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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,746
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/10/2010 | Age: 38 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| FRACTURE HAND - 38 YO MALE PRESENTS AFTER A FALL FROM 20 FOOT EXTENSION LADDER - ALSO LACERATION TO RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2010 | Age: 42 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: Extension or straight ladders, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CONTUSION HAND - 42 YO MALE PRESENTS POST EXTENSION LADDER FALL WHEN PT WAS CLEANING OUT GUTTERS AT HOME - FELL 8 FEET - ALSO WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2009 | Age: 31 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: Extension or straight ladders, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| FRACTURE HAND - 31 YO MALE WAS ON LADDER USING BLOCK SANDER WHEN A RUNG BROKE - PT FELL 5FT AND LADDER LANDED ON HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 73 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| FRACTURE HAND - 73 YO MALE STATES HE TRIPPED OVER LADDER AND INJURED HI S LEFT HAND - AT HOME TWO DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| 73 YOM LACERATED WEBBING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON A N EXTENSION LADDER YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 55 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT MOVING LADDERS-HEARD POP-FX LET METACARPAL 3RD IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 43 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: Other |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| SETTING UP 17 FT METAL FOLDING EXTENSION LADDER. LADDER CAME CRASHING O N HAND. DX: RIGHT HAND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT STATES WAS ON A LADDER TRYING TO GET A FLOWER POT WHEN HE FELL AND T HE LADDER FELL ON HIM DX LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| LADDER CRUSHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE TRUCK, LEFT HAND CONTUSION AND LEFT INDEX FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| MC FX-FELL FROM EXTENSION LADDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT WAS AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, & HER LT 4TH FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN SLIDING LADDER, BLOOD UNDER NAIL. DX: FRACTURE OF LT HAND, 4TH PROXIMAL PHALAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2006 | Age: 63 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| FELL FROM 6 FT LADDER CONTUSION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| FRACTURE HAND - 53 YOM WAS USING A LARGE EXTENSION LADDER THAT COLLAPSE D ONTO LEFT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2006 | Age: 29 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN AN EXTENSION LADDER. DX: RIGHT HAND CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2006 | 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL FROM LADDER AT HOME STATES HAND PAIN RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| FELL 7 FT OFF LADDER FX RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| HIT HAND ON EXTENSION LADDER AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/24/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| 44 YOF FELL OFF 6FT LADDER. SPRAIN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT HAND PUNCTURED: NAIL PUNCTURED RT HAND, ON EXTENSION LADDER, FELL, LANDING ON A NAIL, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 33 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT. FELL FROM LADDER , LANDED ON R HAND CAUSING INURY. DX. R. HAND CONT USION. # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT. CAUGHT L. HAND IN AN EXTENSION LADDER. DX. CONTUSION L. HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| EXTENSION LADDER FELL ONTO HAND. DX: LACERATION TO 2 TO LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| CONTUS R HAND WITH ABRAS & HEMATOMA; TRYING TO SET UP LADDER & PINCHED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT FELL FROM LADDER WHILE CLEANING GUTTER CLOSED 5TH METACARPAL LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 53 YOM WAS UP ON LADDER CLEANING OUT GUTTER; HE SLIPPED AND HIT HAND AG AINST GUTTER. LACERATION, LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| 43 YO MALE FELL FROM LADDER,FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PAIN L HAND S/P FALL FROM LADDER AS TOP PART OF LADDER SLIPPED DOWN. DX CONT LT KNEE/ FX PROX 5TH MC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 76 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: Extension or straight ladders |
| 76YOM-LACERATION LEFT PALM-HAND PINCHED BY ALUMINUM LADDER SLIDING DOWN ON HAND AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| HAND CRUSHED ON A POWER LADDER. DX. CRUSH INJURY L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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