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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,970
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 32 YO M CUT LOWER ARM ON GLASS WINDOW LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 29 Y/O F INJURED L UPPER ARM WHEN PUNCHED WINDOW WHILE INTOXICATED AT HOME. DX; LAC L UPPER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PATIENT HURT BY A *** WINDOW. DX: 8 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND. DX: 8 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 30 YO FEMALE FELL TO GROUND OUT OF 7TH FLOOR WINDOW DOA - MULTIPLE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| DX;DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER. PT WASHING WINDOW AND GLASS FROM WINDOW BROKE AND CUT FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass, Mobile/manufactured homes |
| WAS IN HIS MOBILE HOME WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL INTO A PLATE GLASS WIND OW.DX 4 CM LAC. TO LT. HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PARALUMBAR STRAIN - DEVELOPED BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A BLOCK GLASS WINDOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT PUSHED HAND THROUGH GLASS WINDOW DX: ELBOW LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT PUNCHED WINDOW WITH R HAND, SWELLING OVER 3RD - 5TH KNUCKLES, CONTUS ION R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 27 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: Other windows or window glass |
| OPENING WINDOW- THUMB WENT THROUGH WINDOW LACERATION RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| DX: R UPPER ARM LAC. PT PUT ARM THRU WINDOW AT HOME AND LACERATED UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| HIT IN THE EYE BY A HARD OBJECT THROUGHT A WINDOW CONTUSION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT HOME WHEN WINDOW GLASS BROKE,GOT PIECE OF GLASS IN EYE . DX; F.B. RT.EYE / LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| DX:MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TOUPPER BODY AND ARMS. LARGE WINDOW FELL ON PT AND AS HE REACHED UP TO CATCH IT, THE GLASS BROKE, CUTTING HIM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| DX:LEFT FOREARM LACERATION. PT ACCIDENTALLY PUT ARM THROUGH PLATE GLASS WINDOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 33 Y/O F INJURED R HAND WHEN HIT PLATE GLASS WINDOW AT HOME. DX; LAC R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| WAS REPLACING WINDOWS AT HOME & LACERATED 3 FINGERS L HAND 1.5 CM 1ST FINGER, 2 CM 2ND FINGER, 1CM3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 45 YO M CUT FOREARM ON WINDOW PANE LAC FOREARM WITH TENDON INVOLVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 3" LAC TO L FOREARM. LACERATED ARM WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH BROKEN WINDOW . ^ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| CUT HAND ON WINDOW GLASS AT HOME. DX LEFT HAND LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| FELL THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW. DX RIGHT LOWER LEG LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT STATES SHE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS EXTENDING HER ARM THROUGH A PLATE GLASS WINDOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT CUT HER ARM ON A GLASS WINDOW. DX LEFT FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| FELL THROUGH A STAINED GLASS WINDOW 20 MIN PTA-DX-ACUTE 5 CM LACERATION R WRIST, 3.5 CM LACERATION R DORSAL HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 27 Y/O M C/O LACERATION RIGHT ELBOW - ARM WENT THROUGH GLASS WINDOW.DX: RIGHT ELBOW LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| LACERATION LT ELBOW, WAS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE, HELPED MOVE A WINDOW PANE CUT ON CORNER OF WINDOW PANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PUT HAND THROUGH BROKEN KITCHEN WINDOW, CUTTING CUTTING LEFT PALM AND R ING FINGER. DX: LACERATIONS, LEFT PALM AND RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| HIT PLEXI-GLASS WINDOW IN JAIL, SEEN EARLY AM, NOW BACK NEW COMPLAINT- HAND HURTS DX: HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| CLOSING A SLIDING WINDOW IN HER APARTMENT, IT WENT OFF TRACK AND STRUCK HER ON HEAD AT 2300 YESTERDAY, DX POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT STATES ARM WENT THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW CUTTING HIS ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PATINET CLOSING WINDOW WITH CRANK WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL BREAKING WINDOW GLASS. D: FOREHEAD LACERATION, CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT UPSET PUNCHED HAND THROUGH WINDOW, LACERATION R ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PLATE GLASS WINDOW FELL AND HIT PTS HEAD, STRAIN TO NECKI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| 31 YOM INSTALLING BAY WINDOW @ HOME WINDOW SLID DOWN ONTO SHOULDER SPRAIN SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2002 | Age: 26 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: Other windows or window glass |
| 26 YO M PUT HAND THROUGH GGLASS WINDOW LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass, Doors |
| PATIENT BROKE BAY WINDOW GLASS TO REACH IN AND UNLOCK DOOR. D; FOREARM LACERATION AND ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| F.B. R HAND - GOT GLASS FROM BROKEN WINDOW IN R HAND WHEN CLEANING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2002 | Age: 37 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: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| CUT HAND ON BROKEN WINDOW GLASS HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT HIT *** WINDOW, ACUTE R UPPER EXTREMITY CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| CUT HAND ON WINDOW GLASS AT UNCLES. 10 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PATIENT WAS AT STORE WHEN A TRUCK CAME THROUGH WINDOW KNOCKING OVER BRI CKS. BRICK STRUCK LEG. DX: PAIN TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| SHOULDER LACERATION - FELL THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW LACERATING RIGHT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other windows or window glass |
| PT CHANGING WINDOW PANE GLASS FELL CUT THUMB DX THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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