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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,344
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| R HAND CELLULITIS - MOVING A BROKEN TV. & CUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT DX FX 0F 3RD,4TH AND 5TH METACARPAL - PT PUNCHED A TELEVISION SET AFTER AN ARGUMENT AT HOME JUST PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions, Ceilings and walls |
| HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN WALL AND TELEVISION. DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT STATES DROPPED A TELEVISION ON HIS RIGHT HAND C/O OF PAIN AND SWELLI NG TO RIGHT HAND WAS NOT IN WAITING ROOM WHEN HIS TURN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| 40 Y/O AT HOME, TV FELL ON HAND. DX-CONTUSION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| HIT TV WITH HAND DX: COMPOUND FX METACARPAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 28 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: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| DX MULTIPLE METACARPAL FX: HERE W PAIN, SWELL'G OVER THE DORSUM OF R HAND, INJ YTDY W HE PUNCHED A TV |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| LEFT HAND PAIN INJURY FROM CARRYING TELEVISION, LEFT HAND CRAMPING. DX-LEFT HAND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A TV |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT DROPPED A LARGE TV SET ONTOP OF RIGHT HAND CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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: Televisions |
| TV SET FELL ONTO TOP OF HAND CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions, Ceilings and walls |
| PT'S HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN TV AND WALL. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT STATES A TELEVISON FELL ON HAND AT HOME DX: CRUSH INJURY RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT DROPPED TELEVISION ON RT HAND 2 DAYS AGO SUSTAINING A CRUSH INJURY WITH LACERATIONS TO 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| 26 YOM PUNCHED A TELEVISION SUSTAINING A FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions, Television tables or stands |
| PT.INJ.L.HAND AT HOME WHEN T.V. WAS FALLING OFF STAND & TRIED TO CATCH IT. DX; CONTUSION L.HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Televisions |
| HAND FB-WHILE MOVING A TV-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| RT HAND FX.PT HIT HAND ON A TELEVISION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 43 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: Televisions, Doors |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND BY STRIKING DOOR WHILE CARRYING A TV AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| INJURED HAND WHILE MOVING A TV. DX FRATURE R 5TH METACARPAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT PUNCHED TV FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| BECAME ANGRY AND PUNCHES A TV DX- METACARPAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 38 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: Televisions |
| TRAUMATIC HAND PAIN, DROPPED TV ON HAND. DX-CONTUSION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT PUNCHED A TV AT HOME YESTERDAY SUSTAINING A HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| RT HAND CONTUSION.PTPUNCHED A TELEVISION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT TV FELL AT HOME GLASS BROKE AND PT INJURED HAND DX// LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON TV |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT TRIED TO CATCH FALLING TV YESTERDAY. DX: HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Televisions |
| HIT HAND ON TV/HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Televisions, Ceilings and walls |
| SMASHED (R) HAND BETWEEN TV AND WALL LAST WEEK HAS PAIN AND SWELLING DX- HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| HAND AB-FELL WHILE CARRYING 42 INCH PLASMA TV-HIT HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Televisions |
| R HAND SPRAIN AFTER HEAVY TELEVISIONS DROPPED ON HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Televisions, Stairs or steps |
| STATES WAS MOVING A TV UP THE STAIRS AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS INJURING THE HAND, WRIST AND LOW BACK. STRAIN TO RT HAND & RT WRIST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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