Accidents - Ladders - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 993
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER DX: R HAND & WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FELL A FEW STEPS OFF LADDER - LADDER FELL AND HIT HAND HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 68 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: Ladders
68YOF-CONTUSION RIGHT HAND-FELL FROM LAST STEP ON LADDER 2 HOURS AGO-LA NED ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 85 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: Ladders
85 YOM WAS STANDING ON LADDER AT HIS HOME; HE FELL OFF LANDING BACKWARD S ON THE GROUND. CONTUSION, RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
SWELLING R HAND, FELL OFF LADDER IN BARN 7 TO 8 DAYS AGO. DX. CONT R H AND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
RIGHT HAND PAIN. PT FELL OFF A LADDER INJURING HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
PT SUST STRAIN TO HAND FELL FROM LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PT UP ON THE LADDER FIXING A GUTTER WHEN HE FELL OFF THE LADDER GRABBED THE GUTTER TO STOP FALL LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
HIT HAND ON METAL EDGE OF LADDER. LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER 6 DAYS AGO, R WRIST SORE, PAIN (RETIRED) DX: IMPACTED RAD HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Other portable or stationary power tools
PT GOT L HAND STUCK BETWEEN LADDER AND PAINT SCRAPER (MACHINE) LACERAT ION L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
CLIMBING A LADDER PULLED MUSCLE STRAIN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
LEFT HAND LAC. FELL OFF LADDER AND CUT HAND ON "GLASS" TYPE OF GLASS UN KNOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 63 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: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER WHEN IT SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LAC HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Ladders
LAC R & L MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS AFTER SLIDING DOWN LADDER.DX CRUSH INJ L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders, Fans
FELL OFF LADDER APX 6 FT, CAUGHT SELF W/ R ARM. PAIN SWELLING R HAND. A TOP A 9 FT LADDER PUTTING CEILING FAN, LADDER MOVED. DX; CONT R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
71 YO MALE FELL OFF LADDER TWO DAYS AGO ACUTE CELLULITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FELL OUT OF A TREE AND TRIED TO HOLD ONTO LADDER WITH HAND AND LACERATED TWO FINGERS AND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
LARGE LAC TO L HAND, FELL OFF A LADDER AT HOME. DX. LAC/CONT L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FELL FROM LADDER 8 FEET LANDING ON BACK. DX. HAND LAC, CONT BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF A LADDER AND SCRAPPED HAND ON PIECE OF METAL WHEN FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Ladders
PT. WAS UP ON A LADDER WHEN IT COLLAPSED & FELL DX: R HAND CRUSHING INJ. / THIGH CONTUSION / FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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