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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,356
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| CUTTING SIDING -SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND-LAC L HAND WITH UTILITY KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT LACERATED HAND ON SHEET METAL WHILE DOING CONSTRUCTION DX: A 2.5 CM LACERATION, LEFT DORSAL HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Pet supplies |
| PT WAS PUTTING SIDING ON A DOG HOUSE AND RAZOR SLIPPED AND CUT L LOWER HAND. DX. R HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| CUT HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL INSTALLING A WINDOW AT HOME. DX HAND LACE RATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Motor vehicles or parts |
| WHILE AT HOME WAS LOADING SCRAPS OF SHEET METAL ONTO BED OF TRUCK, A PIECE OF SHEET CUT HIS RT HAND. LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS DOING SOME WORK IN HIS BATHROOM AND PLASTER FELL DOWN ONTO HAND DX: RT HAND INJ, SCRAPES AND AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WITH FRACTURED HAND WHILE FIXING A DRY WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS PUTTING A PATCH ON HIS ROOF AND CUT HAND WITH SOME TIN/ LAC TO H AND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| L PALM LAC/61YOM WAS DOING ROOFING AT HOME AND SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EDGE OF ROOF WITH HAND CAUSING LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| DROVE WOODEN STAKE THROUGH HAND WHILE SETTING UP FOR CONCRETE AT HOME. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND HAND WITH CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS WORKING ON ROOF AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HAND ON HOOK BLADE DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| WHILE LAYING PATIO BLOCKS DROPPED ONE ON RT HAND DX:HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| R HAND INJ/21YOM AT HOME PUNCHED DRYWALL AND STS "I THINK I BROKE MY HA ND". HAS SOME SWELLING & ABRAS. LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 34 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: House repair or construction materials |
| 34 YO M CELLULITIS TO HAND GOT SPLINTER IN HAND WHILE ROOFING AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| HELPING FRIENDS WORK WITH SHEET ROCK, SLIPPED, HURT HAND. DX HAND FRACT URE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT PRESENTE TO ED AFTER DROPPING A 2X4 ON HAND. NOT WORK RELATED- UNEMP LOYED. DX. HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PANEL OF SHEETROCK FELL;DX FRACTURED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| BRICK FELL ON HAND AT HOME CRUSH INJURY RT HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Wood paneling and particleboard |
| DX NEUROPRAXIA: CIRCUMFERENTIAL NUMBNESS FROM FOREARM TO FINGERS. PT HAND PINNED B/T PLYWOOD FLOORING OF A SHED AND CINDER BLOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 56 YO MALE HAD PALATE OF BRICKS FALL ON HAND HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Stretch cords or stretch straps |
| 35YOM WAS PULLING DRYWALL OFF OF THE CAR AT HOME,ACCIDENTLY CUT HAND ON METAL STRAP AROUND DRYWALL;HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| HAND FX-FELL AGAINST A PILLAR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CONTUSION HAND/FACIAL ABRASIONS: ANGRY, PUNCHED DRYWALL, PT BEING RESTRAINED RECEIVED SUPERFICIAL SCRAPES RT CHEEK, RT EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| MC FX-HIT A STEEL SUPPORT-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 50 YO M AVULSION TO PALM OF HAND CUTTING CERAMIC TILE AND CUT HAND ON PIECE OF TILE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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