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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,342
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| C/O LT HAND PAIN CAUGHT IN CHILDS WHEELCHAIR DX CONTUSION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT USING A WHEELCHAIR AND DEVELOPED A RASH TO HANDS DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 63 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 TO L SIDE WHILE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO GO INTO SOOM AT NH . DX. FX L PROX HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 49 YOF WAS RUN OVER BY WHEELCHAIR CRUSH INJURY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 46 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: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings |
| TIPPED WHEELCHAIR GOING UP A RAMP; CHAIR LANDED ON PT'S FOOT. LT HAND CONTUSION; RT FOOT PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 80 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 |
| 80 Y/O FELL ON A WHEELCHAIR TRYING TO GET IN BED AT HOME. DX-CONTUSION HAND, SKIN AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PTS HAND RUN OVER BY WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, NOW W/BRUISING AND PAIN TO HAN D; CONTUSION OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 44 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: Wheelchairs |
| 44 YOM HIT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR ABRASION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 82 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 |
| CAUGHT HAND IN WHEELCHAIR HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| R HAND PAIN, FELL, HIT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR DX; HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT C/O PAIN & SWELLING TO R HAND & WRIST AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAI R YESTERDAY. SPRAIN R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 50 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| ^AMPUTEE C/O OF FALLING FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR S/P NEARLY BEING HIT BY CAR IN PARKING LOT. PT INTOXICATED. C/O HAND PAIN. LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 85 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 |
| 85YOF ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LEFT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR; HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 66 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 |
| PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, FOOT GOT STUCK AT HOME. DX. CONT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts |
| AVULSION HAND - 84 YO FEMALE WAS RESTRAINED WHEELCHAIR PASSENGER IN LOW SPEED MVA IN WHEELCHAIR VAN - SKIN TEAR TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 64 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: Wheelchairs |
| C/O HAND PAIN STATUS POST TRIPPING OVER HUSBAND'S WHEELCHAIR&FALLING ON TO HAND>> FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT DRUG FOOT FOR 1 MILE WITH ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR. DX: R FOOT TRAUMA, L HAND FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WITH LAC TO HAND, GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 95 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 |
| PT HIT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME TODAY DX// LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| HAND PAIN-INJURED ON ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Vending machines |
| 35 YO FEMALE HAD WHEELCHAIR RUN INTO SLOT MACHINE LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 82 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: Wheelchairs |
| LAC HAND ON A WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 35 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 |
| TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR, HURT HAND. DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | 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, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BANISTER AND WHEELCHAIR AND LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 83 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 83 YO F SKIN TEAR TO HAND TRIPPED GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WHEEL CHAIR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY. D: HAND SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT LEANED AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: R THIRD METACARPAL FX, R FOURTH/FIFTH FINGER FX'S. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 72 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME WHERE HE RESIDES; FELL TO FLOOR. ABRASION, LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WITH FRACTURED HAND IN FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR ROLLED OVER PT'S FOOT. DX: R FIFTH METACARPAL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| ARM GOT STUCK ON THE WHEELCHAIR. L HAND INJURY IN SB NH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 55 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: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,C/O LOW BACK PAIN,DX L-R HAND CONTU,ACUTE BRONCHITIS,LOW BACK STRAIN,OLD COMPRESSION FX IN THORACIC SPINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIPPED & FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO SHOWER DX HAND / WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 68 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: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE COMING OUT OF DIALYSIS, FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 87 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 |
| FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH/HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: BILATERAL HAND INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 74 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 |
| CRUSHED HAND IN WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME CONTUSION LEFT WRIST # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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