Accidents - Elevators or other lifts - Year 2003 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 928
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	192
6-15 years old:	78
16-25 years old:	111
26-50 years old:	335
50+ years old:	211

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
22 YO FEMALE WAS TRAPPED IN ELEVATOR FOR 25 MINUTES CONTUSION HAND - ANXIETY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	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: Elevators or other lifts
HAND CT-CAUGHT HAND IN ELEVATOR DOOR-@ RESTAURANT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT INJURED HAND IN HOSP ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
LAC (R HAND, VIA EMS, PT STS SUST INJURY WITN AN ELEVATOR DOOR AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMPROMISE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR DOOR WHILE AT THE DENTIST DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT CUT HAND GRABBING FOR SWITCH IN ELEVATOR DX:HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS @ THE MALL IN ELEVATOR, DOOR CLOSED ON HAND. DX HAND ABRASIONS 3RD METACAPRAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts
TRYING TO KEEP ELEVATOR DOOR OPEN AND IT CLOSED ON HAND SPRAINING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 9 months	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: Elevators or other lifts
PT BEING HELD BY MOTHER IN THE HOSPITAL ELEVATOR REACHED HAD OUT AND CA UGHT IT BETWEEN THE DOOR AS IT WAS CLOSING CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 29 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: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT CAUGHT HAND ON FREIGHT ELEVATOR, HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	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: Elevators or other lifts
PT PUNCHED STEEL ELEVATOR DOOR AND INJURED HAND. D: SOFT TISSUE INJURY, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PUNCTURE (R) HAND, PT GETTING IN THE ELEVATOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DOG IN IT & SUST BITES, C/O PAIN, SWELLING ON HAND, FOREARM, SCRATCHES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 77 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: Elevators or other lifts
PT SUST ABRASION TO HAND FROM ELEVATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 3 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: Elevators or other lifts
PT WITH RT HAND FINGERS CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR DOORS, LACERATION/LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 19 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: Elevators or other lifts
PT SUST CONTUSION TO HAND ON ELEVATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 44 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: Elevators or other lifts
LEFT HAND CRUSHED IN ELEVATOR DOOR CONTUSION LEFT HAND ALSO SPRAINED R LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT HAND WAS SMASHED IN ELAVOTOR DOOR AT SHELTER R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN ELAVATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 35 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: Elevators or other lifts
LACERATION LT.HAND.PT.REFERS GOT LACERATION TO LT.HAND WITH ELEVATOR DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	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: Elevators or other lifts
ELEVATOR DOOR SMASHED HAND DX: CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT SEEN FOR FX HAND AFTER HITTING AN ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Elevators or other lifts
40 YO MALE CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN ELEVATOR DOOR CRUSH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 39 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: Elevators or other lifts
PT DX PALMAR LACERATION - DUE TO METAL BAR-ELEVATOR SHAFT.PT IS DEAF C/O "I CUT MY HAND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
BITE ANIMAL OPENED - 27 YOF WAS BITTEN ON HER RIGHT HAND WHEN SHE TRIED TO PET A DOG IN AN ELEVATOR IN A HOTEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT FELL ON MOVING OUTSIDE ELEVATOR WITH LT HAND LACERATION/ABD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
32 YO FEMALE HAD ELEVATOR DOORS SLAMMED ON HAND LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 83 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: Elevators or other lifts
RT HAND SOFT TISSUE INJURY-PT INJURED RT HAND YESTERDAY WHEN AN ELEVATO R DOOR CLOSED ON IT AT ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 11 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: Elevators or other lifts
PT C/O BOTH HANDS GOT CAUGHT IN THE ELEVATOR DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2003	Age: 18 months	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: Crushing
Product: Elevators or other lifts
CAUGHT HAND IN ELEVATOR DOOR OF OFFICE BUILDING CRUSHING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 65 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: Elevators or other lifts
65 YO MALE GOT HAND CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR DOOR AT CASINO AND WENT DOWN THREE FLOORS - CONTUSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Elevators or other lifts
61 YO FEMALE TRIED TO HOLD ELEVATOR DOOR OPEN WITH HAND AND DOOR SHUT - CRUSHED HAND - LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
LEFT HAND CONT; LEFT THUMB SPR. PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR DOOR AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 59 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: Elevators or other lifts
59 YO FEMALE WAS IN FAST MOVING ELEVATOR AND GOT DIZZY CONTUSION HAND - VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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: Elevators or other lifts
2-YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS HAND AS A RESULT OF HAVING HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE ELEVATOR DOORS AT A MOTEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT FELL AND SLAMMED HAND IN AN ELEVATOR,INJURING HAN D.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 51 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts
DX LEFT HAND SPRAIN: CRUSHED HAND IN ELEVATOR DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 44 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: Elevators or other lifts, Ceilings and walls
PT DX CONTUSION TO RT HAND - S/P STRUCK IN EELEVATOR TODAY,BANGED RT HAND ON WALLS BECAUSE SHE IS CLUASTROPHOBIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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