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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,369
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| LEFT HAND FX.58YOM FELL OFF A LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ladders |
| 60 YOM ON LADDER THAT WAS FALLING;RT HAND WAS BENT. DX##: SPRAIN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2010 | Age: 56 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: Ladders |
| 56 YTR OLD MALE FELL 10 FT OFF LADDER TO GRASS AND LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2010 | 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: Other |
| Product: Ladders |
| TRAUMA RT.HAND.74YOM.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM LADDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2010 | Age: 66 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 |
| 66 Y/O/F HELPING FRIEND ON A LADDER AND FRIEND FELL AND LANDED ON PT DX/ LEFT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Ladders |
| 68 YOM PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND STRUCK 2X6 WHILE CARRING IT UP A LADDER, SLID OFF SENT THRU HIS HAND @ HOME. DX FOREIGN BODY HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ladders |
| LADDER FELL ON PT LACERATION HAND 57YOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2010 | Age: 56 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 |
| LACERATION LT.HAND.56YOM.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2010 | Age: 83 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: Ladders |
| 83YOM FELL OFF LADDER/ CONTUSION ABRASION LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2010 | 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: Ladders |
| 53YOM FELL OFF LADDER FROM APPROX. 6FT, (R) SHOULDER, WRIST & HAND PAIN DX;# (R) HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| 53YOF-MC FXS-HOLDING LADDER FOR HUSBAND WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY STEPPED ON H ER HAND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2010 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ladders |
| 52 YR OLD MALE FELL TEN FT OFF UNSTEADY LADDER LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 63 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: Ladders |
| 63YOM C/O RT HAND INJ AFTER HITTING IT ON A LADDER DX: HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2010 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| 63 YOF PT FELL 1-2 FEET OFF A LADDER WHILE CLIMBING AND LANDED ON A HAR D SURFACE. FX NECK 5TH METACARPAL R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ladders, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 56 YOM WAS ON A LADDER AND FELL THROUGH PLATE GLASS WINDOW SUSTAINING LACERATIONS TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ladders |
| LEFT HAND SPRAIN.55YOF FELL OFF A LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ladders |
| 73YOM CUT HAND ON LADDER DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| 57YOM WAS HANDLING A LADDER TWO WEEKS AGO INJURED HAND; HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ladders |
| 79YOM-HAND LAC-PT COLLAPSED WHILE ON A LADDER-SLID DOWNWARDS CUTTING HA ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| L HAND LAC.: 58YOF CLEANING GUTTERS OF HOUSE, FELL (16) FT OFF LADDER LANDING ON BACK, LACERATION L PALM, 3.5 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2010 | Age: 59 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ladders |
| FOREIGN BODY HAND - 59 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH WOODEN SPLINTER IN RIGHT H AND - STATES SUSTAINED YESTERDAY WHILE ON A WOODEN LADDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2010 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ladders |
| HAND INJURY-78YOM-INJURED ON A LADDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Ladders |
| 56YOM PUTTING AWAY A WOODEN LADDER AT HOME AND GOT A WOOD SPLINTER IN H AND FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ladders |
| 60YOM FELL OFF HIS 8 FT. LADDER WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON HIS ROOF C/O HE ARING A "POP" IN HIS LEFT HAND.DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| 55 YOM FELL OFF LADDER HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2010 | 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 |
| 77 YOM PT FELL 2-3 FEET OFF A LADDER WHILE CLIMBING. LAC HAND, ABRASIO N BILATERAL LEGS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ladders |
| 77 YOM WHO WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL 5FT DOWN INJURING HIS LT HAND LACERATION TO THE LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/11/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Ladders |
| 69YOM ACCIDENTLY FELL FROM LADDER ONE WEEK AGO INJURED HAND; HAND CONTUSION AND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
| 54 Y/O/M FELL OFF A LADDER DX: L HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ladders |
| 70YOM WHILE ON A LADDER MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP FELL BACKWARDS INJURED LT HAND;HAND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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