Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,655
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Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 74 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
74YO WHITE FEMALE AT DAUGHTERS HOUSE,MISSTEPPED GOING ARND GATE,FELL ON TO CEMENT ONTO HANDS,KNEES,DX LACERATION L 2ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 72 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
TRIPPED CUT HAND ON METAL FENCE PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
60 Y/O JAMMED THUMB THIS A.M. CAUGHT THUMB IN DOG FENCE AT HOME DX-THUMB INJURY,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 61 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
61 YO INJUREDFINGER ON GATE LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 62 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
CONTUSION FINGER - 62 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH RIGHT THUMB INJURY - REPORT S A FENCE FELL ON HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fences or fence posts
DX FINGER SPRAIN: PT PULLED R HAND AWAY F CLOS'G MAGNETIC GATE & BUMPED HER MIDDLE, RING, & 5TH FINGERS ON THE GATE--DIDN'T CLOSE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 51 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
CAUGHT HAND IN GEAR OF GATE AND FX THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 63 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
LACERATION RT.HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE INSTALLING A IRON GATE,PINCH PINCH F INGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Animal induced injury
TRYING TO GET THE POPPY OUT FROM UNDER THE DECK&ACCIDDNTALLY PUNCTURED FINGER ONA METAL FENCE>>PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 55 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 WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER AFTER SMASHING IT IN GATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 66 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
66 Y/O F INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHEN PICKED UP PIECE OF BARBED WIRE FEN CE AT HOME. DX; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	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 WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 55 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
THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND FENCE POST DX OPEN FRACTURE RT THUMB***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 54 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
DX POST CONTU L HAND-FINGERS: X 2MOS, STATES SLAMMED FINGERS IN GATE TWICE, LAST X 2MOS AGO, STATES CONTU TO HAVE PAIN GOOD CMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS OUTSIDE WHEN BRUSHED FINGER UP AGAINST THE FENCE POST GOT SPLINTER UNDER FINGER NAIL. DX: FOREIGN BODY FINGER NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 56 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
PT CUT FINGER ON THE FENCE DX RT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 72 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: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PUNCTURED FINGER ON A RUSTY FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
SCAPING PAINT FROM FENCE FB SLIVER IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 52 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: Fences or fence posts
LACERATION RT.HAND 3RD.FINGER.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING ON FENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 60 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
PT THROWING AN ITEM OVER A FENCE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND LACERATION FING ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 73 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
73 YO MALE CUT THIRD FINGER WHILE CLIMBING FENCE LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 64 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, Animal induced injury
FINGER LAC-HAD HAND ON A FENCE WHEN DOG BIT FINGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 57 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 STS HAND CAUGHT IN FENCE DX COMMUNITED FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	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
GATE CAME DOWN ON FINGER. DX; 4 CM LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER, RIGHT H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 81 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 FINGER - 81 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH WOODEN SPLINTER FROM W OODEN FENCE POST - LEANED AGAINST POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 77 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
CUT ON A FENCE. DX- SUPERFICIAL FINGER LACERATION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 59 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
PT WORKING ON A METAL FENCE AT HOEM TO KEEP HIS DOG FROM CRAWLING UNDER IT AND CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE METAL PRONG LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 59 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
FINGER CAUGHT ON CHAIR LINK FENCE. DX- MULTIPLE LACERATIONS L FORTH FIN GER #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	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, Animal induced injury
WHILE AT HOME CLOSES A GATE AND A STARTLED BULL HIT THE GATE. DX LACERATION L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 69 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
DX DOG BITE: ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR FENCE WHEN BITTEN IN HAND BY NEIGHBOR'S DOG SUSTAINING APPROX 2CM LAC TO RING F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 65 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, Power saws
CUTTING FENCE WITH SAW AND LAC FOUR FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 57 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
PT GOT A SPLINTER THROUGH THUMB FROM THE FENCE OF A GOAT PEN FB FINGER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT FELL ON FENCE INJURING LT 4TH FINGER. DX - LACERATION & DISLOCATION OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CUT R INDEX FINGER ON BARBED WIRE DX LACERATION L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 54 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
FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER AGAINST A FENCE POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2008	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
THUMB LAC-CUT ON RUSTY FENCE POST WIRE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 72 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: Fences or fence posts
PT CLOSING A CHAIN LINK FENCE GATE AND LACERATED FINGER ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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