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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,140
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| HAND LAC, PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A ROPE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 19 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: Rope or string |
| 19 YO PULLING ROPE AGAINST OTHERS INJURED HAND FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT C/O PAIN TO R HAND W/BLISTERING FROM HOLDING ROPE AROUND A HORSE. D X. ROPE BURN R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| RT HAND CONT: CLIMBING A TOWER, IN ROPES, HAND CAUGHT IN ROPE, SMASHED AGAINST TOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PATIENT WAS DOING A PROJECT AT SCHOOL, LT HAND HAD ROPE WRAPPED AROUND HAND, ROPE PULLED, HAND BENT IN HALF. DX-4TH & 5TH METACARPAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| HAND INJURY FROM ROPE. DX-ROPE BURN-HAND, HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT HELPING SON IN YARD EARLIER TODAY AND TRIPPED OVER A TOW ROPE, PT C /O L HAND PAIN. DX. CONTS L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PULLING ON TUG OF WAR ROPE, HEARD A POP. DX. FX L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Rope or string, Tarpaulins |
| PT WAS AT HOME TYING DOWN A TARP WITH ROPES, TRIED TO SINGE THE ROPES T O KEEP FROM BRAKING, STARTED TARP ON FIRE CAUSING BURN/BOTH HNDS NFD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string, Animal induced injury |
| 26 Y/O M INJURED L HAND WHEN CAUGHT IN ROPE WHILE HANDLING HORSE AT HOM E. DX; L HAND FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT SUS LACERATION TO HAND WHILE PULLING ON A ROPE% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT HAD A HOLD OF A ROPE AND JERKED ROPE; CUT HAND DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A ROPE WHILE DOCKING A BOAT ON THE RIVER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| TRAPEZE ARTIST GOT ROPE BURNS ON HANDS FROM TRAPEZE FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 23 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: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Rope or string |
| DX BURN TO HAND: SLIDING DOWN ROPE X 5D AGO NOW W MULTIPLE OPEN BLISTERS TO HANDS AND FINGER W INC REDNESS PAIN SOME DRAINAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | 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: Rope or string, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| C/O HAND PAIN STATUS POST A ROPE SNAPPED WHILE RAPPED AROUND HAND HELPI NG HUSBAND TO CUT DOWN A TREE>> CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 50 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: Rope or string |
| PT TRIPPED OVER ROPE FELL FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 22 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PLAYING TUG OF WAR WHEN ROPE WRAPPED AROUND HAND CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Rope or string |
| DX: ROPE BURNS TO BILAT PALMS WHEN PLAYING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| WHILE ON A FIELD TRIP, HURT HAND WHILE PULLING ON A ROPE. DX. R WRIST I NJURY, R HAND SALTER FX.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| SUST INJ TO R HAND AND FINGER S WHEN ROPE WAS PULLED OUT OF HANDACCID H APPENED IN *** DX ROPE BURN L PALM R 2ND & 3RD FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PATIENT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A ROPE AT HOME DX: COMPLEX LACERATION OF RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT CAUGHT HAND IN ROPE ON BOAT DOCK DX// LEFT HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 41 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: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 41 YO M PAIN/SWELLING TO HAND INJURED WHILE PULLING A ROPE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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