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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,350
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| TRAUMA RT.HAND.PT.REFERS HITTING ACCIDENTALLY BEDROOM WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL STRIKING LEFT HAND AGAINST A WALL SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN WALL AND DRESSER AT HOME RT HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2006 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL STRIKING RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE WALL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT PUNCHED A WALL WITH CLOSED FIST, DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL AGAINST WALL AND INJ HAND DX: FX 3RD METACARPAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2006 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PUNCHED A WALL 2D AGO, HAND NOW SWOLLEN&PAINFUL ' HAND INJ" |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| LEFT HAND STR, PT INJURED HAND WHEN HITTING IT AGAINST A WALL WALKING D OWN HALLWAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 52 YO MALE PUNCHED A WALL CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT STRUCK RIGHT HAND AGAINST A WALL SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| FELL AT CHURCH, HIT CHEST ON WALL DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION, 5 CM L HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO HAND HIT A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2006 | Age: 87 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT PULLED PLUG OUT OF WALL, IT SWUNG BACK AND HIT PTS HAND, HEMATOMA TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| LEFT HAND ABR. PT HIT HAND ON WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | 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: Ceilings and walls, Cabinet or door hardware |
| DX ABRASIONS TO BOTH HANDS: REACHING FOR DOOR KNOB, FELL AGAINST WALL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT HIT A WALL AT HOME. DX: LACERATION RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT BUMPED HAND ON WALL AT HOME TODAY DX// CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 52 YO FEMALE HAD POPCORN CEILING FALL ON RIGHT HAND CELLULITIS RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds or bedframes |
| PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF BED AND HIT WALL DX: FX LT 5TH METACARPAL, CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Washing machines |
| PT GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN WASHER AND WALL DX: CONTUSION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS ANGRY AND PUNCHED A WALL FRACTURED RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Chains |
| LIFTING ASSEMBLED WALL IN PLACE, CHAIN SLIPPED AND WALL FELL CRUSHING H AND. NOT EMPLOYMENT RELATED. DX: OPEN FRACTURE HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/12/2006 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| FELL INTO WALL FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Knives |
| SWORD FELL OFF WALL AND LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Day wear |
| PT HIT HAND ON CEILING FAN WHILE TAKING SHIRT OFF DX: LT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS ANGRY AND PUNCHED A CONCRETE WALL WITH RIGHT HAND FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 51 YO MALE HIT A WALL WITH LEFT HAND TWO WEEKS AGO CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| CONT R HAND, PT FELL DOWN, STRUCK A WALL AT HOME, C/O PAIN,SWELLING 2&3 RD FINGERS, TENDERNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | 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: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PUNCHED A WALL, INJ HAND " HAND INJ "LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| FRACTURE HAND - 51 YOF HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST WALL INJURING RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PUNCHED A WALL, " HAND FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT SUST FRACTURE TO HAND HIT A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2006 | Age: 69 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: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HIT WALL WITH HAND. DX: FX HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT PUNCHED WALL LAST NIGHT, NOW WITH PAIN DX:HAND FX (INTENT NOT CLEAR) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| STRUCK WALL ACCIDENTLY CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT GRABBED WALL SO SHE WOULDNT FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PAIN TO HAND TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING WALL WITH HAND DX: CONTUSION TO H AND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| HIT HAND ON WALL. DX. HAND CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Wheelchairs |
| PT CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN THE WALL AND WHEELCHAIR DX: HEMATOMA RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HIT WALL WITH RT HAND C/O APIN RT HAND FRACUTRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2006 | Age: 97 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: Ceilings and walls |
| TRIPPED&FELL, BREAKING THE FALL HIT HAND ON A WALL " CONTS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Alcohol |
| FX R HAND, VIA EMS, PT ETOH INTOXICATED, PUNCHED A WALL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, HX OF CONFUSION, ADM ER, SIGNED AMA. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/27/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HIT WALL W/HAND 3 WK AGO. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 59 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: Ceilings and walls, Day wear |
| RT HAND CONTUSION: HIT RT HAND ON WALL WHILE PUTTING ON PANTY HOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| RT HAND CONTUSION-WAS UPSET AND PUNCHED A WALL. NOW HAS PAIN TO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WALKING, HIT RT HAND ON WALL, HEMATOMA, PAIN, CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| FELL AGAINST WALL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED SKIN TEAR. ABRASION, RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT PUNCHED WALL. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2006 | Age: 53 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: Ceilings and walls |
| C/O PT STATES FELL AND HIT HAND ON WALL DX RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT BANGED LEFT HAND IN WALL C/O PAIN LEFT HAND STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| RT 4TH & 5TH METACARPAL FX-BECAME UPSET AND PUNCHED A WALL. + DEFORMITY . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| LEFT HAND CONT. PT PUNCHED A WALL INURING HAND, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| SLIPPED, FELL AGAINST WALL/HAND CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 52 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT PUNCHED WALL DURING DOMESTIC ARGUMENT DX: L HAND CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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