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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,728
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT CHASING BIRDS OUT OF YARD AND HIT BOTH HANDS ON BARBED WIRE FENCE DX: BILATERAL HAND LACS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS JUMPING OVER A FENCE,HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE EDGE IN STREET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT DX BILATERAL HAND LACERATKION - S/P TRYING TO CLIMB AND CUT HAND ON FENCE AT PARKING LOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CUT WITH BURR ON STEEL FENCE POST DX LAC L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT STATES FB IN RT HAND WHILE WORKING ON FENCE AT HOME HAND PAIN, FB OVER 4TH MCP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND ON GATE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT SLAMMED HAND IN GATE. DX: HAND PX, LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/11/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| WALKING BY A FENCE AND SCRATCHED HAND ON IT RESULITNG IN CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| LACERATION RIGHT PALM-CUT ON GATE WHILE LETTING DOG OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT BITTEN ON HAND BY DAUGHTER'S DOG WHEN ENTERING GATE AT DAUGHTER'S HO USE. D: DOG BITE, PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| LAC TO PALM OF HAND AFTER A GATE SLAMMED AGAINST HAND. DX. LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 63 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: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT FUNCTURED HAND ON BARBED WIRE FENCE IN FIELD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CUT HAND WHILE OPENING GATE DX: LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 52 YO INJURED HAND ON FENCE LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 55 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: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT CAUGHT HAND IN A CHAIN LINK FENCE, LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| INSECT STING L HAND: PUT HAND ON WOODEN GATE POST, FELT SOMETHING SHARP, PALM RED AND SWOLLEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | Age: 53 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: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT HIT FENCE WITH HAND, PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 1. 71 YOM ABRASION HAND FROM FENCE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 54 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: Fences or fence posts |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A FENCE FELL JAMMING HAND ON GROUND. " CONTS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| POISON IVY ON HANDS-AFTER PULLING FENCE POSTS W/ POISON IVY-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CUT ON WIRE MESH FENCING WHILE WEEDING GARDEN SKIN AVULSION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| AT NEIGHBORS & NEIGHBOR'S NEIGHBOR HAS FENCED IN YARD WITH DOG & DOG PU T HEAD OVER FENCE & BIT PATIENT'S HAND SKIN TEAR/PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT CUT HIS HAND ON RUSTY BARBED WIRE DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A BARBED WIRE FENCE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PATIENT CUT ON BARBED WIRE AT HOME. DX: LACERATION OF LT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT GOT SCRATCHED BY A PIECE OF BARBED WIRE 2 WEEKS AGO. NEVER SEEN MD. HAND IS NOW SWELLING. DX. HAND CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT CLOSED GATE ONTO RT HAND, LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT INJURED HAND ON WIRE FROM FENCE DX: RIGHT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2005 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| FELL AGAINST GATE DX R HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HAND SLIPPPED,STRUCK METAL GATE CORNER-LACERATION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2005 | 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: Fences or fence posts |
| PT GOT HAND JAMMED BETWEEN FENCE POSTS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| BANGED HAND ON A WROUGHT IRON FENCE. DX. L HAND CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PATIENT WAS CLIMBING OVER A GATE & THE EDGE OF METAL WAS SHARP CUTTING HER RIGHT HAND. DX - LACERATION, WEB SPACE BETWEEN THUMB & INDEX FNGR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 80 YO SCRAPED HAND ON FENCE LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HAND CONT. PT WAS FIXING HIS FENCE AND INJURED HAND, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HIT HAND ON FENCE 3 WEEKS AGO, RED STREAK UP ARM DX: CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PAIN IN BOTH HANDS AFTER GETTING THEM CAUGHT IN BETWEEN A COW AND A FEN CE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| FELL ON SIDEWALK AND CUT HAND ON EDGE OF WIRE FENCE. DX. R HAND LACERAT ION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CUT HAND ON BARBED WIRE DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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