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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,303
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2009 | Age: 63 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 |
| 63YOM JAMMED RT HAND ON CEILING TILE 3 WEEKS AGO,SINCE THEN NOTICED A BUMP ON HAND;HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2009 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS HAND ON A BRICK WALL, HAND BLEEDING AND DRAINING. DX: LACERATION TO LEFT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 59YO WHITE FEMALE SCRAPED R HAND AGAINST WALL,C/O R MIDDLE FINGER SWELLING, REDNESS, DX CELLULITIS R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2009 | 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: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT GOT MAD AND HIT HAND ON WALL, DX HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | 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 |
| FX HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| 51YOF ANGRY AND PUNCHED A WALL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A CONTUISION TO RI GHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 68 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 |
| PT STRUCK A WALL W/ (R) HAND, HAS PAIN DX;# CONTUSION (R) HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| MULTIPLE HAND SKIN TEARS.PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN TO A WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 51 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 WAS UPSET AND PUNCHED A WALL. DX HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 57 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 |
| SLIPPED ON WATER AND HAND SWUNG OUT AND HIT WALL CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| IN A HOTEL ROOM, WOKE UP IN THE DARK&WALKED INTO A WALL THEN FELL ONTO HAND>>CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | 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 YOM INJURED HAND FROM PUNCHING WALL. DX-RIGHT HAND CONTUSION, RIGHT HAND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2009 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 86 YOM FELL AGAINST WALL AT NURSING HOME WHERE HE RESIDES. FRACTURE, L EFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 70 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, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| C/O HAND BRUISING, S/P USING IT EXCESSIVELY WITH WALKER,&ASLO ADMITS BA NGING IT AGAINST THE WALL>>CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56YO WHITE MALE PUNCHED A WALL IN ANGER, C.O L HAND PAIN, SWELLING DX HAND CONTUSION - SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2009 | Age: 77 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 |
| TRIPPED AND FELL INTO WALL CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT WALL WHEN PLAYING W SON , C/O HAND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PUNCHED A WALL YESTERDAY NOW WITH LT HAND&WRIST PAIN >>CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2009 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| R HAND LAC/82YOM CUT HAND ON METAL EDGE STICKING OUT FROM WALL WHILE AT A FRIENDS OFFICE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT HIT WALL WHILE PLAYING RACQUETBALL 2 DAYS AGO C/O RIGHT HAND PAIN & SWELLING. DX:RIGHT 3RD METACARPAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | Age: 73 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, Laundry baskets |
| 73 YO F CONTUSION TO HAND STRUCK WALL WHILE CARRYING LAUNDRY BASKET* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YOM PUNCHED A WALL SUSTAINING A FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2009 | Age: 83 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, Stairs or steps |
| 83 YOM, FELL INTO WALL, MISSED STEPS, CONTUSION HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 76YO HISP FEMALE AT SONS HOUSE,TRIPPED & FELL ONTO A METAL THING IN WALL WITH R PALM, DX R HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| PT PUNCHED A SHEET ROCK WALL AT HOME AND HIT HAND ON A STUD FRACTURED H AND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| ALOC, + ETOH, PUNCHED A WALL DX: ETOH INTOX, HAND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| SLIPPED AT HOME - HIT HAND ON CEMENT WALL 2.2 CM PALM LACERATION // DOS = 4-19-09 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| 64 YO F HAND PAIN JAMMED THUMB INTO A WALL AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 51 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 WAS MAD AND PUNCHED A WALL, SUS FRACTURED HAND% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 68 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 |
| PT SLAMMED HAND AGAINST WALL DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 54YO HISP MALE HIT A WALL,C/O HAND PAIN - SWELLING DX MULTIPLE HAND FRACTURES - CLOSED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | Age: 79 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 |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL HIT HAND ON WALL DX// LEFT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST WALL AND HAS HAND PX. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/13/2009 | Age: 52 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 HAS (L) HAND/WRIST PAIN AFTER HITTING A WALL DX;; CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM STRUCK ABDOMEN AND HAND AGAINST A WALL AVULSION HAND ADMITTED FOR RENAL FAILURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 72 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 |
| HAND INJURY FROM ACCIDENTALLY HITTING WALL. DX-RIGHT HAND LACERATION 4 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2009 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PUNCHED WALL. L HAND PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Fire sprinklers |
| LAC HAND ON SPRINKLER HEAD IN CEILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2009 | Age: 78 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 |
| HAND FX-HIT HAND ON A WALL IN BEDROOM-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2009 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 YOM PUNCHED A WALL CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WASS WALKING AT HOME AND BUMPED HAND ON THE CORNER OF A WALL AVULSIO N TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2009 | Age: 66 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 PUNCHED A WALL DX: CONTUSION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2009 | Age: 83 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 |
| PT INJURED BACK OF LT HAND 2 DAYS AGO, LOST BALANCE & HIT IT ON STUCCO WALL TODAY, C/O REDNESS & SWELLING. DX-WOUND INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| OUT OF *** - VERY ANXIOUS & AGITATED, ACTING OUT HIT WALL. R HAND CO NTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT LOST BALANCE AND STRUCK HAND ON WALL, RIGHT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds or bedframes |
| 63YO WHITE FEMALE AT NURSING HOME BRUISING TO R HAND FROM HITTING WALL DURING HALLUCINATION,SLIPPED OUT OF BED-DX AMS,HYPERCARBIA,OVERNARCOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 91 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL BACKWARDS INTO A WALL & SLIPPED TO FLOOR DX; (R) HAND CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS ANGRY AND PUNCHED A WALL SUSTAINED A FRACTURED RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| HIT HAND INTO WALL "BECAUSE I WAS PISSED @ THE STAFF" CONTUSION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 52 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, Furniture |
| PT WITH LAC TO HAND, CAUGHT BETWEEN FURNITURE AND WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 53 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 PUNCHED A WALL AT HOME AND INJURED HAND DX// RIGHT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 51YOM AT A GROUP HOME WAS UPSET BEGAN TO HIT A WALL WITH BOTH HANDS; RT AND LT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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