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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 736
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CUT R) INDEX FINGER LAST NITE ON SPEAKER WIRE. AWOKE W/STREEKING UP ARM DX: CELLULITIS/LACERATION R) INDEX FINGER * |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| @ HM-MAD & PUNCHED WALL, DIRECTLY HIT LIGHT SWITCH COVER WHICH CRACKED, LACERATION FINGER , COMPLICATED W/TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| LACERATION FINGER - 15 YOM STRUCK A LIGHT SWITCH IN ANGER LACERATING HI S LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WAS CLEANING UP TRAILER AND WAS CUTTING A COPPER WIRE WHEN HE CUT TH UMB. DX. THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WAS REWIRING HIS HOUSE WHEN A WIRE JAMMED INTO HIS RIGHT FIFTH FINGE R FOREIGN BODY FINGER ELECTRICAL WIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 16 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| L THUMB LAC/16YOM AT HOME CUT THUMB ON METAL PIECE ON LIGHT SWITCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT WORKIGN WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING THREE DAYS AGO AND SUSTAINED AN ELECT RIC BURN TO FINGER NOW IT IS INFECTED CELLULITIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CRUSHED FINGER WORKING ON ELECTRICAL WIRING IN HIS HOUSE STRUCK BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL LACERATION NAIL BED FINGER & FINGERNAIL REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL AND SWITCH SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A SHARP METAL SWITCH SUSTAINED " FINGER LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT USING ELECTRICAL WIRE THINKS HE HAS A PIECE OF WIRE IN FINGER @HOME FB RT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A LIGHT SWITCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2005 | Age: 24 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: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CUT FINGER WHILE INSTALLING LIGHTS LACERATION LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/11/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CUT ON BEDROOM LIGHT SWITCH OR SWITCH COVER AT HOME; FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| RIGHT RING FINGER BENT BACKWARDS AS SHE RANG DOORBELL DX: SPRAINED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| CUT FINGER WHILE STRIPPING ELECTRICAL WIRE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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