIST CONTUSION: DROPPED BATTERY BOX ONTO WRIST AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| WAS CARRYING HEAVY BOXES TODAY & INJURED WRIST. ACUTE WRIST FX, NON DIS PLACED@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers, Tableware and accessories |
| INJURED WRIST WHEN DROPPED BOX OF DISHES ON WRIST THIS AM. DX. CO NT R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers, Weight lifting |
| 22 Y/O M C/O RT. WRIST PAIN- LIFTED. BOXES OVER WEEKEND AND LIFTED WEIGHTS. DX; RT. WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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