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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,850
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 21YOF WALKING AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST A POLE THAT HAD A NAIL STI CKING OUT OF IT LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Poles, Dancing |
| 23 YO F, C/O RIGHT HAND PAIN, WAS DANCING IN SCHOOL AND SWUNG AROUND W/ HAND STRIKING A BAR/POLE, DX PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2010 | Age: 16 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: Poles |
| 16 YOM FRACTURED LT. HAND- REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY HITTING A POLE WHILE PL AY FIGHTING WITH A FRIEND.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2010 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 18YOM ANGRY AND PUNCHED A METAL POLE WITH RIGHT HAND CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2010 | Age: 16 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 16YOF, RT HAND PAIN/SWELLING AFTER PUNCHING A POLE IN ANGER YEST >>CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Poles |
| 16YOM PUNCHED A POLE OUTSIDE RT HAND INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| 19 YR OLD MALE PUNCHED A LIGHT POST AND LAC HAND ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 22 Y/O/M PUNCHED A POLE AT A POOL HALL AND INJURED HAND DX/ RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 18 YOM HAD ARGUMENT W/GF; GOT KICKED OUT; STRUCK A POLE & TREE W/BILATE RAL HANDS. DX**: BILAT HAND CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2010 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 24YOM, RHD, C/O RT HAND SWELLING/REDNESS AFTER PUNCHING A METAL POLE >>FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2010 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 24 YOM FRACTURED LT. HAND S/P PUNCHING A POLE.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 17YOM WITH FRACTURED HAND, SLAMMED INTO A POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 21 YO M GOT MAD AT SCHOOL AND PUNCHED STEEL POLE WITH HAND. DX:HAND CON TUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| 17YOM PUNCHED A METAL POLE. DX. HAND SPRAIN AND CONTUSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| 17 Y/O M CUT HAND METAL POLE LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 23 YOM PUNCHED A WOODEN POST. DX: R HAND CONT/ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 16 YO F PUNCHED FLAG POLE AT SCHOOL ANGRY AT BOYFRIEND. DX HAND CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 20YOF STATES SHE PUNCHED A POLE DX- MC FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Poles |
| 22YOM HIT A METAL POLE WITH RIGHT HAND C/O PAIN. DX: LPTMS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/07/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 25YOM HIT COLUMN ON HOUSE AFTER BECOMING ANGRY DX. CONTUSION HAND AND FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 20YOM SUSTAINED FX TO HAND WHEN HE PUNCHED A POLE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 23YOM WAS WALKING AND HIT HAND ON THE POLE DX RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Poles |
| 18YOM WAS PULLING A POLE AND CRUSHED RIGHT HAND C/O PAIN. DX: LPTMS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 20 YO F HIT HAND ON POLE CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2010 | Age: 16 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: Poles |
| 16YOM, ACC STRUCK HAND ON A METAL POLE ON SUNDAY, +PAIN/SWELLING >>FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 18YOM PUNCHED A POLE WHEN MAD SEVERAL DAYS AGO, HAND PAIN; HAND CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2010 | Age: 16 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 16YOF- PT INJURED RIGHT HAND SHE PUNCHED A TREE AND A POLE NOW PAIN FOSTER MOM BROUGHT IN FOR PAIN. DX R HAND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 16 YOM PUNCHED POLE, R HAND PAIN DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles, Baseball |
| 20 Y/O WM HIT HAND ON POLE WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL AT HOME, RECEIVED CON TUSION TO RIGHT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 16YROLD FEMALE HIT HAND ON FLAG POLE @SCHOOL PTA DX CONTUSION HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Poles |
| 17YOF PAIN TO HAND & WRIST AFTER PUNCHING A POLE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 16 YO F HIT HAND AGAINST POLE FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2010 | Age: 16 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: Poles |
| 16 YO M HIT HAND ON POLE DX: FX TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 22YOM SUSTAINED HAND FRACTURE WHEN HE PUNCHED A POLE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 20YOM PUNCHED POLE WITH RT HAND LAST WEEK AT HOME, +SWELLING DX - METACARPAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 17 Y/O MALE PUNCHED A WOODEN POLE AT HOME INJURING HAND DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2010 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| 18YOM, PUNCHED A POLE CUTTING HAND, +BLD CTR'D @ TRIAGE >>LAC |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| HIT A POLE WITH HAND. HAND CONTUSION 20YOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2010 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| R HAND BOXERS FX/20YOM PUNCHED A POLE LAST WEEKEND AND C/O CONTINUED PA IN AND SWELLING TO R HAND AND 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2010 | Age: 18 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: Poles |
| 18YOM PUNCHED A POLE DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 16 YOM PUNCHED WOODEN POLE AT FRIEND'S HOUSE SUSTAINING A FRACTURED HAN D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| 20 YOM SUS HAND STRAIN AFTER SMACKING IT ON A POLE% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 20 YO F HIT HAND ON POLE CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 23 YOM, HIT A POST WITH HAND, CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 16YOM FELL ONTO A POLE WHILE BALANCING ON A PARKING BLOCK IN LOT CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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