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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,255
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| DROPPED AIR CONDITIONER ON HAND AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| BURNS TO HANDS FROM *** WORKING ON AIR CONDITIONER BURNS HANDS SECOND D EGREE MULTIPLE SITES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT HAD ABRASION TO PALM OF L HAND WHILE CLEANING AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| WAS PICKING UP AN AIR CONDITIONER AND CONTUSED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| TAKING AIR CONDITIONER OUT OF WINDOW, WINDOW SLAMMED ON HAND. DX; LAC ERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 60 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: Air conditioners, Windowsills or frames |
| LT HAND CONTUSION: TRYING TO REMOVE WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER, METAL WINDOW FRAME FELL ONTO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT PUTTING A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER UNIT IN WHEN THE WINDOW CLOSED ONTO LEFT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WORKING ON HIS AIR CONDITIONER VENT YESTERDAY WHEN HIS HAND GOT CAU GHT IN THE UNIT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| AIR CONDITIONER FELL ON R HAND AT HOME. DX. CONT R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2007 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| HIT (R) HAND ON AN AIR CONDITIONER HAS LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| DROPPED AIR CONDITIONER ON R HAND DX CONTUSION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners, Animal induced injury |
| BITEN BY CAT WHILE WORKING OUTSIDE INSTALLING AC UNIT CAT IN AC BOX DX: CAT BITE TO L & R HANDS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WAS @ HOME STUCK HER HAND INTO THE AIR CONDITIONER NOW CRYING W/ PAIN. DX LEFT HAND ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PICKING UP AN AC UNIT, CUT HAND ACC ON A NAIL "LAC'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN INSTALLING AN AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2007 | 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: Air conditioners, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| WHILE INSTALLING AIR CONDITIONER IN WINDOW, WINDOW FELL ON HAND @ HOME DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 72 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: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WORKING ON A COOLER WHEN HAND SLIPPED ON SHARP EDGE. D: HAND LACERAT ION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| LEFT HAND CONT. PT DROPPED AN AIR CONDITIONER ONTO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| HAND CONT. PT WAS MOVING AN AIR CONDITIONER AND IT FELL ONTO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| BURNT B/L HANDS BY TOUCHING THE HOT COMPRESSOR OF AC UNIT " BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 29 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: Air conditioners |
| 29 YO F CONTUSION TO HAND AFTER AIR CONDITIONER FELL ON IT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT LAC RT HAND WHILE WORKING ON AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| INSTALLING A WINDOW AC UNIT LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| 12 YO BURN HAND ON AIR CONDITIONER BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| RT HAND LACERATION.PT WAS MOVING AN AIR CONDITIONER AND LACERATED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WAS AT HOME MOVING AN AIR CONDITIONER, LACERATED LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON AIR CONDITIONER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WAS LIFTING AN AIR CONDITIONER AND IT FELL ONTO HAND AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| CUT HAND ON AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| FX L HAND, PT GOT HURT W/AN AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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