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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,555
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 56 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| HAND GOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| CONTUSED HAND IN WHEELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. HAND CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| SKIN TEAR R HAND & L ARM; CUT ON HER WHEELCHAIR THIS AM @ NSG HM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 80 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: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 80YOF FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR DX: FALL LAC L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR; CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| CAUGHT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR.DX 4CM LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| SKIN TEAR TO TOP OF LT HAND FROM WHEELCHAIR + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| NURSING HOME PT, REPORT OF POSSIBLE FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR OR BED. DX: SKIN TEARS OF LEFT HAND AND WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 17 YO M CUT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME FRACTURED LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| RT HAND PAIN-PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LAST NIGHT. HAS REDNESS AND SWEL LING TO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| LAC TO HAND WHEN FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT. WAS IN WHEELCHAIR AND FELL OUT WHEN DRIVER OF SCHOOL BUS TURNED SHARP AND HER CHAIR TURNED OVER CAUSING INJURY TO WRIST AND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT INJURED BY WHEELCHAIR; HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Tables |
| PT WAS IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AT DINNER, WENT TO GET AWAY FROM TABLE & ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAND ON EDGE OF THE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 100 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 100-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HR HAND AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM A WHEEL CHAIR TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| ABRASIONS RT HAND-IN WHEELCHAIR OUTSIDE FRONT OF HOSPITAL AND WENT DOWN HILL. FELL OUT AND SKINNED RT HAND KNUCKLES. NO LOC OR OTHER INJURIES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY AT NURSING HOME. SKIN TEARS ON HAND AND ELBOW. D: ANEMIA. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL GOING AROUND CORNER IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR CAUSING HAND/KNEE INJ ON THE STREET DX:HAND AND KNEE ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LEFT HAND HEMATOMA.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND HIT HAND ON A WHEEL CHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 94 Y.O. W FEMALE W/HAND LAC. PT GRABBED AHOLD OF BROKEN WHEELCHAIR HAND LE WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS FALLING @ NURSING HOME. E8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| WAS FOLDING UP A WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HER LT HAND. SOFT TISSUECONTUSI ON LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2002 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR FRACTURED LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings |
| PT. FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR IN BATHROOM AT NH, ALSO FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR T ODAY AND HIT HAND ON POLE OF RAMP. DX. FALL, PAIN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| ACUTE LEFT THUMB STRAIN, ACUTE RT HAND CONTUSION-CAUGHT HAND AND FINGER IN THE SPOKES OF A WHEELCHAIR @ ECF WHERE PT RESIDES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 73 YO M CUT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OUT OF W/C AT HOME AVULSION TO R HAND NO LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LEFT HAND LAC, PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| HAND CONTUSION W/SHOULDER INJURY - FELL OVER MOTHER'S WHEELCHAIR INJURING RIGHT HAND AND SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LACERATION HAND - VICTIM CUT BACK OF HAND ON WHEELCHAIR TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON RAMP DX: CONTUSIONS BIL. HANDS, & LT. KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| CAUGHT HAND IN WHEELCHAIR - LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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