Accidents - Toolboxes or tool kits - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,795
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Toe:	352	Shoulder:	295
Finger:	276	Hand:	215
Lower Leg:	162	Lower Arm:	137
Foot:	119	Elbow:	68
Lower Trunk:	68	Knee:	61
Eyeball:	39

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
STRUCK LEFT FOOT ON A TOOLBOX, UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT DX: FRACTURED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
RT 2ND FINGER LACERATION.PT STUCK HAND IN A TOOL BOX AND FINGER WAS LAC ERATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits, Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
PT C/O OPENING TOOLBOX PROPANE FLASHED + BURNED EYELASHES LEFT CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits, Knives with replaceable blades
REACHING IN TOOBOX - CUT FINGER ON AND *** KNIFE LACERATION LEFT 3RD FI NGER 1 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT LAC RT 2ND FINGER WHEN REACHED IN HUSBANDS TOOLBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
JAMMED TOE ON A METAL TOOL BOX FRACTURE RIGHT 3RD TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
TOOLBOX DROPPED ON PT'S FOOT. DX: CONT R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT SEEN FOR LEG LAC AFTER HITTING ON A TOOL BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PATIENT HURT WHEN BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOOL BOX. DX: ACUTE MYOFASCIAL LUMBAR STRAIN & MUSCLE SPASMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
TOOLBOX LID FELL ONTO PT'S HAND. DX: 2 CM L FIFTH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 70 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
CRUSHED FINGER ON A TOOLBOX DX: LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/07/2003	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: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT. SHUT A TOOL BOX ON HER HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
SOFT TISSUE INJ RT HAND-SUS INJ TO HAND WHEN A METAL TOOL BOX FELL, LAN DING ON RT HAND WHILE WORKING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
HELPED LIFT 300LB TOOL BOX OUT OF TRUCK. ACUTE STRAIN LT SHOULDER, R/O ROTATOR CUFF INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
DX; CONTUSION R SHOULDER PATIENT FELL STRIKING A TOOLBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
55 YOWF TRIPPED OVER A TOOL KIT AND INJURED HER ELBOW. DX. LACERATION E LBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SHOPPING AT *** WHEN A PLASTIC TOOLBOX FELL OFF A SHELF STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
88 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHEN TRIPPED OVER TOOL BOX AT HOME. DX; ABRASION L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
TOOL CHEST DOOR FELL ON LT ARM. LAC/AB LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT STRUCK LEFT THIRD TOE AGAINST A METAL TOOLBOX AT HOME CONTUSION TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A METAL TOOL BOX AT HOME LACERATION LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 51 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: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT PULLED TOOLBOX OUT OF CLOSET YESTERDAY AND IT WAS HEAVIER THAN EXPEC TED. HAS HAND/WRIST PAIN. D: CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
TRIPPED OVER A TOOL BOX AT CHURCH DX: PATELLA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
R THUMB PAIN.SMASHED IN TOOLBOX.DX SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
PT STATES SHE STRUCK TOE AGAINST A METAL TOOL BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
RT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TOOLBOX AND INJURED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
WHILE LIFTING TOOL BOX. FELT POP IN LT. SHOULDER DX: STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
59 YOM DROPPED TOOL BOX ON FOOT FRACTURE R METATARSAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
64 YOWM FELL FROM A STANDING POSITION AND HIT HIS SHOULDER ON A TOOLBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
HIT TOE ON A TOOLBOX FRACTURE RIGHT 5TH TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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