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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,166
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT TRYING TO FIX A PIPE AT HOME TRIED OWN HAND AT PLUMBING AND SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes, Knives with replaceable blades |
| LAC RT THUMB WHILE CUTTING PIPE W/ UTILITY KNIFE. FLAP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2002 | 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Pipes |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L FINGERTIPS/47YOF STS GRABBED A HOT PIPE AT HOM E WITH L FINGERTIPS. HAVING INCREASED PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes, Knives |
| CUTTING PLASTIC PIPE WITH KNIFE FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| 47 Y/O F C/O INJURY RIGHT THUMB - DROPPED PIPE ON THUMB. DX: FRACTURE RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| RT THUMB LACERATION.PT WAS CHANGING A PIPE IN KITCHEN AND LACERATED THU MB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PIPE FELL ON HAND DX. NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| CUT FINGER ON A PIPE DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pipes |
| DX:OPEN FRACTURE LEFT DISTAL 3RD PHALANX. SMASHED FINGER WITH PIPE ACCIDENTALLY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes, Saws |
| L THUMB LAC/30YOM STS AT HOME WAS SAWING A PIPE AND THUMB GOT IN THE WA Y. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| RT 5TH FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A RUSTY PIPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT.INJ.RT.2ND.FINGER IN YARD WHEN CUT ON A PIECE OF METAL PIPE. DX; 2.5 CM.LAC.RT.2ND.FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| CUT L THUMB ON A PIPEDX: PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN BY DOCTOR |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 38 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: Pipes |
| 38 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE LACERATED HER RT 4TH FINGER ON A RUS TY DRAIN PIPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT FINGER IN 2 METAL PIPES, HEMATOMA FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT LACERATED R HAND ON COPPER PIPE, LACERATION R INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| WORKING ON A PIPE SYSTEM AT HOME LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT SMASHED RT 5TH FINGER ON A PIPE DX: RT 5TH FINGER LAC + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pipes |
| 37 Y/O M C/O SMASHED FINGER - BETWEEN A PIPE AND TRAILER. DX: HEMATOMA LEFT MIDDLE FINGER - CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| CONTUSION (R) THUMB, PT SUST INJURY BETWEEN TWO METAL BARS AT HOME, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pipes |
| MAY HAVE A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS FINGER FROM CUTTING PIPE. DX; RT 5TH FINGER CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pipes |
| PAIN TO FINGER GOT HIT WITH PIPE DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes, Saws |
| PT.INJ.L.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A SAW TO CUT PIPE. DX; LAC.L.IND EX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| WORKING AT HOME, CUT FINGER ON PRY BAR LAC FINGER. R/O LAC DIGITAL NERVE VS NEURAPRAXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT CUT FINGERS ON A PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| CUT L INDEX FINGER ON A METAL BAR. LAC LIF $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pipes |
| RT #3 FINGER SWOLLEN AND DRAINING SMASHED 3 WEEKS AGO BETWEEN 2 PIPES D X: CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PUTTING IN IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT HOME, CUT FINGER WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHI LE CUTTING PIPE. DX: FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Pipes |
| CUT FINGER WHILE MOVING PIPE AT FRIENDS HOUSE. DX: AVULSION MIDDLE FING ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| CUT THUMB ON END OF PIPE DX. THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT CUT FINGER ON PIPE AT HOME, L LONG FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT HIT WITH PIPE AT HOME, LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| LAC FINGER ON PIPE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pipes, Ladders |
| WORKING ON PLUMBING TIGHTING -PIPE FELL OFF LADDER FRACTURE RIGHT 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| 30YOM-LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER-CUT ON METAL PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| 36YOWM CUT FINGER ON A PIPE DX: FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| PT DIGGING IN THE GROUD AT HOME TO PUT IN A PIPE CUT RIGHT INDEX F INGER ON THE PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS R INDEX FINGER ON AN OLD PIECE OF PIPE. 2CM LAC RIF $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Pipes |
| LT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON PVC @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pipes |
| RT RING FINGER FX-C/O PIPE APPROXIMATELY 200 LBS. FALLING ON RT RI NG FINGER. C/O PAIN, SWELLING AND DECREASED ROM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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