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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,839
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| WORKING WITH PARTICLE BOARD,GOT SLIVER UNDR FINGER NAIL,FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| FELL WALKING TO DEER BLIND, LANDED ON PLYWOOD/ RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PIECE OF WOOD FELL ON HEAD SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| LIFTING PLYWOOD NOW SHOULDER HURTS DX SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| HIT LEG WITH PANELING DX: LOWER EG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| CONSTRUCTION PLYWOOD FELL AND HIT KNEE AT HOME.DX : LACERATION KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 22 SHEETS OF WOOD PANELING FELL ON LOWER LEG CAUSING CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 4X8 SHEET OF PLYWOOD FELL ON HER/ LT HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT GOT SPLINTER PICKING UP PRESSURE TREATED PLYWOOD, K INDEX FINGER CEL LULITIS QUESTION FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 80 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: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| STATES LAC RT ARM ON WOOD MOLDING LAST PM TRIPPED AND FELL DX: 10 CM OL D LAC RT FOREARM DOWN TO FAT LAYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO SCALP AFTER HIT ON HEAD WITH A PIECE OF SCENERY WOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 53-YOM SUSTAINED ABRASIONS OF HIS LOWER LEGS AS A RESULT OF BEING STRU CK BY PANELING AT HIS DAUGHTER'S HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| RT 5TH TOE FX-AT HOME-PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL ON FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| DOING PANELING AT HOME,STEPPED ON SLIVER WHICH IMPLAED INTO FOOT..PUNTU RE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| RT UPPER ARM CT-TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF LATTICE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A CHILD AT A&W FAST FOOD RESTAURANT; HITTINGHEAD ON A BOARD. 3.5CM FOREHEAD LAC $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT C/O HEAD INJURY DUE TO PLYWOOD FALLING ONTO HEADDX: BLUNT HEAD TRAU MA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Portable circular power saws |
| FX, LAC LT THUMB, CUTTING A 3/4" PLYWOOD SHEET WITH CIRCULAR SAW, WEARI NG GLASSES, BOARD KICKED UP AND THUMB WENT INTO SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| GOT SLIVER IN PALM OFF PLYWOOD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| CUTTING PLYWOOD AT DAUGHTERS HOUSE WHEN HE OBTAINED SAWDUSTIN R EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 68 Y/O W/F SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FORARM WHEN STACK OG PANELING FELL O N ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| SLIVER FROM PANELING PREV DAY SUBUNGUAL FB THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT INJURED BACK HANGING PANELING DX BACK SPASMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| GROUND LEVEL FALL WHILE WALKING IN BACK OF HOUSE YESTERDAY TRIPPED OVER PEICE OF PLYWOOD DX LT KNEE STRAIN AND CONTUSION POSSIBLE LIGAMENTOUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 60 YOM C/O PAIN & SWELLING TO R FOOT DUE TO DROPPING PARTICLE BOARD ON IT DX: FX OF R GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| INJURY LT HAND. INJURED HAND WHEN A PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL ON IT.# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 54YOWM A LARGE PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL ON LEG DX: LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 87 YO F IN CONSTRUCTION AREA FELL AGAINST PARTICLEBOARD CONTUSION HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Saws |
| 61 YOM WAS SAWING WOOD PANELING AND GOT PIECES OF CHIPS IN BOTH EYES. BIL. CORNEAL ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2002 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PRESENTING HEAD TRAUMA WHEN A WOOD PANEL FELL OVER HER HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL ON BACK BACK CONTUSION AND SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WAS MOVING PLYWOOD AT HOME; FB TO LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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