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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,466
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Razors or shavers |
| LAC L FINGER - CUTTING DRYWALL AND RAZOR SLIPPED DOWN TO FINGER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FINGER PW-INJURED WHILE DOING REMODELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 39 YOM CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO STEEL BEAMS AND AMPUTATED TIP OF FINGER AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives |
| PT WAS HELPING A FRIEND CUT DRYWALL & CUT FINGER WITH A KNIFE DX: LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT THUMB INJURY FROM CUTTING ON SHEET METAL. DX-RIGHT THUMB LACERATION 4 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SORTING METAL SHEETS AT STORE WHEN LACERATED FINGER ON EDGE OF METAL . D: FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Motor vehicles or parts |
| LOADING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ON A TRUCK; CAUGHT TIP OF INDEX FINGER UN DER BETWEEN MATERIAL AND TRUCK BED. AMP., TIP, LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 45 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: House repair or construction materials, Portable circular power saws |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A BOARD KICKBACK WHILE CUTTI NG WITH A CIRCULAR SAW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN PLYWOOD LACERATION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 23 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS HANGING SOME DRYWALL AND CUT LEFT FIFTH FINGER ON A "CORNER WALL BEAD" LACERATUION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 16 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE LOADING CINDER BLOCK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 52YOM WAS WORKING WITH SHEET METAL AT HOME ACCIDENTLY CUTTING LEFT HAND FINGER;FINGER LACERATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 42 YOM CUT FINGER WHILE CUTTING CERAMIC TILE FOR HOME PROJECT LACERATIO N FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 41 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FIXING ROOF-CUT FINGER ON TIN-LAC PINKY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 60YOM WHILE ADDING AN ADDITION ONTO HIS HOUSE HAD A METAL GIRDLE FALL ON HIS LEFT THUMB;THUMB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT DROPPED HEAVY CEMENT BLOCK ONTO FINGER, LAC R THIRD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SMASHED FINGERS BETWEEN TWO CINDERBLOCKS. DX LACERATION R FINGERS# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 26 Y/O M INJURED L INDEX FINGER WHILE USING SHEET METAL TO BUILD SHED A T HOME. DX; L INDEX FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 32 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER WHILE ROOFING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUTTING SHEET METAL,HAS A LACERATION TO RT HAND,3RD DIGIT. DX:LACERATI ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUT FINGER WITH GLASS BLOCK-LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SMASHED FINGER WITH HEAVY BLOCK DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS DOING HOUSE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT OF WALL CAU SING LACERATION TO 4 FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CUT FINGER ON SOME REBAR. DX: 1.5 CM LACERATION LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| FINGER LAC-CUTTING SIDING WHEN RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED-HIT FINGER WHILE DOI NG CONSTRUCTION-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 31 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 31 YO INJUED FINGER ON VINYL SIDING LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS AT HOME REPAIRING A WALL, DROPPED A CEMENT BLOCK ON HAND CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT THUMB STR. PT WAS WORKING ON DRYWALL IN HIS GARAGE AND INJURED FI NGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS CUT WHILE CUTTING DRYWALL W/UTILITY KNIFE. DX: L THUMB LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 29 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: House repair or construction materials |
| DX SUPERFICAL LAC L THUMB: CUT THUMB ON METAL WHILE PUTTING UP CAR PORT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| MASHED FINGER BETWEEN 2 2X6 WOOD BEAMS. DX FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM CUTTING DRYWALL, NOT WORK RELATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FINGER FX-DROPPED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ON FINGER WHILE INSTALLING A N EW BAR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 15YOM WAS AT VO-TECH SCHOOL USING SHEET METAL,ACCIDENTLY CUT INDEX FINGER;FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| GOT A WOODEN SPLINTER WHEN PUTTING UP A PIECE OF MOLDING FB (SPLINTER) IN THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 11 YOM WAS MOVING A CINDER BLOCK AND GOT LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH SUSTAINING A FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF SHEET METAL, SHEET METAL WAS BEING SHAPED AND CUT, FLIPPED AROUND, CAUGHT PT ON L INDEX FINGER. DX: LAC TO INDEX FING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 20 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: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 20 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING DRYWALL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT.INJ.L.3RD.FINGER AT HOME WHEN REPLACING METAL SIDING ON HIS HOUSE , CUT FINGER. DX; SKIN AVULSION L.3RD.FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 21 YO MALE TRIPPED AND FELL AND CUT RIGHT FINGER ON CEMENT AVULSION LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | 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: Hematoma |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FINGER MASHED BETWEEN TWO CINDER BLOCKS HEMATOMA FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 56 YO MALE DROPPED CINDERBLOCK ON RIGH THUMB OPEN FRACTURE THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 43 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: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 43 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT WHILE CUTTING DRYWALL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 21 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: House repair or construction materials |
| L THUMB CONT/21YOM STS L THUMB SLAMMED AGAINST WOODEN BEAM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives |
| CUT FINGER WITH KNIFE WHILE HANGING SHEETROCK 2 DAYS AGO DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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