Accidents - Business and office machines - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,197
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	506
6-15 years old:	98
16-25 years old:	192
26-50 years old:	908
50+ years old:	490

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	729	Face:	184
Foot:	183	Head:	161
Lower Trunk:	131	Toe:	113
Hand:	92	Neck:	90
Elbow:	88	Wrist:	88
Mouth:	82	Internal:	75
Lower Leg:	75	Ankle:	70
Upper Trunk:	15	All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
19YOM TRIPPED OVER A NEW PRINTER HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER AT HOME AND ST RAINED RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
48YOF HAD BOOK BINDING MACHINE SPRING AND HIT NOSE NASAL BONE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
31 Y/O F FINGER PAIN AFTER EXTENDED TYPEWRITER USAGE FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
DX ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN: 49YOF ARM NUMBNESS STARTED 1ST, THEN PROGRESS'D TO "HEART FEEL'G SQUEEZED HEAD "EXPLOD'G PRSS. TYP'G W SX STARTED
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 16 months	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
16MOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER STUCK IN A PAP ER SHREDDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	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, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
RUNNIING INTHE STORE, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING FOREHEAD ONTO A CORNER OF ME TAL REGISTER>>CHI/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
FELL OVER SOME OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND HIT HEAD AND LAC EYE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
29YOM C/O CUTTING RIGHT PINKY FINGER IN A PRESS. DX: LACERATION (SUTURE S)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT SUST FINGER SPRAIN WHEN CAUGHT IN SHREDDER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PAPER SHREDDER FELL ON FINGER FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
PT WAS INJURED IN MVA WHILE IN CAB, PT HIT HEAD ON CREDIT CARD MACHINE DX. NOSE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
5TH MC FX-44 Y/O M-STRUCK A PRINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
TRIPPED AT A BANK, FELL HIT FACE AGAINST ATM MACHINE DX: LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF WORSENING NECK PAIN THAT STARTED LAST PM WHILE TYPI NG>>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
CUT FINGER ON A COPY MACHINE 2 DAYS AGO. DX. FINGER CELLULITIS.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 65 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 STATES THAT A PAPER SHREDDER FELL ON TOP OF HER RT FOOT @ HOME PTA D X CONTUSION RT FOOT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 13 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
TYPING AND WRIST HURTS;DX STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Business and office machines
PATIENT PICKED UP UNDER ARMS, WAS HANGING BY ARMS FROM COPIER BEFORE TH AT, NOT USING ARM; NURSEMAID'S ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 6 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT PRESENT TO ER DUE TO GOT 3RD &4TH FINGER SMASHED IN A CASH REGISTER TODAY- DX- CONTUSION AND ABRASION LT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Business and office machines
DX INK EXPOSURE/INHALATION: C/O INHALATION/EXPOSURE TO INK CARTRIDGE (POWDER) THAT EXPLODED W HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT. POISON CTRL CALLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PUT FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
PT LIFTED A PRINTER 8 DAYS AGO INJURING LOWER BACK, HAS NOT GOTTEN BETT ER ON IT'S OWN DX;# LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
ABRASION LOWER LEG - 48 YO MALE TRIPPED AND SCRAPED LEFT SHIN ON PAPER SHREDDER - REDNESS AND SWELLING NOTED TO ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 23 months	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: Business and office machines
3RD & 4TH FINGERS TRAUMA-PUT FINGERS IN PAPER SHREDDER-TO ER W/ FINGERS & HAND CAUGHT IN SHREDDER-SENT TO LARGER HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PT WITH CONTUSION TO FINGER FROM A SHREDDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
PT DROPPED A PAPER SHREDDER ON TOE AT HOME, DX TOE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 65 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, Paper products
65YOF WAS SHREDDING PAPER IN PAPER SHREDDER WAS PLACING A PIECE OF PAPER IN SLOT,SNAGGED LT LITTLE FINGER ON CUTTER;FINGER LACERATION,1.5
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Business and office machines, Other toys
PT MENTALLY RETARDED AT A GROUP HOME DROPPED A TOY INTO A PAPER SHREDDE R AND REACHED IN TO GRAB IT AND AMPUTATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL AND HIT HEAD ON PAPER SHREDDER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Business and office machines
PAPER SHREDDER EXLPODED AND BURNED RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
FOOT FX-DROPPED A PAPER SHREDDER ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Business and office machines, Batteries
12 MTH OLD F NON TOXIC INGESTION, CHILD SWALLOWED A BATTERY FORM A CALCULATOR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
PT HAD A PRINTER TRAY FALL ONTO HER HEAD. NO LOC. HAS MARK ON R SIDE OF HEAD. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	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
PT CUT THUMB ON SHREDDING BLADE AT HOME, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Business and office machines
41 YOM MACHINE RAN OVER TOE CRUSH INJURY TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	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
CUT TO FINGER IN PAPER SHREDDER DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines, Floors or flooring materials
PT PLAYING W/ CALCULATOR. DROPPED COVER ONTO FLOOR THEN STEPPED ON IT A ND SLIPPED YEST. PT NOT USING R LEG. SWELLING. DX R TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	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
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN FALLING BACK ONTO TYPEWRITER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 49 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
FOOT CT-DROPPED A PRINTER ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
ACC CUT HAND ONTO A METAL "LETTER MACHINE" @ SCHOOL, ?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Business and office machines
GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN A PAPER SHREDDER BUCKET. DX.FINGER CRUSH INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 62 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
PT DROPPED A PAPER SHREDDER ON R FOOT AT HOME. DX. FX R GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Business and office machines
BUMPED ELBOW ON A PRINTER DX: CELLULITIS ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Business and office machines
AMPUTATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGERTIP MOVING COPIER FINGERTIP AMPUTATION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STATES HAD OLD TYPEWRITER FALL FROM TOP SHELF HITTING PT ON R FOOT A ND BIG TOE. DX. TOE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 32 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
MILD C.H.I., BREAKTHROUGH SEIZURE, SUBTHERAPEUTIC *** LEVEL, ATCOMPUTER STORE, HAD SEIZURE, FELL, STRUCK HEAD ON PRINTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Business and office machines
STUCK HIS RT FINGER IN A SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE CHAIN DX: PHALANX FRACTURE, AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Business and office machines, Aerosol containers
PT WITH BURNS TO FACE, SPRAYED "DUST LINT SPRAY" ONTO A PAPER SHREDDER, THIS CAUSED FLASH FIRE TO PT'S FACE, PT INTUBATED FIRE INVOLVED UNK FD
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/16/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
NECK PAIN AFTER TYPING AT HOME DX: NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	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: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT PRESENTS TO ER WITH BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING HEAVY PRINTER-LOWER TRUNK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Business and office machines
PRINTER FELL ON FOOT DX: CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	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 LIFTING UP REGISTER DX: WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	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
KIDS PLAYING AROUND HIT BY A CALCULATOR AT SCHOOL LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Business and office machines
PT WAS MOVING PRINTER YESTERDAY AND NOW C/O LOWER BACK PAIN.DX: LUMBOSA CRAL BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Business and office machines
CHILD GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN PAPER SHREDDER. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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