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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,500
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 22 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 LEFT INDEX FINGER ON PIECE OF METAL ROOFING DX: LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2004 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT LACERATED MIDDLE FINGER ON TIN ROOFING AT HOME. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT FINGER ON SHEET METAL DX: R 5TH FINGER AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A ROOF AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT THIRD FINGER- WAS WORKING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | 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 AT FRIENDS HOME, PICKING UP PIECES OF TIN FROM SIDING OF HOUSE, LAC LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CRUSH FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS RIGHT THUMB WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN 2 BOARDS AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| HIT BOARD TRYING TO BREAK IT DX: BOXER'S FX 5TH DIGIT R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2004 | 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 |
| PT CUT FINGER WHILE WORKING C ALUMINUM SIDING, SUSTAINED " RT INDEX LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2004 | 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 R BASE OF R THUMB AND PALM ON PIECE OF METAL WHILE AT SCHOOL. DX: LACERATION R THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2004 | Age: 20 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 SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER FROM METAL SHEET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2004 | Age: 16 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'S FINGER GOT CAUGHT B/T TWO CEMENT BLOCKS SUSTAINED " RT 3RD FINGER LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2004 | 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 |
| DEEP FINGER LAC--CUT ON SHEET METAL-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 18 YOM WAS PICKING UP PRESSURE TREATED LUMBER AT HOME AND GOT A SPLINTE R UNDER L INDEX FINGERNAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2004 | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO THUMB FROM SHEET METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2004 | Age: 25 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 |
| LACERATION FINGER - CUT FINGER ON DRY WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | 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 |
| PATIENT WAS WORKING WITH SOME SHEET METAL FOR THE SIDE OF HIS BARN DX; 1CM FLAP LACERATON TO RADIAL SIDE OF R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2004 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives |
| PT LACERATED FINGER WTIH KNIFE WHILE CUTTING DRYWALL WHEN REMODELING BA THROOM. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| STATES HE PUNCHED A 2X4 PIECE OF WOOD ON 07/04/04, CONTINUES WITH PAIN. NONDISPLACE FX PROXIMAL END OF RT 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 17 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 |
| 17YOM AT UNKNOWN LOCALE LAYING PAVERS CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN THEM DX/2CM SUPERFICIAL LAC R 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT DROPPED BOARD ON L 5TH DIGIT 7 HRS AGO. DX: RIGHT 5TH DIGIT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2004 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 25 YOM HAD CONCRETE BLOCK FALL ON FINGER LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 16YOM AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE SUSTAINED A 1.0CM CUT TO THE BASE OF HIS RT T HUMB ON SHEET METAL - DX RIGHT THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | 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 CUT FINGER WHILE FIXING ROOF DX LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2004 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS AT HOME AND CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP PIECE OF SHEET METAL. DX RIGHT MIDDLE / RING FINGER LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 18 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 RIGHT THUMB ON A PIECE OF REBAR AT HOME LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2004 | 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 |
| LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER AFTER CUTTING IT ON A PEICE OF ROOFING TIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2004 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LAC L IND FING/24YOM CUT L IND FINGER AT HOME ON SHEETMETAL TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2004 | 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 |
| PT WAS MOVING SHEET METAL AT HOME AND LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2004 | Age: 24 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 CUT HIS FINGER WHEN HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF SHEET METAL. NOT WORK RE ATLED UNEMPLOYED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LACERATION FINGER - 16 YOF LACERATED HER RIGHT THUMB ON A PIECE OF SHEE T METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 21 YEAR OLD MALE CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF SHEET METAL COMPLEX LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2004 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT CUT 3RD FINGER LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF SHEET METAL AT SCHOOL LEFT LO NG FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT DROPPED SHEET OF LINOLEUM ON HAND. DX: FX R FOURTH/FIFTH FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2004 | 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 |
| FINGER LACERATION - CUT FINGER WHEN TEARING OFF ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 25 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 |
| WORKING ON ROOF AT HOME, TRIED TO CATCH A PIECE OF WOOD, GOT SLIVER IN FINGER. DX; FB FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2004 | 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 |
| CUT ON PIECE OF SHEET METAL WORKING ON HOUSE - LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2004 | Age: 23 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 |
| 23 YOM PICKING UP SHHET METAL LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2004 | Age: 22 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 |
| 22 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHILE WORKING WITH SHEET METAL AT HOME. DX; LAC R INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2004 | 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: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL ON ROOF YESTERDAY. HURT HAND AND THUMB. THUMB SWOLLEN. LEFT PRI OR TO MEDICAL SCREENING. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/06/2004 | Age: 18 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, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS CLIMBING ROOF AND SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER ON GUTTER. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT ON SHEETMETAL FINGER LAC, DIGITAL NERVE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT C/I FINGE PAIN, SMASHED WITH BRICK. DX: NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT DROPPED A CINDERBLOCK ONTO HIS RIGHT THIRD FINGER AT HOME FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO CINDER BLOCKS AT SCHOOL, FELL ON HAND; FI NGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2004 | 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 STRIP OF COPPER THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2004 | Age: 16 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 STATES HE LACERATED FINGER ON A PC OF SHEET METAL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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