Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,168
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Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A GATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
70 YOF, WHO WAS HELPING HER HUSBAND MOVE A TRAILER, GOT HER L THUMB PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND A FENCE. DX: FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Hammers
FINGER LAC-POUNDING FENCE POST INTO GROUND W/A SLEDGEHAMMER-HIT FINGER- @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
CUT FINGER ON WIRE FENCE; LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2006	Age: 53 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: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT PUNCTURED THUMB ON EITHER BARBED WIRE OF PIECE OF WOOD. NOW WARM TO TOUCH, SWOLLEN. D:PUNCTURE WOUND, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON A FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
CUT FINGER ON FENCE POST/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
64 Y/O F INJURED R LITTLE FINGER WHEN FELL WHILE TRYING TO PULL FENCE P OST OUT OF GROUND AT HOME. DX; FX R LITTLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 89 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: Fences or fence posts, Animal induced injury
CUT FINGER ON A CHAIN LINK FENCE FEEDING THE BIRDS " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 56 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: Fences or fence posts
FELL JAMMING A FINGER ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ON A FENCE " FX/DISLOC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT GOT FINGER PINNED BETWEEN BARBED WIRE DX LAC LEFT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
TRIPPED ON THE SIDEWALK&FELL CAUGHT FINGER ON A WIRE FENCE " CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Animal induced injury
PT BITTEN ON FINGER BY BRO'S DOG WHEN CLOSING GATEDX:FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Portable circular power saws
PT WORKING ON FENCE AT HOME WITH CIRCULAR SAW, IT KICKED BACK JAMMING F INGER BETWEEN FENCE AND SAW, FX RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 80 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: Fences or fence posts
ACUTE INFECTED WOUND TO LT INDEX FINGER: SCRAPED LT INDEX FINGER ON BARBED WIRE MONDAY, NOW PAIN AND EDEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Jewelry
LACERATES FINGER WHEN RING CAUGHT ON A FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 56 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: Fences or fence posts
LT FINGER LACERATION: CUT LT INDEX FINGER ON METAL ON FENCE POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 51 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: Fences or fence posts
PT C/O CUTS ON FINGER. A GATE CLOSED ON PT'S FINGER DX CONT/LAC LFT RIN G FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 58 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts, Motor vehicles or parts
IMPALED FOREIGN BODY IN LT INDEX FINGER: LOADING SOME CHAIN LINK FENCE ONTO THE CAR, IT CAUGHT HIS LT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
RIGHT 5TH FINGER FX. LEFT ARM LAC, PT LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF HER HOUSE A ND CLIMBED OVER A GALVONIZED FENCE INJURING FINGER AND ARM FALLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 56 years	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: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS AT HOME AND JAMMED LT MIDDLE FINGER ON A POST, CAUSING A LT MIDD LE FINGER PARIONYCHIM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LAC R 2ND FINGER; WAS PUTTING A FENCE IN WHEN HE CUT HIS FINGER ON A PO ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts, Clothing accessories
SANDING HIS WOODEN FENCE WEARING GLOVES AND GOT SPLINTER IN FINGER FORE IGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
LEFT 5TH FINGER FX. PT CLOSED FINGER IN A GATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LACERATION TO 5TH FINGER OF R HAND FROM A BARBWIRE FENCE AT HER HOUSE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT. WAS WORKING W/FENCE AND METAL PART FELL ON HIM. DX. LAC L THUMB, F X L DISTAL PHALANX THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LAC R RING FINGER; FELL AGAINST CHAIN LINK FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
STATES ONE HR AGO CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A RUSTY BARBED WIRE. PUNCTURE WOUND PALMAR SIDE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT SUSTAINED A LT 3RD FINGER LACERATION WHILE GOING OVER A FENCE WITH BARBED WIRE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 60 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: Fences or fence posts
LACERATION RIGHT 3RD & 4TH FINGER-CUT ON PIECE OF FENCE WHILE PUTTING I T UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2006	Age: 51 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts
FOREIGN BODY RIGHT FINGER-SPLINTER IN FINGER WHILE PUTTING IN FENCE POS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
CUT FINGER ON WOODEN GATE AT HOME. DX: LACERATION OF FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
GOT LITTLE FINGER HUNG IN A FENCE RT 5TH FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
FENCE DOOR BLEW BACK ON HAND DX: L THUMB FX. / HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
OPEN FINGER FX-CUT ON METAL FENCE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LACERATION TO FINGER SECONDARY TO BARBED WIRE FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	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: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CAUGHT LT RINGFINGER IN A GATE, FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CLOSED A GATE ONTO RT INDEX FINGER, FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Pipes
75 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHEN USING PIECE OF BARBED WIRE TO CLEA N DRAIN PIPE AT HOME. DX; R INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
58 YO FEMALE FELL AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN FENCE FRACTURE 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
CONTUSION L 3RD FINGER, PT SUST INJURY W/A METAL GATE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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