Accidents - Business and office machines - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,973
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	355
6-15 years old:	328
16-25 years old:	277
26-50 years old:	476
50+ years old:	534

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	737	Foot:	341
Wrist:	286	Eyeball:	204
Face:	139	Lower Trunk:	86
Head:	70	Hand:	59
Ankle:	15	All Of Body:	15
Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2006	Age: 3 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
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER, LACERATION TO THIRD DIGIT, SUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Business and office machines
HIT HEAD ON CASH REGISTER @ SHOE STORE WHILE THROWING TEMPER TANTRUM, B RUISING TO FOREHEAD ABOVE EYE, CHI
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PAIN TO WRIST AFTER TYPING ON TYPEWRITER DX: WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Business and office machines
PT CUT HAND ON AN ELECTRIC PLANNER AT HOME TODAY DX// DERMAL AVULSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 37 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 DROPPED A PAPER SHREDDER ONTO LEFT FOOT CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2006	Age: 85 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
CUT IN PAPER SHREDDER DX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 26 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
RT FOOT CONTUSION.PT DROPPED A PRINTER ON FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines, Floors or flooring materials
ANKLE FX-HIT CASH REGISTER SITTING ON THE FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Business and office machines
PT GOT 2ND-4TH FINGERS OF LT HAND CAUGHT IN A HOME OFFICE PAPER SHREDDE FINGERS WERE PRIED FROM THE BLADES. DX; AMPUTATION OF 2ND-4TH FINGERTIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PT SUSTAINED LAC LT WRIST ON EDGE OF CALCULATOR, LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 10 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
CAUGHT FINGER IN A SPRING OF A DOOR OF PRINTING MACHINE " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Business and office machines
THUMB CAUGHT IN PRINTING PRES CRUSH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT STATED PAPER SHREDDER EXPLODED IN FACE DX: LT EYE CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 10 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
PT SCRAPED HEEL ON AN OLD TYPEWRITER WHILE CLEANING HOUSE, LACERATION T O FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	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 C/O R WRIST/HAND WEAKNESS, DIFFICULTY HOLING ONTO THINGS, DOES A LOT OF TYPING ASSIGMENTS DX: PROBABLE CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Business and office machines
FINGER CAUGHT IN ROLLING PRESS AMPUTATION FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	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
19 MOM HAD PAPER SHREDDER FALL ON LEFT FOOT CAUSING CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
48 YO FEMALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE TYPING ON TYPEWRITER SHORT OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 23 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 DROPPED A PAPER SHREDDER ONTO FOOT AT HOME, CONTUSION LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
FX AND CUT FINGER WHEN STUCK IN PAPER SHREDDER. EMS UNABLE TO GET OFF, DISMANTLED IN ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 2 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: Business and office machines
CHILD PUT RING FINGER INTO PAPER SHREDDER AT HOME. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 3 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
CAUGHT FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER DX; R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
HIT HEAD ON PRINTER. DX- 1 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 29 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
LAC R 5TH DIGIT - CUT FINGER WHEN WORKING ON PAPER SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 77 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A PAPER SHREDDER, TRIED TO REMOVE STUCK PAPER, LAC ERATED RT THIRD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT C/O OF WRIST PAIN AFTER TYPING DX: LEFT WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 27 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: Business and office machines
SHREDDING PAPER AT HOME AND CAUGHT FINGERS IN SHREDDER..LAC TO FINGERS NOT WORKMENS COMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 3 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
PT STUCK R HAND IN PAPER SHREDDER AT HOIME DX: FX R PROXIMAL R 4TH PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines, Paper products
PT PULLING A PIECE OF PAPER OFF A COPIER MACHINE AND STRUCK SELF IN THE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Business and office machines
SUDDEN WRIST PAIN DUING TYPING CLASS " CARPEL TUNEL SYND '
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
PT STUBBED L TOE ON PRINTER AT HOME DX: FX L 5TH TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
LACEATION FOREHEAD-BANGED ON COIN MACHINE AT LAUNDROMAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 9 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, Tables
CHILD FELL ONTO CORNER OF PRINTER AND TABLE AND STRUCK HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD LACERATION, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
PT DROPPED A TYPEWRITER ON FOOT A FEW DAYS AGO , FOOT IS NOW PAINFUL AND RED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Business and office machines
CHI, COIN MACHINE FELL ON PATIENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2006	Age: 12 months	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: Business and office machines
FINGER CAUGHT IN PAPER SHREDDER` DX: R POINTER FINGER SUPERFICIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT WITH PAIN IN WRIST DUE TO TYPING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2006	Age: 16 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
C/O PT MOM STATES CHILD STUCK FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER DX LT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PATIENT CAUGHT FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER AT HOME; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
EMPTYING PAPER SHREDDER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL/ CONTUSION LT HIP AND SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	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: SHREDDING PAPER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 54 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
CAUGHT FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER DX: R 1ST & 2ND FINGER LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
14 Y/O W/M CUT FOOT WHEN PLAYING AND STEPPED ON TYPEWRITER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	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, Paper products
[T PULLED PAPER FROM PRINTER AND STRUCK L EYE !CORNEAL EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2006	Age: 4 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: Crushing
Product: Business and office machines
PT GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN A RUNNING PAPER SCHREDDER DX: CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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