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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,557
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 19 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: House repair or construction materials, Electric Christmas decorations |
| PT WAS AT HOME TAKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DOWN WHEN HE FELL OFF THE ROOF F X HIS RT 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 20 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHEN CUT IT ON ROOFING MATERIAL AT HOME . DX; LAC R INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS CUTTING DRYWALL WITH A BOX CUTTER AND LACERATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LACERATION FINGER - 18 YOM LACERATED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON SHEET METAL DURING CLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT FINGER AND HAND ON SHEET METAL IN SHOP AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LAC TO LT 3RD FINGER ON ROOFING. DX; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT FINGER ON REBAR DX LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT.C/O METALWIRE BEING STUCK IN LT.THUMB LT.HAND SUSTAIN AT HOME DX-LT..FOREIGN BODY THUMB LT.HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT LAYING CEMENT BRICKS AT HOME AND ONE FELL ON THUMB DX OPEN FX THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT FINGER ON STEEL SHEETING WHILE ROOFING FINGER/TENDON LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WORKING AT HOME WHEN HE DROPPED A BRICK ONTO HIS LEFT FOURTH FINGER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FINGER LACERATION - 21 YOM LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON SHEET METAL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT DOING SOME WORK AT HOME DROPPED A CINDERBLOCK ONTO LEFT RING FINGER CRUSH INJURY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RT THUMB LACERATION-SUS RT THUMB LACERATION WHEN JUMPING FROM ROOF TO G ARAGE. HAS 2.5CM LACERATION WITH BLEEDING CONTROLLED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER FROM SHEET METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT ON PIECE OF SHEET METAL-LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF METAL ON ROOF. NONWORK LACERATION FINGER RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 19 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT MOVING LUMBER AT HOME AND SMASHED FINGER. D: TUFT FRACTURE, OPEN; LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME CUTTING SHEET METAL AND CUT HIS FINGER. DX-LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 24 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH METAL, SUFFERED A LAC ON L FINGER. % |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON SHEET METAL WHILE ROOFING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON SHEET METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PICKED UP A BOARD AT HOME AND GOT A LARGE SPLINTER IN RIGHT INDEX FING ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT. CUT R THUMB ON PIECE OF VINYL SIDING. DX. 2 CM LAC R THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SMASHED RT FINGER ON BRICK WHILE DOING YARD WORK AT HOME DX: CONTUSION 3RD FINGER RT AND LAC 4TH FINGER RT HAND + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| DROPPED BRICK ON FINGERS, FINGER HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON 1/8" SHEET METAL AT HOME.DX LACERATION OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT 4TH FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON METAL ON ROOF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CAUGHT FINGER UNDER STACK OF FALLING BOARDS, CRUSHED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 21 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CONTUSIONS OF FINGERS - SMASHED FINGERS BETWEEN TWO BOARDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF SHEET METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| FINGERTIP ABS/BURNS-@ HOME-MIXED "***" & BURNED ABRADEDFINGER-PT CALLED POISON CONTROL CENTER REFERRED TO ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 18 Y/O MALE WAS PUTTING SIDING ON HIS UNCLES HOUSE WHEN HE LACERATED HI S LT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 21 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT FELL OFF ROOF AND SUSTAINED THUMB LACERATION. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LT INDEX FINGER LAC-@ HOME-WORKING ON THE HOUSE-A PIECE OF PLASTER HIT HIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT THUMB ON SHEET METAL LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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