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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 768
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 17 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: Containers |
| DX LEFT RING FINGER FRACTURE: TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING BOX WITH FIREWOOD IN IT, JAMMED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS CUTTING BOXES W/RAZOR KNIFE. DX: L THUMB LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Containers |
| 19 YO MALE HAD BOXES LAND ON LEFT FINGER DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers |
| LACERATION FINGER - 19 YOM WAS MOVING A BOX AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT IND EX FINGER WHEN THE BOX FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT TRIED TO CATCH A BOX. DX: L THUMB CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| RT 5TH FINGER FRACTURE.PT PUNCHED A BOX AND INJURED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT C/O GETTING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO METAL BARS OF WATERTANK PAIN A ND AVULSED RT INDEX FINGER NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | 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: Containers |
| 17 YOF WAS UNLOADING A BOX FROM THE CAR; HURT FINGER. CONTUSION, LEFT R ING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers |
| LEFT THUMB LAC. PT CUT FINGER WHEN CUTTING BOXES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2003 | Age: 19 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: Containers |
| JAMMED FINGER ON A BOX FX IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers |
| PT WAS CUT ON SALAD CONTAINER. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers |
| LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A BOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 22 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: Containers |
| LIFTING A BOX SPRAIN RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| FRACTURED FINGER WHEN CRATES FELL ON IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers |
| PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LACERATION TO RT 1ST AND 2ND FINGER WHILE CUTTING BOXES TONIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Containers |
| FX FINGER WHEN PICKING UP BOXES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Containers |
| DX LEFT FINGER LACERATION: BOX FELL ONTO FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Containers |
| PT DROPPED BOX ONTO FINGER C/O PAIN DX: SPRAINED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT SUSTAINED AVULSION TO FINGER AFTER CARRYING A BOX WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Containers |
| FOREIGN BODY FINGER - 23 YOM WAS UP IN ATTIC, PULLED OUT A BOX AND GOT A PIECE OF GLASS UNDER NAIL OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2003 | Age: 21 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: Containers |
| DX RIGHT FINGERS CONTUSIONS: CRUSHED FINGERS WHILE MOVING BOXES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Containers |
| PT CLOSED LEFT THUMB IN A BASKET DEVELOPED A SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2003 | Age: 24 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: Containers |
| DX RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER CONTUSION: CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HEAVY BOXES AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Containers |
| 19 YO M CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE, HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A BOX AND BURNED HIS HAND. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FINGERS, UNKNOWN FIRE DEPT PRESENCE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Containers |
| PT MOVING BOXES OF BELONGINGS AT HOME CAUGHT LEFT FOURTH FINGER BETWEEN THE BOXES CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2003 | Age: 23 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: Containers |
| CONTUSION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS HE DROPPED A CASE OF TOMATOES ON LEF T RING FINGER AT LOCAL JAIL JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 25 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: Crushing |
| Product: Containers |
| ACUTE CRUSH INJURY TO LT 3RD, 4TH, 5TH DIGITS,SLAMMED IN DEPOSIT BOX AT BANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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