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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 841
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 32 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 WITH HAND LAC FROM RUSTY AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 19 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| WAS MOVING A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER - IT SLIPPED; CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN AIR CONDITIONER AND FLOOR. CONTUSION, RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2008 | Age: 29 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 CUT HAND ON AN AIR CONDITIONER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| WORKING ON HIS AIR CONDITIONER CUT BETWEEN FINGERS. DX-LAC HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AIR CONDITIONER AND PUT HAND THROUGH GLASS. MULTIPLE MINOR ABRASIONS L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT CUT HAND ON AIR CONDITIONER WHILE CLEANING AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners, Insect induced injuries |
| PT FIXING HIS AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME AND GOT RED ANTS ALL OVER HIS HA ND BIT ALL OVER STARTED TO SWELL INSECT BITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND ON THE CASING AROUND AN AIR CO NDITIONER UNIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 39 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 TRIPPED OVER AN AIR CONDITIONER AND CUT HAND. DX; HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT CUT HAND WHILE INSTALLING AN AIR CONDITIONER. DX; HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT WAS MOVING AN AIRCONDITIONER WHEN IT FELL ON HIS HAND DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 61 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 LACERATED HAND ON AIRCONDITIONER FAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 6 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 |
| STUCK HAND IN AIR-CONDITIONER, ?MECH >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 20 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: Air conditioners |
| HAND CT-AIR CONDITIONER FELL ON HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN SHEET METAL AND AIR CONDITIONING VENT. DX; HAND CRUSHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| CRUSH INJURY RT HAND.PT DROPPED AN AIR CONDITIONER ON HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 17 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: Air conditioners |
| 17Y/O,M,DROPPED AN AIR CONDITIONER ON HAND, LAC. TO FINGERS 2-5 VOLAR ASPECT, OPEN FX MIDDLE PHALANX 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| LAC TO TOP OF R HAND ON A/C DX; HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 52 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 INSTALLING AIR CONDITIONER WHEN THE CORNER BRACKET CUT LEFT HAND. D X: LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| CUT (L) HAND WHILE PUTTING IN AN AIR CONDITIONER DX- HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 31 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 SWAMP COOLER ON R HAND AT FRIENDS HOME DX CONTUSION R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 46 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 CARRYING AIR CONDITIONER-SLIPPED-CUT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 24 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: 05/24/2008 | Age: 23 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: Air conditioners |
| LACERATION RT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE INSTALLING AIR CONDITIONER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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