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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,161
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT STATES SHE CUT HER FINGER ON A PAIR OF BENCH SHEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT THUMB WHILE USING TAPE MEASURE DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2002 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT CUT ON MEASURING TAPE; LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| LAC R 2ND FINGER ON EDGE OF METAL TAPE MEASURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 44 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT LACERATED FINGER WHILE USING PLUMBER'S SNAKE AT HOME. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 37 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| 37 YO M CRUSHED L POINTER FINGER WITH CROW BAR. DX CRUSH INJURY, 2ND DIGIT CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CARVING TURKEY WITH SHEARS C/O AVULSION FINGER LWOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 38 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER AFTER HIT WITH A CROW BAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| NOOWT CUT LT HAND INDEX FINGER ON METAL MEASURE TAPE, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT. CUT LEFT 3RD FINGER ON PIPE CUTTER. DX. LAC L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX:CONTUSION L 5TH DISTAL PHALANX. WAS SITTING ON FLOOR AT SCHOOL AND F INGER HIT BY YARDSTICK LAUNCHED ACROSS FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 4 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| 4 YOM CUT FINGER ON MEASURING TAPE LAC R INDEX FINGER IP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PATIENT CARRYING A TAPE MEASURE AT HOME, TAPE STUCK AND HE RAN HIS HAND ACROSS IS CUTTING FINGER; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools, Hatchets or axes |
| CUT L THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON HAND HELD GRINDER WHILE SHARPENING A HA TCHET. DX. LAC L THUMB, INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| DX;CRUSH INJURY R 4TH FINER. WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT A TREE ROOT AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN ROOT AND CROWBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT FINGER ON A TAPE MEASURE AT SCHOOL DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| LACERATION FINGER - 36 YOM LACERATED TOP OF RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FING ERS ON A SCRAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 43 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| LAC L THUMB/43YOM LACERATED L THUMB WITH A TAPE MEASURER 2 HRS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 52 years | 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| TRIED CUTTING WOOD DOWEL WITH SHEARS AND LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT WAS CUT ON PUTTY KNIFE. DX: L THUMB LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT FINGER ON MEASURING TAPE DX.FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT LAC FINGER ON A MEASURING TAPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT FINGER WITH PAIR OF SHARP SHEARS DX: AMPUTATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT L THUMB WITH A SCRAPER 45 MINUTES PTA. DX. L DORSAL THUMB LACERATIO N, EXTENSOR TENDON LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 28 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| LACERATED THUMB WITH *** TOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| LAC TO FINGER WHEN PLAYING WITH TAPE MEASURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT L 5TH FINGER ON A METAL TAPE MEASURE. LAC L LITTLE FINGER $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools, Footwear |
| PT STATES WAS SCRAPING BLACK TOP OFF HIS BOOTS WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED AND SCRAPER CUT HIS FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT WAS CLEANING GARAGE AND CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WITH MEASURING TAPE- PT FAINTED WHEN G/MOM WAS CLEANING FINGER. D: LAC R MIDDLE FINGER / |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools, Hammers |
| FINGER LACERATION - CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN A CROWBAR AND A S LEDGE HAMMER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 51 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT FINGER TRYING TO TAKE OFF RUSTY BLADE FROM A SCRAPER AT HOME. DXRIG HT FINGER LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT FINGER WITH TAPE MEASURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| FINGER CAUGHT IN LEATHER SPLITTER DX: OPEN FX RT 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT SCRAPING A BRICK WITH A SCRAPER THAT SLIPPED AND CUT RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PATIENT WAS PUTTING A NEW BLADE IN A SCRAPER AND CUT HER FINGER. DX-LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT L INDEX FINGER ON A APE MEASURE. L INDEX FINGER LAC $ |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
| Date: 04/09/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT CUT FINGERS ON CAULK GUN AT FRIENDS, SOFT TISSUE AVULSION 2ND DIGIT R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT LEFT THUMB ON CAULKING GUN LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 23 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: Other manual workshop tools, Bathtubs or showers |
| CUT FINGER GETTING PLASTIC WITH PUTTY SCRAPER REPAIRING SHOWER. NONWORK LACERATION LEFT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2002 | Age: 26 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| SLICED WITH TOOL WHILE REMODELING HOUSE - LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEN A ROCK AND PRY BAR HE WAS USING, CUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 24 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| CUT FINGER ON A TAPE MEASURE LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER 2 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT CUT FINGER ON SHEARS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| HIT FINGER ON TAPE MEASURE DX: LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| IN WOODSHOP, CUT SELF WITH CARVING TOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT LACERATED FINGERS WITH MEASURING TAPE, ACUTE R 5TH FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| DOING WOODWORK CUT FINGER ON SHEAR LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| SUSTAINED LACERATION BETWEEN 1ST & 2D FINGER WEB SPACE RT HAND FROM TAP E MEASURE. - LACERATION RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 54 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| LACERATION OF L THUMB - CUT L THUMB KNUCKLE WHEN USING A SCAPEL AS A SC RAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| WAS USING SHAVING BLADE WORKING IN WOOD SHOP AT SCHOOL AND CUT LEFT 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other manual workshop tools |
| @ SCHOOL, WAS USING A CROW BAR @ SHOP CLASS & IT SMASHED LT 5TH FINGER. SWELLING/CT@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 44 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: Other manual workshop tools |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAND ON A CROWBAR AT HOME CAUSING FINGER INJURY DX:L 4TH FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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