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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,395
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/28/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Ladders |
HURT HAND, SMASHED IN LADDER L W O T |
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 48 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: Ladders |
CHANGING EDGES ON LADDER AND CUT HAND DX: LT HAND LAC 7.6CM |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL DOWN A LADDER DX: LT HAND INJ |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND PAIN. PT SMASHED HAND IN A LADDER. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF A LADDER DX: L HAND SPRAIN / R FOREARM CONTUSION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/23/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders, Pipes |
PT FELL FROM LADDER EARLIER TODAY AND LANDED ON RT HAND STRIKING IT AGA INST A PIPE AS HE HIT THE FLOOR RT HAND FRACTURE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/21/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL OFF LADDER TODAY AND SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO RT HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Ladders |
40 YO M INJURED HAND AFTER FALLING FROM LADDER LT HAND SPRAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/28/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF LADDER ABOUT 9 FEET DX: FRACTURE 4TH & 5TH METACARPALS RT. HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF LADDER INTO PILE OF WOOD DX CONTUSION R HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND INJURED HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/02/2003 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER CONTUSING HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL FROM LADDER; FX HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/16/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL OFF LADDER; LAC HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF A LADDER RIGHT HAND SPRAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/30/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Ladders |
43 Y M FELL OFF HOUSE ABOUT 10 FT CUT HIS HAND AS HE SLIDE DOWN LADDER DX: 6 CM LACERATION AND 3 CM LACERATION TO PALM OF LEFT HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 36 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: Ladders, Chain saws |
CUTTING TREE LIMBS WITH CHAINSAW WHEN CHAIN SNAPPED AND LAC HAND,HE FEL L OFF LADDER AND LAC FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF LADDER. FX RT HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 38 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: Ladders |
38 YO WM - CONTUSION OF HAND/WRIST - FELL OFF LADDER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 39 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: Ladders |
LACERATION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT THE PALM ON HIS RIGHT HAND ON ALUMINUM LADDER AT HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND CONT. PT FELL OFF A LADDER AT HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF LADDER AT HOME LANDING ON L HAND DX FX L 3RD METACARPAL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL 3 - 4 FEET OFF LADDER, ACUTE L HAND PAIN SECONDARY TO SPRAIN CO NTUSION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/29/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Ladders, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
FELL FROM LADDER INTO WINDOW HAND LAC |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
PT WAS HELPING A FRIEND PAINT AND FELL OFF LADDER. DX FX L 4TH METACARPAL. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/15/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL OFF A LADDER AT HOME FRACTURED LEFT HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 26 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: Ladders |
R HAND CONTUSION - LADDER FELL AND STRUCK HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/03/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | 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: Ladders |
HAND CT-FELL FROM LADDER-LANDED ON "FLEXED FIST" |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND SPR. PT FELL OFF LADDER INJURING HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/26/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Ladders |
FELL 6 FT. OFF LADDER - RIGHT HAND SPRAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Crushing |
Product: Ladders |
SMASH BOTH HANDS WITH LADDER CRUSH INJURY MIDDLE TUFT FX |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/16/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND INJURED HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Ladders |
PT INJURED HAND HOME MOVING LADDER, CELLULITIS R HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/06/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF LADDER AND HIT GROUND WITH HAND INJURING IT |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
FELL FROM LADDER,L FIRST JOINT RX,R HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
LT HAND CT-FELL OFF LADDER-AT HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
LADDER FELL ON HAND - HAND FRACTURE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
RT HAND FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND INJURED HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 39 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: Ladders, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL OFF A LADDER AND HITTING A WINDOW CAUSING A LACERATION TO HER RT HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/28/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND INJURED HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Ladders |
C/O PAIN TO R HAND, STATES HE CLOSED HIS HAND IN A LADDER. DX. PAIN R HAND, LEFT AFTER TRIAGE. |
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
Date: 04/10/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
27 Y/O M C/O FALL /KNEE PAIN. PT FELL FROM LADDER. DX HAND FRACT. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Ladders |
PT FELL OFF 5 FT LADDER, LANDED ON HAND, LACERATION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/20/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders |
LEFT HAND CONTUSUION.PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND INJURED HAND. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/13/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Ladders |
FELL OFF LADDER, APPROX. 10FT. ACUTE UPPER LEG LAC & CLOSED FX 5TH MET ACARPAL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/13/2003 | 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: Other |
Product: Ladders |
HYPERFLEXION INJURY R HAND - FELL OFF LADDER WHEN LADDER SLIPPED ON ICE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/01/2003 | Age: 45 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: Ladders |
45 YO MALE FELL OFF LADDER CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/18/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Ladders, Floors or flooring materials |
PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE ON A LADDER FELL TO A CONCRETE FLOOR ABOUT 4 FEET ONTO BOTH HANDS CONTUSION HANDS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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