Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,013
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Date: 12/27/2008	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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LAC HAND ON METAL SHELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 56 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HEAVY METAL SHELF FELL ONTO HAND CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT JAMMED HAND ON SHELF. DX: L HAND SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 56 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT IN A STORE WHEN A DISPLAY CASE FELL OVER ONTO RIGHT HAND CONTUSION H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	Age: 64 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
A RACK FELL AND HIT HAND BUT LEFT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
GOT (R) HAND CAUGHT UNDER A CABINET---LAC (R) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HAND CONT. PT SLAMMED HAND IN A CABINET DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 65 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
65 YO INJURED HAND ON BRACKET LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HAND HEMATOMA-HIT A WOODEN SHELF-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CABINET FELL OFF . HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HAND LAC-FELL IN GARAGE-CUT ON PLASTIC SHELF-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HAND LAC-CUT ON METAL CABINET EDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HAND LAC-HIT A FALLING CABINET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 91 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HIT HEAD ON CABINET DOOR WK AGO,TINGLING TO L HAND AFTER HIT HEAD AT HOME,DX L HAND NUMBNESS AND TINGLING, LEUKOCYTOSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 65 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Computers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND WHEN STRIKING A BOOKSHELF IN FRUSTR ATION WITH COMPUTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CUT HAND ON RACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 68 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
REPORTS SUSTAINED A FOREIGN BODY IN THEHAND AFTER MOVING THE HAND ALONG A WOODEN SHELF>>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LACERATION LT.HAND.PT.REFERS CUT HAND WITH A GLASS SHELVE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
60YOF WAS REACHING FOR THE CABINET,FELL STRIKING LEFT HAND; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R HAND LAC, CUT ON NAIL ON SHELF DX; HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT CUT HAND ON WOOD CABINET -LAC FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
69 YOM TRIPPED AND FELL INTO AN OLD METAL SHELF CABINET INJURING HAND; DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
BOOKCASE FELL ON RIGHT HAND, ACUTE HAND FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
MC FX-HIT A CABINET IN ANGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT PUNCHED CABINET CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Knives
PATIENT WAS REACHING INTO CUPBOARDS, HAD A HIDDEN KNIFE UP THERE, THE KNIFE CAME OUT, HE GRABBED IT CUTTING HIS HAND. DX-LEFT HAND LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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