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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,050
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/17/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 68 YO M STRUCK LT ARM IN ELECTRONIC FENCE, CAUSING ABRASION TO LOWER LT ARM. DX CONTUSION LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 57 YOM PW TO ARM FROM A BARB WIRE FENCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 69YOM, SCRATCHED ARM ON FENCE FOLLOWED BY SWELLING/REDNESS >>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/08/2010 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 93YOM FELL IN HIS YARD AGAINST A CHAIN LINK FENCE AVULSION TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 55 YOM FX LOWER ARM, LEANING OVER A FENCE TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING THAT HA D GONE OVER IT AND FELL ON OUT STRETCHED ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2010 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| A 79 YOM LACERATED ARM ON A FENCE WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE AT HOME, CON TUSION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 80 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 |
| 80/Y/O/M INJURED ARM ON FENCE AT HOME DX// LEFT ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 53Y/O WF CUT R LOWER ARM ON FENCE AT HOME, DX WITH LAC TO R FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 61YOM, WAS MOVING AN OLD WOODEN FENCE&SUSTAINED A PW TO THE ARM >>PW |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/17/2010 | Age: 78 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 |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC, 78 YOM FELL AGAINST CHAIN LINK FENCE INJURING ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 63YOM SCRATCHED ARM ON A FENCE 3 WEEKS AGO NOW LOOKS INFECTED. DX .FORE ARM CELLULITIS AND DERMATITIS.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 72YOF STATES FELL ON THE FENCE DX RT LOWER ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| A 54 YOF CUT ARM ON FENCE (FELL INTO FENCE), ARM INJURY WITH CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 85 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 |
| 85YOM CUT ARM ON A WIRE FENCE YESTERDAY DX;* (R) FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Bicycles or accessories |
| 57YOM RUNNING FROM POLICE FELL OFF OF HIS BIKE AND TRIED TO JUMP A FENC E HAS DX- RADIUS FX, CONT TO WRIST AND KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| CONTUSION FOREARM: R/O CERV. RADICULOPATHY; 51YOF PAIN, BRUISING MID FOREARM, WAS IN HER CELLAR, SMALL GATE FELL ON R FOREARM 9 DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 57 YO F, C/O RIGHT FOREARM AND THIGH PAIN AFTER FALL, WALKING ON UNEVEN SIDEWALK AND FELL, STRIKING HEAD AGAINST FENCE, DX FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 79 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 |
| 79 Y/O/M FELL AND HIT ARM ON FENCE AT HOME DX/ LEFT ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2010 | Age: 61 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 |
| LOWER ARM LAC, 61 YOM INJURED ARM PULLING WEEDS AWAY FROM A FENCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 83YOM DOING YARD WORK AT HOME AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRUCK LOWER ARM AGA INST A FENCE LACERATION TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts |
| 4 CM R FOREARM LAC. W/ REPAIR: 61YOF TRYING TO WALK DOG, DOG PULLING ON L ARM, R ARM CAUGHT ON LATCH OF METAL GATE, 4 CM LAC. FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | 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 |
| 52YOM CUT (R) ARM ON A FENCE DX;# LAC (R) LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Cords, electrical |
| 65 YOF TRIPPED OVER A CORD AND FELL HIT ARM ON FENCE. DX-FX RIGHT ULNA LAC RIGHT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Chairs |
| 68YOM FIXING FENCE, FELL FROM CHAIR INJURED FA DX: FA LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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