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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 624
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT LOST BALANCE USING WALKER. DX: R FOURTH FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MIDDLE FINGER FX-SLIPPED-FELL FORWARD ON HIS HAND-REACHING FOR HIS WALK ER-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT LAC FINGER ON GRANDFATHER'S WALKER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 68 YO M HIT ON FINGER WITH CANE CONTUSION CANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED, FELL ON FLOOR WALKING WITH WALKER DX. FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 47 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: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| HIT IN LT HAND W/CRUTCH. SIMPLE LAC 2ND FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables |
| STRAIN L FINGERS - TRIPPED OVER WHEEL OF WALKER,STRUCK FINGERS ON COFFE E TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2002 | Age: 71 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: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AMBULATING WITH WALKER GOT DIZZY AND FELL ON FACE DX: FX 5TH MCP, ABRAS IONS NOSE, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES WHEN HE FELL STRAINED RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL AT SCHOOL, TRIPPED OVER HIS OWN CRUTCH, HURT R THUMB AND WRIST. D X. FX R PROX. THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| LEFT RING FINGER AVULSION-ELDERLY PT AMBULATING WITH WALKER & FELL,SUST AINING AVULSION TO LEFT RING FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL BACKWARD WHILE USING CRUTCHES. DISLOCATED RT 5TH PROXIMAL FINGER. DEFORMITY RT 5TH FINGER@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH A WALKER STRUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAI NST THE WALKER FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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