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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,359
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 63YOM LAC FINGER ON NYLON STRING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 53 YOM, CAUGHT FINGER IN ROPE, DISLOCATE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 18 YOM GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN A ROPE; CUT FINGER DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 59 Y/O M CUT FINGER ON ROPE LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 33YOM CRUSHED THUMB ON ROPE WHILE HAULING IN A BOAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 28YO BLACK FEMALE PLAYING TUG A WAR & FINGER WAS TWISTED IN ROPE DX FINGER FRACTURE PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| L 4TH FING DISLOCATION/35YOM WAS GOING DOWN OBSTICLE COURSE & FINGER GO T CAUGHT IN ROPE STAPPING IT BACKWARDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 11YOM INJURED FINGER WHILE SWINGING ON A ROPE FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 49YOF WAS SWINGING ON A ROPE AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT. DX. FINGER SPRAIN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 15YOM WAS SWINGING ON A ROPE AND GOT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 42YOM-FINGER FX-FINGER GOT CRUSHED BETWEEN A BOAT & A ROPE-ON THE RIVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 77 YO WM CUT THUMB ON A ROPE AT HOME LACERATION RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2010 | Age: 38 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: Rope or string, Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| FINGER LAC-38YOF TRYING TO GET THE DOG OFF A ROPE CUT FINGER WITH A RAZOR BLADE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 42 YOM HURT R THUMB ON ROPE DX; THUMB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 19YOM HAS ROPE BURN ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER ABRASION OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2010 | Age: 15 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: Rope or string, Manual scissors |
| 15 YO M LAC FINGER WHEN MOM CUT STRING OFF FINGER WITH SCISSORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2010 | Age: 27 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 27 YR OLD FEMALE SWINGING ON ROP IN RIVER AND INJ FINGER CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| A 36 YOM WAS SWINGING FROM ROPE AND INJURED FINGER. DX: STRAIN, LEFT THIRD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| RT MIDDLE FINGER FX.40YOM HAD SWUNG ON A ROPE INTO RIVER AND INJURED FI NGER ON ROPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 52 YOF SWINGING ON ROPE OFF A BOAT & INJURED LT MIDDLE FINGER DX##: SPRAIN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2010 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string, Wire |
| 81 YOF CAUGHT L 4TH FINGER BETWEEN ROPE AND WIRE DX: OPEN FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2010 | Age: 18 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: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 18 YOM BLISTER TO THE FINGER AFTER PULLING ON A ROPE LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 62YOM,LACERATION TORT 4TH FINGER S/P ON A BOAT GRABBED A THIN ROPE WHICH CUT HIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 61YOM, ON A BOAT GOT FINGER CAUGHT STUCK IN THE HOOK WHEN THE ROPE TIES TO THE BOAT>>FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 4 YOM, WAS RIDING ON A MULE, WHEN GOT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT UP IN SOME ROPE, ENDED UP AMPUTATING TIP OF FINGER DX: APUTATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2010 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| DX FX OF 5TH FINGER PROXIMAL PHALNX: 6YOM R F BENT BACKWARDS PLAY' ON ROPES @ EVENT. PX TO R LITTLE F, SWELL', BRUISING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2010 | Age: 64 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: Rope or string |
| 64 YOM FRACTURED A FINGER BY CATCHING THUMB IN ROPE WHILE WORKING WITH A HORSE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/18/2010 | Age: 55 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: Rope or string |
| 55YOM, CAUGHT THE TIP OF RT THUMB IN A ROPE, ?MECH >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 83YOF LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON A STRING* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 25 Y/O W/ M RECEIVED ROPE BURN WHEN HOLDING ROPE AND MULE SPOOKED PULLING AWAY AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 11 YO M PLAYING TUG-OF-WAR WITH ROPE AT SCHOOL, HURT HAND. DX FINGER FR ACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 22 YOM, CAUGHT IN ROPE PULLING DOWN TREE, CONTUSION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2010 | 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: Dislocation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 24YOM GOT RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT UP IN A ROPE AND DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 61 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: Rope or string, Power tillers or cultivators |
| 61YOM, ACC CUT FINGER WITH A ROPE VS ?*** WRAPPED AROUND THE FINGER>>LA C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2010 | Age: 78 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: Rope or string |
| 78 YOM INJURY TO FINGER FROM ROPE. DX FINGER ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| ROPE CAUGHT AROUND FINGER AT HOME LACERATION FINGER. 21 YOM* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 31 Y/O F INJ FINGER SWINGING ON A ROPE FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 18YOM AMPUTATION TO FINGER TYING A HORSE TO A POST WITH NLON ROPE WHE N THE HORSE BUCKED PT UNABLE TO FREE HIS HAND FROM THE ROPE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 53YOF WAS DOING HELICOPTER TRAINING AND BURNED FINGERS ON ROPE FINGER ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 60 YOF WAS TRYING TO TIE UP BOAT WHEN ROPE CAUGHT AROUND FINGER & BOAT MOVED. DX: BILAT HAND LACS, L FIFTH DIGIT AMPUTATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 80YOM SLIPPED & HUNG FROM ROPE WITH LT 5TH DIGIT AT HOME SUSTAINING INJURY. DX - LT 5TH DIGIT LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 60YOM THROWNING THE BOAT ANCHOR OFF THE SIDE OF THE BOAT IN THE GULF AN D GOT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOAT AND THE ANCHOR ROPE FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2010 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 32 YOF-PT'S DOG WAS PULLING ON A ROPE & ROPE PULLED L INDEX FINGER & DI SLOCATED IT-PLAYING TUG A WAR DX DISLOCATION L PIP # 2 * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 39 YOF PT C/O INJURY TO L RING FINGER AFTER A TWISTING INJURY IN A HOR SE'S LEAD ROPE. FX PROX PHALANX LRF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 7YOM; PT JUMPED FROM A TREE AFTER HE HAD TIED A ROPE TO HIS LEFT HAND ; THE ROPE DEGLOVED & ALMOST AMPUTATED L THUMB. D: FX PHALANX; AMP THUM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/15/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 47YOM WAS ROPING, THREW THE ROPE CATCHING RT THUMB IN ROPE INJURING DISTAL TIP. DX - RT THUMB DISTAL TIP AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 47YOM LAC FINGER WHILE PULLING A ROPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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