Accidents - Hammers - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,369
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Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
68 YO HIT FINGER W/HAMMER HEMATOMA FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PT SMASHED THUMB OF LEFT HAND WITH A HAMMER, CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT SELF IN FINGE RWITH A HAMMER. DX. FINGER FX AND LACERATION, NAILBED LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
LEFT 2ND DIGIT TUFT FX-SUS INJ WHEN HE HIT LEFT FINGER ACCIDENTALLY WI TH A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 54 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: Hammers
PT WAS SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER & SMASHED THUMB BETWEEN HAMME& PC OF WOOD AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTLY HIT R L INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER. MISSED NAIL. L INDEX F INGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
C/O FINGER PAIN &SWELLING S/P ACCIDENTALLY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER >>CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT STRUCK FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX:LT 3RD DIGIT OPEN FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
THUMB CT HITTING WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB W/ HAMMER 7 DAYS AGO DX CONTUSION R THUMB*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LAC TO FINGER WHEN USING A SLEDGE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
CONTUSION TO LEFT THUMB - WHILE HANGING CURTAINS SHE HIT HER THUMB WITH A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
51 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER HIT WITH HAMMER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
FINGER CT-HIT W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
R THUMB INJ/69YOF 3 DAYS AGO STRUCK R THUMB WITH A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
C/O HAND PAIN, STRUCK LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER, C/O SEVERE PAIN. DX-CONTUSION THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
58YOF ACCIDENTLY AT HOME WAS STRIKING A OBJECT WITH HAMMER,MISSED STRUCK LEFT THUMB;THUMB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
L 2ND FING LAC/69YOM STS LAST NIGHT AT HOME HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER SU STAINING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CONT. PT SMASHED FINGER WHEN USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Hammers
FINGER AMPUTATION WHEN USING A SLEDGE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FINGER LAC/70YOM STS AT HOME 2 HOURS AGO, HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER. WILL NOT STOP BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
FINGER CT-HIT CLAW SIDE OF HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM STRIKING SELF WITH HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALLY WHILE USING A HAMMER, STRUCK A FINGER >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PATIENT HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER. DX; CONTUSION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
STRUCK R HAND / 2ND FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. DX LACERATION L INDEX FI NGER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT WITH PAIN TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER HITTING IT WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LEFT THUMB LACERATION.PT ACCIDENTLY HIT THUMB WHILE USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
53 YOM HIT SELF ON LEFT THUMB WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER SUSTAINING AN OPEN F RACTURE WITH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT STRUCK RIGHT THUMB WITH A HAMMER SUSTAINED A FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO THE FINGER WHEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT IT WHILE USING A HAMMER.?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT SUS FRACTURED FINGER AFTER IT WAS SMASHED WITH HAMMER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LEFT RING FINGER WITH HAMMER ABOUT 5 DAYS AGO, HIT FINGER AGAIN TODAY WITH PIECE OF WOOD, SWELLING & HEMATOMA. DX: CRUSH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Decorative yard equipment
STRUCK FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE PUTTING UP BIRD HOUSE/ FX,LAC LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT WAS USING IMPACT HAMMER TO DEMO FIREPLACE ON TUESDAY AND C/O PAIN IN FINGER. D: FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT (L) INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX- FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER AT HOME LACERATION LT RINGER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK L INDEX FINGER W/HAMMER CONTUSED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FINGER LAC-HIT W/ SLEDGEHAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER WHILE USING A HAMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FELL ON CLAW HAMMER/ LAC,CONTUSION LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
5TH FINGER FX. PT HIT FINGER WHEN USING A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT DX LACERATION LT RING FINGER - S/P PT WAS PUTTING DOWN FLOORING AND SMASHED HIS FINGER WITH HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX: FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK L THUMB W/HAMMER FX THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT HIT RIGHT THUMB WITH A HAMMER SUSTAINED A FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
RT INDEX FINGER CONTUSION.PT HIT FINGER WHILE USING A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
SMASHED R INDEX FINGER W/HAMMER DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Hatchets or axes
FIXING AXE HEAD WITH HAMMER, HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER. DX; LACERATION THU MB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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