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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 903
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| FELL IN YARD AT HOME STRIKING L FOREARM ON FENCE SUST LACERATION DX 7 CM LAC L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Motor vehicles or parts |
| REPORTS FALLING AGAINST THE FENCE WHILE OPENING CAR DOOR VERSUS TRIPPED OVER STAIRS THEN FELL AGAINST THE FECNE>>FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| INTOXICATED,CLIMBING OVER FENCE AND CAUGHT ARM ON IT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 76 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHEN GOT CAUGHT ON FENCE AT HOME. DX; L FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PW TO FOREARM-HIT RUSTY FENCE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| ARM LAC, PT FELL INTO A FENCE INJURING ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| ARM INJURY FROM WOODEN FENCE. DX- ACUTE SKIN TEAR LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A WIRE FENCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| INJURED R ARM, HIT ON FENCE POST DX; R ULNA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| FOREARM PW-INJURED ON RUSTY FENCE WIRE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT CUT LT ARM ON FENCE POST AT HOME LACERATION LT FOREARM 4CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Insect induced injuries |
| PT WAS BUILDING A FENCE AND WAS BIT BY AN INSECT ON THE LOWER ARM TURNE D RED DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| HEMATOMA ARM: WORKING ON A FENCE, MOVED A POST CAUSING TOP PICKET FENCE RAILING TO FALL, STRIKING RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 59 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO FOREARM CUT ON WOODEN FENCE TODAY* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 52 YOM CUT FOREARM AND FINGERS ON BARBED WIRE FENCE. DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM AND FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 74 YO F CONTUSION TO FOREARM STRAIN TO TOE SLIPPED ON LEAVES AND FELL HITTING FENCE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| GATE KNOCKED PT ONTO CURB. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX, R ELBOW LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PATIENT WAS BUILDING A FENCE AT HOME, BARBED WIRE UNCOILED AND STRUCK HIS ARM. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND AND HEMATOMA LEFT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| WOODEN FENCE FELL ON ARM, ACUTE LACERATION OF LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS WALKING WITH HUSBAND AND TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST AN IRON FENCE AND FRACTURED ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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