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Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - Year 2003 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,534
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Date: 12/20/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON DECK DX. HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND FRACTURING HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2003Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE FIRST METACARPAL, FELL OFF PORCH TUESDAY, CAUGHT SELF WITH RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SPRAIN HAND - 20 YOM SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY DECK AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE I NJURING HIS RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME, CUT HAND ON UNKNOWN OBJECT; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON PORCH AND LANDED ON HER HAND DX: LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
PT STATES SHE FELL DOWN PORCH STEPS, CAUGHT SELF WITH HANDS AND KNEES. CONTUSION TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
L HAND INJURED WHEN HE FELL ON PATIO DX: CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL INTO A DECK AND STRUCK HAND. DX HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2003Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FB REMOVED R HAND;LAC/44YOM STS WAS WORKING ON PORCH AND PIECE OF WOOD STUCK IN R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT GOT A SPLINTER IN HIS HAND WHILE BUILDING A DECK. DX-FOREIGN BODY HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. FELL OFF A PORCH AND CAUGHT HERSELF WITH HER HAND SPRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT HAD SPLINTER FROM DECK IN HAND AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, TEACHER REMO VED PARTIAL SPLINTER TODAY; REMAINDER OF SPLINTER REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Generators or power plants
FOREIGN BODY HAND - 42 YOM GOT A SPLINTER IN HIS LEFT HAND RUBBING IT A LONG DECK WHILE STARTING AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH BY ACCIDENT. ACUTE RT HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FALL - DOG KNOCKED PATIENT OVER FROM PORCH DX - ABRASIONS TO HANDS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/02/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LOST BALANCE, FELL AND LANDED ON PORCH, MLT SKIN TEARS AND LAC TO R HAN D. DX. LAC R HAND, MULT SKIN TEARS, L ARM, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT PUNCHED PORCH BANISTER. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OFF PORCH. DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Knives
FELL FROM DECK AND STRAINED BACK. PIECE OF WOOD IN HAND. PT ATTEMPTED T O OPEN WOUND HIMSELF WITH A KNIFE AND SUSTAINED 2 CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/29/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL 4 FT OFF PORCH BREAKING FALL WITH ARM AND FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SPLINTER LEFT HAND-REMOVED.PT WAS WORKING ON HIS DECK AND GOT A SPLINTE R FROM WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. HIT PORCH W/HAND, PAIN SWELLING R WRIST AND HAND. DX. FX R METACAR PAL #4 DISPLACED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON CEMENT PATIO DX: HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
BILATERAL HAND CONTUSIONS.PT WAS WORKING ON HIS DECK AND INJURED BOTH H ANDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2003Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RAN OUT ONTO A METAL PLATFORM OFF FROM THE PATIO & FELL ONTO HER HANDS, BURNING HANDS & FEET. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HAND& FT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES SHE TOOK CAT OUT ON HER DECK AND WENT TO BRING IT BACK IN AND CAT BIT HER ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
AT FRIEND'S HOUSE WALKING ON DECK, BITTEN BY FRIEND'S DOG AS HE TRIED TO PET IT. DX LACERATION LEFT HAND WITH INFECTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SPLINTER R HAND/10YOM SLID DOWN A WOOD DECK SUPPORT AT HOME AND GOT WOO D SPLINTER IN HIS L HAND. SOME REMOVED BY FAMILY & SOME LEFT IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH-CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
19 YO M FELL OFF BALCONY LANDING ON HAND FX HANDS CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
BUILDING A DECK SPLINTER IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURED HAND ON PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WHILE HELPING TO GET DOGS FOOT OUT OF DECK, DOG BIT PTS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
47 YO M HIT HAND ON PORCH FX METACARPAL CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
17 O M FELL OFF PORCH, FELL ON HAND. DX R 3RD METACARPAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT.C/O INJURY TO LT.HAND SUSTAIN WHEN FELL THRUGH DECK & HAND HIT NAIL AT FRIENDS HOUSE.DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LT.HAND FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF DECK. DX: CONT/ABR L HAND, SCALP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Ladders
CONTUSION HAND - 35 YOM STATES HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DECK AN D LADDER, SWELLING TO BACK OF HAND AND FINGERS, SEVERAL SMALL LACS ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CUT HAND ON WOODEN DECK - LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
16 YOM INJURED IS RT HAND WHEN HE PUNCHED THE DECK, IN ERROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
17 YO M FELL FROM PORCH. DX 5TH R DISTAL METACARPAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIGHT HAND AVULSION FX. PT FELL WHEN WALKING OFF A PORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ONTO PATIO DX: LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2003Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIGHT HAND PW. PT WAS WORKING ON HIS DECK AND GOT STUCK IN THE HAND.,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FX LT METACARPAL, TRIPPED ON PORCH AT HOME, FELL ONTO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH HURT HAND DX BROKEN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Light bulbs
PT CUT HAND WHEN HIT LIGHTBULB ON PORCH WITH HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND, NOICED SCRATCHES ON HAND AFTER TEARING DOWN A DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HAND LAC-CUT ON A WOODEN PORCH-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL DOWN DECK STAIRS ONTO HEAD. DX HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
10 YOM CUT HAND ON OBJECT FROM DECK. DX L HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CUT HAND WHEN FELL ON PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. FELL FEB 25 ON PORCH, STILL HAS PAIN R WRIST AND ABMD PAIN. DX. CO NT R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Doors
FELL ON ICY PORCH AND CUT HAND ON A BROKEN SCREEN DOOR HANDLE. 3.5 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH DX RIGHT HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL ON A ROOT, HIT CONCRETE PATIO. DX-LEFT5TH META CARPAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
22YOF AT HOME FELL ON ICE HIT HAND ON DECK RAIL INJ R HAND DX/SOFT TISSUE INJ OF R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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