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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,402
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 25 YO MALE DRIDING IN AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR STRUCK A SELF AND CANDLE F EEL AND CUT HAND DX LAC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 37YOF SUSTAINED HAND SPRAIN WHEN ACCIDENTALLY FELL OFF THE WHEELCHAIR@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2010 | Age: 84 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 |
| 84YO WHITE MALE AT NURSING HOME FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,HIT HEAD R HAND BRUISING, DX CHF EXACERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/07/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 82YOM AT SUNRISE PERSONAL CARE HOME ACCIDENTLY FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR INJURED LT HAND;HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2010 | Age: 88 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 |
| 88 Y/O F CUT HAND ON W/C LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2010 | Age: 77 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 |
| 77YO WHITE MALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT ASSISTED LIVING CENTER L HAND PAIN, DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION & SWELLING OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2010 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 91YOF ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT RT HAND IN WHEELCHAIR; HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2010 | Age: 70 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 70YOF-HAND CT-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 79 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 |
| 79YOF-FELL FORWARD OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIRAT THE NURSING HOME AND HAS A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE RT HAND. DX: CONTUSION TO RT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 74 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, Doors |
| 74 YOF L HAND PAIN, CAUGHT BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND DOOR DX: HAND CONTU SION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2010 | Age: 82 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 |
| 82YOF AT NURSING HOME FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR,WHEELCHAIR FELL ON TOP OF HER INJURED HAND;HAND LACERATION WITH COMPLICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/27/2010 | Age: 86 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: Wheelchairs |
| 86YOM TRYING TO GET OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN A WHEELCHAIR AND A HARD OBJECT FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2010 | Age: 87 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 |
| 87YOF FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME DX: SKIN TEAR RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 48YOM FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, INJURING (R) HAND DX;* (R) HAND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2010 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls |
| 88YOF WAS IN WHEELCHAIR & SCRAPED LT HAND ON WALL YESTERDAY SUSTAINING INJURY. DX - LT HAND SKIN TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2010 | Age: 56 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, Ceilings and walls |
| 56YO WHITE FEMALE BANGED L HAND ON A WALL WHILE AMBULATING IN A WHEELCHAIR, DX L HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 59 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 |
| 59 YOM SUS ABRASION TO HAND AFTER WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVER AND HE FELL% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 53 Y WF GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR HAS HAND PAIN LT HAND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 86 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 |
| 86 Y/O/F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME AND HIT HAND DX/ RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | 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: Wheelchairs |
| 46 Y MALE HIT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 84 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 |
| 84 YOF, HAND CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR, CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 70 YR OLD MALE LIFTING WIFES WHEELCHAIR AND HAND IS SWOLLEN NOW WITH HE MATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 23 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 23 YO M BEING PUSHED IN WHEELCHAIR, FLIPPED OUT, LANDED ON HAND ON FLOO R. DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2010 | Age: 95 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: Wheelchairs |
| ^ WIFE WAS TRYING TO GET HIM OUT OF CAR AND WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVER AND HE FELL TO GROUND. DX: ABRASIONS LEFT HAND 95 YOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2010 | Age: 85 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 |
| 85 YOF DX CONTUSION OF HAND - PT HAND HIT WHEELCHAIR AND FELL WHILE AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 48 YOF INJURED HAND FROM GETTING HAND CAUGHT IN WHEEL OF WHEELCHAIR. DX-CRUSH INJURY RIGHT HAND HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 29YOF STATE SHE FELL AND HIT R HAND ON THE FOOT PEG OF A WHEELCHAIR H AS LAC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 61Y/O M C/O LACERATED RIGHT HAND AFTER TRYING TO PULL W/C FROM STRAP DX . ACUTE RIGHT HAND WHEEL CHAIR LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 61 Y/O M FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR TRYING TO GET UP OVER THE CURB DX R HAND CONTUSION* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2010 | Age: 90 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| 90YOWF PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NH. DX. CONT R HAND, SK IN TEAR R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
| THUMB STARTED HURTING AFTER PUSHING WHEELCHAIR IN NURSING HOME R HAND C ELLULITIS # 54 YO M |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 85 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 85YOF WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FELL OUT OF A WHEEL CHAIR HITTING THE FLOO R CAUSING A HEMATOMA TO RT HAND, NASAL CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 48 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 85YOM CUT HAND LIFTING UP WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2010 | Age: 50 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: Wheelchairs |
| ^ 50YOM HIT HAND ON CAR FRAME WHILE PUTTING WHEEL CHAIR IN DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2010 | 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/F ANOTHER RESIDENT TRIED TO PULL HER OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR AND I NJURED HER HAND AT NURSING HOME D/ LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LEFT HAND LAC.85YOM FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 56YOM FELL AT HOME FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR DX: RT HAND INJ, RT KNEE INJ |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 47 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: Wheelchairs |
| 47 YO M GOT HAND CAUGHT ON PART OF WHEELCHAIR. DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 90 YOM PT BUMPED HAND ON WHEELCHAIR. LAC L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| ^15 YO MALE ON A BUS IN A WHEELCHAIR. WHEN BUS WENT AROUND A TURN PT FELL OUT. DX HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2010 | Age: 68 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 |
| 68 Y/O/F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME INJURED HAND DX/ RIGHT HAND CONTUSION R/O SEPSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2010 | Age: 48 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 |
| 48YOF PUSHING A RELATIVE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND THE WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED SHE FELL ONTO RIGHT HAND FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2010 | Age: 88 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Tables |
| L HAND SKIN TEAR/88YOF FROM NURSING HOME CAUGHT L HAND BETWEEN WHEELCHA IR & TABLE CAUSING LARGE SKIN TEAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 51YO WHITE MALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO STREET, SHOULDER PAIN HAND PAIN, DX ETOH INTOXICATION,L 2ND METACARPAL FRACTURE, CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2010 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 86YOF SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets |
| FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET LAC RT HAND * 83 Y/O W/M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2010 | Age: 86 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 |
| 86 YOF LACERATED LEFT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2010 | Age: 92 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 |
| 92 YOM PRESENT TO ER FROM SNF CUTTING HIS RT HAND ON HIS WHEELCHAIR TOD AY- DX- RT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2010 | Age: 89 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 |
| 89 Y/O/F SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME CAUGHT HAND ON LOCK OF WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2010 | Age: 55 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 55 YOM FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO THE FLOOR - STRAINED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 86 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 |
| PT FELL FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO TO THE REST ROOM, DX:HAND LAC PT IN NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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