Accidents - Refrigerators - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,327
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Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
DX;LEFT THUMB LACERATION AFTER CUTTING IT ON A REFRIDERATOR WHILE MOVING IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
38 YO M INDEX FINGER CRUSHED BY REFRIGERATOR. DX LACERATION WITH AVULSI ON OF NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 32 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: Refrigerators
PT LIFTED REFRIGERATOR, CAUGHT FINGER ON METAL, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT CUT FINGER ON REFRIGERATIOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
RT RING FINGER FRACTUREE.PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND DROPPED IT ON FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT LACERATED THUMB ON BROKEN GLASS SHELF IN REFRIGERATOR. D: LACER ATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS TAKING A COMPRESSOR OFF A OLD REFRIGERATOR AND A PC FLEW BACK AND CUT HIS FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
CUT LT INDEX FINGER ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX; 2 CM LT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Screen doors
PATIENT GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN REFRIGERATOR AND SCREEN DOOR. DX: 4 C M LACERATION TO 3RD FINGER, 5 CM LACERATION TO 4TH FINGER, RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Drinking glasses
CUT HAND WHEN REACHING INTO REFRIGIRATOR TO RETRIEVE GLASS CUT HAND WHE N GLASS BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS WORKING ON HIS REFRIGERATOR AT HOME WHEN HE CUT FINGER ON THE FA N DX: RT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2002	Age: 35 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: Refrigerators
PT MOVING REFRIGERATOR W/ANOTHER PERSOPN. REF SLIPPED WHEN HE SET IT DOWN AND FINGERS CUT ON SHARP METAL.DX: LACS TO RIGHT 4TH AND 5TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
FX 4TH FINGER. PT HIT HAND ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
RT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND LACERATED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT HAD SMALL FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN REFRIGERATOR & CORNER. DX: FINGER ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN REFRIGERATOR C/O PAIN DX: CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT. WAS LIFTING A REFRIGERATOR ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND CUT R PINKY FINGER . DX. 2 CM FLAP LAC R 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
MOVING REFRIGERATOR-HURT HAND-RIGHT FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PAIN TO LOW BACK AND LT THUMB AFTER THUMB BENT BACK WHILE MOVING A FRIDGE. DX; SPRAIN RT THUMB/ LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
HIT FINGER ON REFRIGERATOR FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PUNCHED A REFRIGERATOR. DX: FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 27 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: Refrigerators
PT CUT FINGER ON REFRIGERATOR WHILE MOVING. DX: R FIFHT FINGER LAC < 2CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators, Ceilings and walls
SMASH FINGER BETWEEN WALL AND REFRIGERATORFINGER SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
HIT HAND AGAINST REFRIGERATORFRACTURE 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 32 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: Refrigerators
PAIN IN RIGHT 2ND AND 3RD DIGIT, HIT AGAINST REFRIGERATOR AT 10 AM 4/26 . DX. R 2ND AND 3RD MCP/FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators
PT. SLAMMED HIS FINGER IN A REFRIGERATOR DOOR, RESULTING IN A HEMATOMAO F THE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT INJURED FINGER WHILE CLEANING REFRIFERATOR DX: SPRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
REFRIGERATOR FELL ON HAND LACERATION RIGHT FIFTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
LAC RIGHT INDEX FINGER - CAUGHT FINGER IN REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
HIT REFRIDGERATOR WITH FINGER AT HOME. DX: POSS. EXTENSOR TENDON SPRAI N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
RT THUMB CONTUSION.PT HIT HAND ON A REFRIGERATOR AND PT INJUTRED THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Refrigerators
JAMMED FINGER ON REFRIGERATOR DX. FINGER DISLOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Refrigerators
WHILE CLEANING TO POF FRIDGE, PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO FINGER WITH FB T O FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
FX FINGER WHEN MOVING REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
FX FIONGER WHEN STRUCK BY REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT CUT FINGER ON REFRIGERATOR. DX: 2 CM LAC L MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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