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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,031
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION LEFT HAND-CUT WITH BOX CUTTER WHILE CUTTING PANELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 43 YO MALE WAS HIT IN STOMACH BY WOOD WHEN BUILDING DESK AT HOME CONTUSION ABDOMINAL WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 21 YOM, HAD PIECE OF PLYWOOD FALL & STRIKE HIM ON TOP OF HEAD, LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT DROPPED A PIECE OF PANEL BOARD ONTO RIGHT ANKLE LACERATION ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| ABD PAIN WHILE PULLING 2 PIECES OF PLYWOOD APART YESTERDAY ABD PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 44 YO M DROPPED PANELING ON R FOOT. CONTUSION WITH HEMATOMA R GREAT TOE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN THE BACK ACCIDENTALLY WHEN PARTICLEBOARD FELL ON HER WHILE ON THE PORCH AT HOME. DX-CONTUSION CHEST, BACK, ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| TOENAIL AVULSION-DROPPED 4X8 SHEET OF PLYWOOD ON TOE-@ STORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT DROPPED PLYWOOD ON RIGHT FOOT ON SATURDAY,C/O PAIN & SWELLING DX 2ND METATARSAL FRACTURE RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| FX FINGER WHEN MOVING A PEICE OF PLYWOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 54 YOM, WHO WAS LIFTING UP SOME PLYWOOD, WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS ELBOW, DX: ELBOW STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WOUND LT.PT.REFERS WHILE PUTTING DOWN WOOD PANELING(WITH NAILS) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH PLYWOOD AT HOME AND GOT A SPLINTER EMBEDDED IN RIGH T HAND FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT CAUGHT HIS LEFT FIFTH FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF PLYWOOD AVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT PUTTING UP PLYWOOD AT HOME AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| TRAUMA HEAD.PT.REFERS WHILE IN THE MOVIES,A PIECE OF CAUSTIC PANEL FELL ON HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| ACUTE THORACIC & LT SHOULDER STRAIN: 2-3 DAYS AGO LIFTING SHEET OF PLYWOOD AND HURT LT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| WOUND HEAD.PT.REFERS WHILE WALKING A PIECE OF WOOD FELL ON HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| STEPPED ON WOODEN BOARD WHICH FLIPPED UP AND HIT PT. IN EYE. DX SUPERF ICIAL EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT PT C/O FACIAL SWELLING X 4 DAYS AFTER SCRAPING FACEON A PIECE OF PLY WOOD DX: L CHEEK CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Floors or flooring materials |
| NOSE LAC-TRIPPPED OVER PLYWOOD ON FLOOR-FELL-HIT NOSE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT DROPPED PARTICLE BOARD ON RIGHT FOOT. DX-CONTUSION FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WORKING WITH PLYWOOD TWO WEEKS AGO AND GOT A SPLINTER IN RIGHT HAND STILL THERE FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WAS HELPING HER HUSBAND WHEN A PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL ON HER FOOT/ CO NTUSION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| TWO WOODEN BEAMS FELL ONTO HIS HEAD AS HE WALKED THRU HOME DEPOT CAUSIN G HEAD INJ AND ADMISSION TO OBSERVE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/24/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| LIP LAC-FELL WHILE CARRYING PIECES OF PLYWOOD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT LIFTED PARTICLEBOARD NOW C/O LOW BACK PAIN. DX-STRAIN LUMBAR SPINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| CUT FINGER ON WOOD PANELING LACERATION INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Bench or table saws |
| LT CORNEAL AB-CUTTING PLYWOOD W/ TABLE SAW-WEARING GOGGLES-STILL GOT DE BRIS IN EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| RUBBED HAND ON A WOOD PANEL GOT A SPLINTER IN FINGER FOREIGN BDDY LEFT 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| FINGER FB-SPLINTER FROM PANELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT FELL HANGING SHEET ROCK. DX-KNEE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS RUNNING DOWN HALLWAY AT HOME AND TRIPPED OVER PANELING THAT WAS LAYING IN THE FLOOR. DX. ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| WAS OUTSIDE WITH SISTER STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD AND IT HIT BROTHERS KNEE AVULSION SUPERFICIAL TO KNEE IT WAS A PIECE OF PANELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WAS HIT IN HEAD W/SHEET OF PARTICLEBOARD AT LOWES. DX: CONCUSSION, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT GOT A PIECE OF PARTICLEBOARD OUT OF EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION. NOT WORK RELATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PULLED PLYWOOD DOWN AND FELL, TWISTING ANKLE SPRAIN ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Alcohol |
| STATES HAD BEEN DRINKING LAST NIGHT AND HIT A PANELED WALL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| CONTUSION FOOT - 42 YOM STATES HE DROPPED A PIECE OF PARTICLEBOARD ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Stairs or steps |
| TRYING TO M BREAK PANELING BY STEPPING ON IT SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON ST EP....HEMATOMA TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Bench or table saws |
| 29YMC CUTTING KNOTTY PINE PANELING WITH TABLE SAW CUTTING FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT HAD A SECTION OF PLYWOOD PANELING FALL ON HIM. DX: RT FOOT FX AND LE FT SHOULDER CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT DROPPED A WOOD PANEL ONTO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT CUTTING WOOD PANELING AT HOME GOT FB IN EYES FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT WAS INJURED IN EARLY A.M., PULLING SHEETROCK DOWN. DX-LOW BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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