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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 466
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PW TO L HAND, STUCK W/COAT HANGER YESTERDAY DX: PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Clothing |
| MOVING A BUNCH OF CLOTHES WHEN A HANGER GOUGED HAND AND LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CUT ON HANGER - LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers, Pipes |
| PT WAS USING A COAT HANGER TO CLEAN A PIPE WHEN THE HANGER SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| SIMPLE LAC RIGHT HAND. PT CUT HAND ACCIDENTALLY WITH COAT HANGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| CUT RT. HAND ON COAT HANGER DX: LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 87 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: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| DX 2 CM SIMPLE LACERATION RIGHT HAND: CUT HAND AFTER BENDING METAL HANGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| 80 Y/O F C/O CUT TO RT HAND. PT CUT HAND WITH COAT HANGER. DX LAC TO RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT SUS INJURY TO HAND FROM A CLOTHING RACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT. STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A TIE RACK / CUT HAND DX: HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| PT CUT HAND ON COAT HANGER. DX: PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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