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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 947
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 68 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND FELL ON SIDEWALK CONTUSION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUT FINGER ON ROOF. DX: L HAND LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUST BURN HEND WITH TAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT HAND FB. PT SLID A PIECE OF PLYWOOD ACROSS HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2003 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 87 YOF WAS PULLING VEGETABLS FROM HER GARDEN; LOST HER BALANCE AND HIT HAND AGAINST BUILDING. HEMATOMA, LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2003 | Age: 67 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: House repair or construction materials |
| L HAND CONTUSION - TRIPPED OVER A BOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2003 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| R HAND CONTUSION - FELL OFF ROOF ONTO PATIO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WORKING ON HIS HOUSE AT HOME WHEN HE DROPPED A BOARD ONTO RIGHT HAND LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT BACK OF LT. HAND WHILE INSTALLING TILE DX: LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CLEANING HIS ROOF THREE DAYS AGO WHEN THERE WAS AN INSECT WHICH BIT HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND DEVELOPED AN ABSCESS TO THAT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 60 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: House repair or construction materials |
| HAND LACS-CUT ON METAL SHEETING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT HAND CELLULITIS. PT CUT HAND ON A PIECE OF SHEET METAL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT-CUT R HAND ON METAL/ STEEL SIDING OF HOME DX-1 1/2 CM R HAND LACERATION, REPAIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 59 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: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT HAND ON SHEETMETAL - RIGHT HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT. BECAME DIZZY HILE ROOFING, FELL ON ROOF AND NAIL PUNCTURED HAND. D X. CONFUSION, STUPOR R HEMO/PNEUMOTHORAX, PW L PALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/04/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A PIECE OF SIDING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT STATES "I GOT A SPLINTER IN MY HAND FROM A BOARD AT HOME", NO FOREIGN BODY IN HAND IN ER, JUST LACERATION. DX LACERATION RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT HAND WHILE CUTTING METAL STUDS AT HOME HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT HAND LAC , PT INJURED HAND WHEN CUTTING A PIECE OF DRYWALL AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT DROPPED A PIECE OF LUMBER ON HIS LEFT HAND. DX-OPEN FRACTURE PHALANX LEFT LITTLE FINGER NAILBED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Stairs or steps |
| 83 YO F MISSED STEP AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR. CUT NOSE/CHEEK/HAND. DX 1CM L HAND LAC, FACIAL ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2003 | Age: 70 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 70 YO M HANGING SHEETROCK CUT HAND LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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