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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,447
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2007 | Age: 12 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: Poles |
| R THUMB INJURY DX: CONTUSION RAN INTO POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| CUT R INDEX FINGER ON POLE DX; FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| STS WAS FIXING A POLE AND SLIPPED, LAC LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 11 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: Poles |
| CUT FINGER ON A METAL POLE IN THE BACKYARD >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| STRUCK POLE WITH FIST FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SLIDING DOWN A METAL POLE AT THE PLAYGROUND AND GOT METAL SLIVER IN R THUMB DX: FB R THUMBNAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| PT DX SPRAINED RT INDEX FINGER - S/P DIRECT BLOW AGAINST A STEEL POST IN THE SUBWAY STATION 2 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SMASHED FINGERS BETWEEN TWO POLES YESTERDAY. D: LACERATION LEFT 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| RAN INTO A POLE JAMMING FINGER WHILE PLAYING >> FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| FX FINGER ,FELL ON POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 17 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: Poles |
| PT SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND POLE, NOW W/SWELLING, PAINFUL TO TOU CH; FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC FINGER PAIN, FINGER CAUGHT ON A POLE THAT COLLASPED. DX-LEFT THUMB FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SLIPPED TODAY AND GRABBED METAL POLE WITH SHARP EDGES CUTTING MIDDLE THREE FINGERS. DX: MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| HIT FINGER ON A POLE LACERATION RIGHT 5TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT BROKE A BROOM ON A POLE BECAUSE HE WAS MAD DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| PLAYING AND RAN INTO A POLE. DX FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| RAN INOT A POLE AT SCHOOL. DX- L 4TH FINGER POSSIBLE SALTER FRACTURE JG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Poles |
| 12 YO HIT FINGER ON POLE AVULSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT DX FX OF RT 5TH FINGER - S/P DIRECT BLOW AT SUBWAY STATION,PT HIT FINGER AGAINST POLE TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| PATIENT SWINGING HIS ARMS AROUND HITTING THUMB ON A POLE AT SCHOOL; THU MB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Poles |
| PATIENT WAS SLIDING DOWN A WOODEN POLE AT SCHOOL, GOT SPLINTER IN FINGER. DX-FOREIGN BODY FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2007 | Age: 9 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| L HAND INJURY ABRASION TO FINGER ON POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 46 YO MALE HIT HAND ON POLE FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SUST PUNCTURE TO THUMB ON POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles, Bicycles or accessories |
| R FINGER INJURY RIDING BIKE RAN INTO POLE DX: FX R 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles, Animal induced injury |
| PT CHASING HER DOG AND FELL STRIKING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST A METAL POLE FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Poles |
| PT @ HOME PUTTING WOODEN POLE IN A HOLE AND GOT A SLIVER DX FB LT 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| HIT THUMB AGAINST POLE/THUMB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles, Swimming pools |
| PT RECEIVED LAC TO L RING FINGER ON A POLE IN SWIMMING POOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER ON FLAG POLE LACERATION RIGHT 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 19 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: Other |
| Product: Poles |
| PT HIT A METAL POLE YESTERDAY WITH R FIST,C/O PAIN TO L INDEX FINGER/ KNUCKLE, DX LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 36 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: Poles |
| DISPLACED FX R 3RD FING/36YOM AT HOME PUNCHED A ROUND POLE. PAIN & DEFO RMITY R 3RD FING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Poles, Boats and boating |
| 64 YO F PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF THUMB . CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN A POLE AND BOAT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles, Softball |
| 24 YO FEMALE CUT INDEX FINGER ON POLE WHILE PLAYING SOFTBALL LACERATION INDEX FIMGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 11 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: Poles |
| CONTUSION FINGER WHEN STRUCK A POLE. NO LOCATION GIVEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| HIT THUMB ON POLE THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT HIT HAND ON A POLE AT HOME. D: FRACTURE RIGHT 4TH PROXIMAL PHALANG E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 38 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| CONTUSION FINGER - 38 YO FEMALE PRESENTS - RIGHT RING FINGER PAIN & SWE LLING - PLAYFULLY HIT AT ANOTHER PERSON & HIT METAL POLE BEHIND PERSON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| HIT FINGER ON POLE WHIL PLAYING DX: FINGER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles, Lacrosse |
| PT HIT R RING FINGER ON METAL POLE PLAYING LACROSSE. DX. FX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| CONTUSED FINGER ON POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| STRUCK FINGER BY FLAG POLE AT SCHOOL FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Poles |
| JAMMED FINGER INTO A POLE. DX SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Poles |
| INJURED FINGERS SLIDING DOWN A WOODEN POLE. DX; PUNCTURE FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT TRIPPED AND JAMMED FINGER INTO A POLE. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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