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Accidents - Public equipment - Year 2002 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 947
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Date: 12/29/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
CONTUS BILAT HANDS; HAD ARGUMENTS WITH BROTHER & PUNCHED A SIGN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
CAUGHT HAND IN A CONVEYOR BELT AT *** CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS RIGHT HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
PT WITH HAND PAIN AFTER HITTING SIGN. +ETOH. D: HAND METACARPAL CONTUSI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
PT HIT BY "FLYING" NEWSPAPER STAND TO (L) HAND. SUSTAINED CUT AT BASE OF (L) THUMB. DX: 6CM LAC (L) PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
13 YO MALE CUT RIGHT HAND ON FIRE ESCAPE SIGN AT SCHOOL LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
LAC R HAND FROM MENTAL SIGN FRI EVENING.DX LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
RT HAND CT-PT HIT A TREE, SIGN, & GARAGE IN ANGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
CONTUSON (R) HAND, PT STS PUNCHED A PHONE BOOTH AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN & SWELLING, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMPROMISE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
PT GOT BOTH HANDS CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT AT SUPER MARKET, ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
16 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHEN HIT STEEL PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER AT SCHOOL. DX; R HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO HAND AFTER PUNCHING A PAY PHONE WHILE FOOLING AROUND WITH HIS COUSIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
17 YO M CUT HAND ON SIGN LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
RT HAND FX - PUNCHED SIGNS DURING AN ARGUMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
PT C/O CLOSED LID TO DISPENSER ON RT HAND LAST NIGHT - C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
42 YOWF SLIPPED ON A WET FLOOR SIGN AT ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
PT INTOXICATED GOT ANGRY PUNCHED A SIGN FRACTURED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
HAND CT-"PUNCHED A SIGN AT A TAVERN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
80 YO M HIT HAND ON SIGN LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Public equipment
PUNCHED SIGN TONIGHTLEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/24/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
PUNCHED SIGN HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
PT PUNCHED A GLASS CHURCH SIGN. PT ADMITS TO DRINKING ETOH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/25/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
PT STATES PUNCHED A BULLETIN BOARD IN ANGER HURTING HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Public equipment
SMASHED L HAND ON PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER AT SCHOOL. L HANDSPRAIN $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
PATIENT CAUGHT HAND IN CONVEYOR BELT AT CHECKOUT AT GROCERY STORE; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Public equipment
PT C/O "MY ARM GOT CAUGHT IN THE TURNSTILE" AT SUBWAY STATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
PATIENT PUNCHED A PAPER TOWEL HOLDER AT SCHOOL, HAND PAIN; BOXER'S FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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