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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,027
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT HELPING HIS FRIEND PULL A 4X4 OUT OF A DITCH AND THE ROPE BROKE STRA INED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| C/O PT STATES WAS CLIMBING MOUNTAIN AND ARM GOT CAUGHT IN ROPE DX RT UPPER ARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS PULLING HORSE BY ROPE INTO TRAILER AND HORSE PULLED BACK. DX: R LONG FINGER TRIGGER FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2006 | Age: 29 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: Rope or string, Horseback riding |
| GOT ROPE CAUGHT ON HAND HOLDING HORSE AT SALE AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS IN THE WOODS HALLING OUT A DEER, ROPE HAD A RETRACTOR WITH A SPR ING ON IT, FINGER CAUGHT IN RETRACTOR, AMPUTATING RT MIDDLE FINGER TIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2006 | Age: 31 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: Rope or string |
| 31 YO M ROPE BURN TO HAND USING ROPE TP SUPPORT TREE FRIEND WAS CUTTING* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| RT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT WAS PULLING ON A ROPE AND IT BROKE AND PT FELL BACKWARDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Rope or string, Fishing |
| 42 YO MALE WAS HIT BY ROPE ON BOAT WHILE FISHING BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PULLING ROPE TO START MIXER,BROKE,HAND HIT DUMPSTER CONTUSION RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PATIENT GOT ROPE BURN AT ARENA. DX: ABRASION TO LEFT HAND AND ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A LEAD ROPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS SWINGING FROM A ROPE INTO A LAKE IN *** AND SPRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| SWINGING ON A ROPE AND HIT A TREE AND THEN A ROCK CONTUSION/ABRASION ARM, FOREARM, HIP AND THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2006 | Age: 47 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: Rope or string |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM BALLING TWINE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string, Horseback riding |
| PT INJURED FINGER ON A ROPE WHILE HORSEBACK RIDING DX: LEFT RING FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string, Swings or swing sets |
| LOW BACK STRAIN - FELL WHEN ROPE BROKE ON ROPE SWING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| SHOULDER PAIN , PULLING ON ROPE AND FELT POP LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT DISLOCATED A SHOULDER WHILE SWING FROM A ROPE IN THE RIVER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string, Swimming |
| 26Y/OM INJURED R FOOT WHEN JUMPED OFF ROPE INTO WATER AND HIT ROCK WHIL E SWIMMING AT RIVER. DX; R FOOT CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| ANKLE SPRAIN-CLIMBING A ROPE-FELL-@ A PARK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string, Animal induced injury |
| PT WAS LEADING A HORSE BY A LEAD ROP AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN THE ROPE P ULLED STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string, Swings or swing sets |
| TANGLED UP IN ROPE SWING SPRAIN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS CLIMBING ON "A ROPE" SLID DOWN AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT ON A KNOT IN THE ROPE. TYPE OF ROPE NOT SPECIFIED. DX. FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string, Boats and boating |
| ON A BOAT, CARRYING ROPE TO THE, DOCK,FELL ONTO SHOULDER " MS STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2006 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| SWINGING ON ROPE FINGER CAUGHT SPRAIN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string, Animal induced injury |
| 44 Y/O F INJURED R HAND WHEN HOLDING ROPE ATTACHED TO HORSE, HORSE PULL ED BACK AT HOME. DX; R HAND ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PATIENT WAS USING A ROPE & IT PULLED LACERATING HIS LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string, Alcohol |
| L THUMB NEARLY CUT OFF BY ROPE, 6-7 BEERS TONIGHT DX: L THUMB AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| CELLULITIS OF RIGHT HAND FROM BEING CAUGHT IN A ROPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS ON NATIONAL GUARD BIVOUAC TRAINING ON A ROPES COURSE AND WAS DRO PPED FROM APPROX. SHOULDER HEIGHT. DX: SPRAIN RT FOOT, RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string, Swimming |
| USED ROPE TO SWING OUT OVER LAKE SEVERAL TIMES WHILE SWIMMIMG LT SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT IN A LOCAL HARDWARE STORE BUYING ROPE ON A SPOOL AND AS SHE WAS PULL ING THE ROPE THE SPOOL FELL ONTO FACE CONTUSION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PAIN/SWELLING TO R HAND AFTER ROPE TWISTED IN FINGERS DX: INDEX FINGER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT PULLED SHOULDER PULLING A ROPE. DX: R ROTATOR CUFF TENDONITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT JUMPED OFF A ROPE AND TWISTED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| JUMPED OFF ROPE SWING,HIT ANKLE ON ROCK AT CREEK SPRAIN RT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 26 Y/O W/FM BRUISED FOOT WHEN SWINGING ON A ROPE AND LANDED ON A LOG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string, Animal induced injury |
| WORKING WITH A HORSE. WAS HOLDING A ROPE AND GOT HAND PULLED. DX: X-RA Y SHOWS PROBABLE NON-DISPLCED FRACTURE OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT ROPE WRAPPED AROUND FINGER DX: FRACTURE 4TH DIGIT LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Rope or string |
| R ARM INJURY, CRUSHED W/ROPE DX: CRUSH INJURY R ARM, STRAIN R SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string, Boats and boating |
| CONTUSION CHEST - 32 YOM TRIPPED OVER A ROPE BETWEEN BOAT AND PIER AND FELL HITTING LEFT SIDE OF CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT TRIPPED ON ROPE. HIP AND KNEE PAIN. FELL FORWARD AND DID THE SPLITS. " I DIDN'T SEE THE ROPE". D: TIBIA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| FINGER CAUGHT IN ROPE/FINGERTIP AMP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string, Animal induced injury |
| FINGER TIP PULLED OFF, CAUGHT IN ROPE ON HORSE DX: OPEN FX R 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string, Animal induced injury |
| CUT OFF FINGER TIP, HAD ROPE AROUND DOG AND DOG RAN OFF DX: AMPUTATION L 3RD FINGERTIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| TRIPPED OVER A ROPE IN RESTAURANT DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string, Knives |
| 37 YO FEMALE WAS CUTTING STRING WITH KNIFE AND KNIFE SLIPPED LACERATION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string, Floors or flooring materials |
| 44 YO TANGLED IN ROPE TRIPPED FELL ON FLOOR CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| KNOCKED OVER BY DOG - CAUGHT IN ROPE 1 WEEK PRIOR KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| CUT TIP OFF R MIDDLE FINGER, CAUGHT IN ROPE DX: AVULSION R 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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