Accidents - Business and office machines - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,001
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	494
6-15 years old:	168
16-25 years old:	479
26-50 years old:	582
50+ years old:	275

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	662	Wrist:	302
Toe:	223	Shoulder:	187
Ear:	103	Foot:	103
Head:	86	Eyeball:	86
Mouth:	75	Lower Trunk:	70
Face:	48	Hand:	32
All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A PAPER SHREDDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
CUT ON PAPER SHREDDER - LACERATION AND FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
CUT FINGER ON TYPEWRITER FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
ABRASION FINGER - 9 YOM CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB IN A PENCIL SHARPENER SU STAINING AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines, Floors or flooring materials
83 YO - DX: SHOULDER FRACTURE- TRIPPED OVER PAPER SHREDDER CORD - HIT F LOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT TYPING AT HOME WHEN HAD ONSET OF SHOULDER PAIN. D: TRAPEZIUS STRAIN. POSSIBLE URETHRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
FINGER LACERATION, CUT ON PAPER SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
RT 2ND TOE ABRASION-C/O PAIN TO RT 2ND TOE AFTER DROPPING A TYPEWRITER ON RT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PUT HAND IN BOTTOM OF PAPER SHREDDER AT HOME; SECOND DIGIT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2004	Age: 35 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: Business and office machines
FINGER FX-SMASHED FINGER IN A PRESS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PT HELPING SHRED PAPER WHEN 4TH DIGIT WAS CAUGHT IN THE SHREDDER. DX: LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN PAPER SHREDDER DX MULTIPLE FINGER LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT. WAS CARRYING A TYPEWRITER AND DROPPED IT ON HER FOOT CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2004	Age: 4 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: Business and office machines
LAC FINGER INSIDE A PAPER SHREDDER MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines, Floors or flooring materials
HURT LT. WRIST PUTTING FAX MACHINE INTO GARAGE, FELL ON FLOOR DX: SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
PT SUST INJURY TO HAND FROM PAPER SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
FX;LACR MID AND RING FINGER TIPS/2YOF AT HOME PUT FINGERS INTO PAPER SH REDDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Business and office machines
PT COMPLAINING OF NUMBNESS TO HAND, FINGERS. PAIN IN 4TH/5TH FINGERS AF TER TYPING THIS AFTERNOON. D: CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
FRACTURE TOE - 63 YOF C/O RIGHT 4TH TOE PAIN FOR PAST 3 WEEKS AFTER HIT TING HIT AGAINST A PAPER SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Business and office machines
PIECE OF CALCULATOR PAD IN EAR F B EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS JUMPING ON BED AND FELL OFF HIT HEAD ON TYPEWRITER NEXT TO BED 1 CM LAC RT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
HAND PAIN, PROVOKED BY TYPING ARTHRALGIA WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
TYPEWRITER FELL ON PT'S FOOT AT HOME CAUSING INJ DX:FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Business and office machines
PT STRUCK LEFT GREAT TOE AGAINST A PAPER SHREDDER SUSTAINED A SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
LACERATION TO 2ND FINGER BY PAPER GILLOTINE DX 3 CM LACERATION TO L 2ND DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Business and office machines, Counters or countertops
PT SHOCKED WHEN PLACING HAND ON ATM MACHINE AND THEN ON MEAT COUNTER GETTING KNOCKED OFF FEET DX:ELECTRIC SHOCK (PT AT A STORE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
FINGER LACERATION, CAUGHT FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Business and office machines
HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS GOT HIT WITH THE TOP OF PHOTOCOPIER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines, Tables
9 YO M PULLED PRINTER DOWN OFF NITE STAND FELL ON FOOT LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: TRIPPED OVER PAPER SHREDDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT AT CONVENIENCE STORE & CASHIER KNOCKED CREDIT MACHINE ONTO PT. BRUISING TO L EYE & SMALL CUT TO PINKEY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
FRACTURE TOE - 23 YOM SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS RIGHT GREAT TOE WHEN A PA PER SHREDDER FELL OVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT WITH HAND NUMBNESS X 3 DAYS. ALSO NECK PAIN. SPENDS A LOT OF TIME TY PING. D; TRAPEZIUS STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
WAS LIFTING AN OLD ASH REGISTER GLASS BROKE LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
HAND GOT STUCK IN A PAPER SHREDDER. DX. 2 CM LACERATION R 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
LAC TO FINGER WHEN MOVING COPY MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT FELL STRIKING FACE AGAINST A TYPEWRITER AT HOME CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Business and office machines
2 Y.O. W FEMALE W/DENTAL INJURY. PT STS WAS RUNNING & RAN INTO COPY MAC HINE @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
ENLARGEMENT MACHINE FELL ON PATIENT AT SCHOOL; NOSE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT LIFTED COPY MACHINE AT HOME. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, L ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
TUGGING ON CASH REGISTER AND IT FELL OVER AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
HIT WITH THROWN CALCULATOR BY ACCIDENT - LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 12 months	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: Business and office machines
FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER DX: LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
38YOF-CORNEAL ABRASION-STRUCK EYE ON EDGE OF A PRINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PATIENT FELL ASLEEP IN CLASS AT SCHOOL, WOKE UP AND STARTED SHAKING, WE NT TO OFFICE, LOST BALANCE AND HIT HEAD ON COPY MACHINE; CHIN CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Business and office machines
BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, L WRIST AND HAND PAIN, STATESUSES HAN DS ALOT IN SCHOOL FOR TYPING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
LOWER BACK PAIN - 37 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING A PRINTER EAR LIER IN THE DAY, WENT 2 MOVE ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BACK TIGHTENED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
27 YO MALE FAINTED AT BANK AND HIT HEAD ON ATM MACHINELEFT WITHOUT TREA TMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
STRAINED LOWER BACK YESTERDAY WHILE LIFTING A COPIER MACHINE. DX BACKACHE MUSCLE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 45 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: Business and office machines
PT DX LACERATION TO LT HAND - PT C/O HE JUST THREW A TANTRUM AND STARTED BANGING HIS HAND OUT.PT SMASHED A TYPE WRITER WITH LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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