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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 755
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| STUCK FINGER IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL - LACERATION MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| LAC LT HAND BY ACCIDENT IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL. EXTENSOR TENDEUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| LAC RT WRIST ON GARBAGE DISPOSAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| DX RIGHT THUMB LACERATION: CUT THUMB REACHING INTO GARBAGE DISPOSAL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| DX:LAC L HAND. CAUGHT HAND IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL WHICH WAS TURNED ON INAD VERTENTLY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| R INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN GARAGE DISPOSAL,PULLED OUT & HEARD POP.DX RT FINGER CONT/SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| + COCAINE USE, FOUND RUNNING NAKED IN APT COMPLEX, ALSO TRIED TO PUT HANDS IN RUNNING GARBAGE DISPOSAL. DX CP , CNS STIMULANT INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Garbage disposers, Sinks |
| FINGER CONTUSION - 38 YOF WAS FIXING HER GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND INJURED H ER RIGHT INDEX FINGER REACHING THROUGH SINK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A GARBAGE DISPOSAL, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| CUT FINGER IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL LACERATION FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| HAND FRACTURE - WAS REPAIRING GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND WAS LIFTING HEAVY PI CE, INJURY TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 52 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: Garbage disposers, Other manual workshop tools |
| REPAIRING HIS DISPOSAL USING CROWBAR TO LOOSEN OBJECT THATS STUCK IN IT AND CONTUSED PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers, Light bulbs |
| PT WAS FIXING GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND WAS CUT W/BROKEN LIGHT BULB.DX: 1 C M FACIAL LAC/ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| PT TRYING TO FIX GARBAGE DISPOSAL AT HOME, LAC TO LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| INJURED R HAND WHEN STICKING IT IN A GARBAGE DISPOSAL. OPEN FX RMF $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| PUT HAND IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL, WAS CUT ON BROKEN GLASS LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 23 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: Garbage disposers |
| CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND ON GARBAGE DISPOSAL AT HOME TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garbage disposers |
| PT CUT FINGER IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL 1/30 AND HIT IT TODAY. DX: 3 CM R SMALL FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Garbage disposers, Sinks |
| CUT LT. THUMB IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL IN SINK DX: PARTIAL AVULSION LT. THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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