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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,572
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT C/O WRIST PAIN X 2 MONTHS AFTER FALLING WHILE WEARING HANDCUFFS. D: TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT WITH SHOULDER PAIN. WAS HANDCUFFED AND TWISTED SHOULDER. NO OTHER DE TAILS. LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/28/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH HANDCUFFS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT LOCKED HIMSELF OUT OF APT AND CUT FINGER ON LOCK. DX: FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT STATES HANDCUFFS WERE ON WRIST REAL TIGHT YESTERDAY, TO ER WITH WRIS T PAIN, DX CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT WITH RASH TO LOWER LEG X 1 MONTH. STARTED LAST MONTH WHEN PT WAS IN LEG SHACKLES WHILE IN PRISON. D: SUPERFICIAL ABRASION, LEG, IMPETIGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 32 YO MALE GOT HAND CAUGHT IN HANDCUFFS FRACTURE HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| HANDCUFFED 2 DAYS AGO & COMPLAINS OF THUMB NUMBNESS DX NS LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT HAS A STRAINED WRIST AFTER BEIGN HANDCUFFED AT HOME - DID NOT STATE POLICE INVOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| TRYING TO OPEN DEADBOLT LOCK, PUSHED HAND THRU WINDOW DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| CLOSED HEAD INJURY-CLEARANCE FOR INCARCERATION-HANDCUFFED UNDER ARREST- |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT TO ER WITH WRIST PAIN, STATES "CUFFS TOO TIGHT", WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT SMASHED FINGER ON A LOCK DX: RT 2ND TUFT FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| HIT ABOVE EYEBROW WITH HINGE FROM LOCK AT HOME. DX: SUPERFICIAL LACERA TION FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH LOCK LAST WEEK, RED, PAIN, TEARING, DX KERATITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 45 YO MALE HAS ANKLE PAIN FROM SHACKLES INFECTED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 37 YO MALE HAD HANDCUFFS THAT WERE TOO TIGHT CONTUSION WRISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 44 YO FEMALE HAS WRIST PAIN FROM HANDCUFFS CONTUSIOIN WRISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 38 YO KICKING HIT ANKLE ON BOLT CONTUSION ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 45 YO HAND CUFFED DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT FELL AT JAIL W/HANDCUFFS ON. DX: NECK/BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2007 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| WRIST PAIN S/P WEARING HANDCUFFS , ALOS INJ TO ANKLE, ?MECH " WRIST/ANKLE CONTS'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 34 YO MALE WAS IN HANDCUFFS LAST NIGHT FRACTURE LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 30YOF INJURED HER LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A METAL LOCK ACCIDENTLY;PUNCTURED WOUND OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks, Chains |
| 36YOM WAS HIT ACCIDENTLY IN THE EYE WITH A BRASS PADLOCK ATTACHED TO THE END OF A CHAIN; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| SEZIURE=WHILE BEING PUT IN HANDCUFFS PATIENT STARTING SHAKING ALL OVER- WAS SITTING ON SIDEWALK OUTSIDE *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| HIT IN THE MOUTH BY A THROWN PADLOCK DX- UPPER LIP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT SUSTAINED WRIST PAIN AFTER CLAIMING THE HANDCUFFS WERE ON TOO TIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT WAS IN POLICE HOLDING CELL AND STATES HANDCUFFS INJURED WRISTDX: FRA CTURED LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 34 YO MALE HAS WRIT PAIN FROM HANDCUFFS AT CASINO BILATERAL CONTUSIONS WRISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 28 YO MALE HAD A LOCK FALL ONTO LEFT HAND FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| CONTUSION B/L WRIST-HANDCUFFED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT TO ER WITH WRIST PAIN FROM HANDCUFFS, "DOESNT WANT TO BE SEEN BY MD" < WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/22/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT TO ER WITH CONTUSION TO WRIST FROM HANDCUFFS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| RUNNING FROM POLICE RAN INTO THE WOODS FELL HIT FACE ON GROUND HANDCUFFED ABRASION LEFT HAND CONTUSION TESTICULAR INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 28 YO MALE HAS WRIST PAIN FROM HANDCUFFS CONTUSION WRISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 27 YO FEMALE HAD HAND PAIN SINCE BEING HANDCUFFED LEFT HAND STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| FOUND A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS - HANDCUFF ATTACHED TO WRIST HANDCUFF LOCKED ON LEFT WRIST REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 44 YO MALE HAS SHOULDER PAIN AFTER BEING LIFTED BY HANDCUFFS DISLOCATED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2007 | 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: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| R THUMB LAC ON A DOOR LOCK. DX. LAC R THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT STATES SHE'S HAD HAND PAIN EVER SINCE BEING HANDCUFFED ON 1/26 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2007 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH A HEAVY CHAIN & LOCK,NLOC DX SCALP LACERATION & CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| 35 YO MALE HAS ABRASIONS ON BOTH WRISTS FROM HANDCUFFS ABRASION WRISTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Padlocks, chain locks or other locks |
| PT IN TIGHT HANDCUFFS AND INJURED SHOULDER 2 DAYS AGO DX// RIGHT SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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