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Accidents - Business and office machines - 26-50 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 582
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Wrist:162Finger:91
Eyeball:86Foot:69
Shoulder:58Lower Trunk:46
Head:16Face:16
Hand:16All Of Body:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/14/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
FINGER FX-SMASHED FINGER IN A PRESS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/27/2004Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT. WAS CARRYING A TYPEWRITER AND DROPPED IT ON HER FOOT CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2004Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Business and office machines
PT COMPLAINING OF NUMBNESS TO HAND, FINGERS. PAIN IN 4TH/5TH FINGERS AF TER TYPING THIS AFTERNOON. D: CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
HAND PAIN, PROVOKED BY TYPING ARTHRALGIA WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2004Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
LACERATION TO 2ND FINGER BY PAPER GILLOTINE DX 3 CM LACERATION TO L 2ND DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Business and office machines, Counters or countertops
PT SHOCKED WHEN PLACING HAND ON ATM MACHINE AND THEN ON MEAT COUNTER GETTING KNOCKED OFF FEET DX:ELECTRIC SHOCK (PT AT A STORE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT WITH HAND NUMBNESS X 3 DAYS. ALSO NECK PAIN. SPENDS A LOT OF TIME TY PING. D; TRAPEZIUS STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2004Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
LAC TO FINGER WHEN MOVING COPY MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2004Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT FELL STRIKING FACE AGAINST A TYPEWRITER AT HOME CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT LIFTED COPY MACHINE AT HOME. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, L ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/29/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
38YOF-CORNEAL ABRASION-STRUCK EYE ON EDGE OF A PRINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
LOWER BACK PAIN - 37 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING A PRINTER EAR LIER IN THE DAY, WENT 2 MOVE ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BACK TIGHTENED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2004Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
27 YO MALE FAINTED AT BANK AND HIT HEAD ON ATM MACHINELEFT WITHOUT TREA TMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/04/2004Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PT DX LACERATION TO LT HAND - PT C/O HE JUST THREW A TANTRUM AND STARTED BANGING HIS HAND OUT.PT SMASHED A TYPE WRITER WITH LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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