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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 590
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WAS REACHING FOR HIS CELL PHONE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGE R AGAINST A HARD OBJECT STRAINED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| FINGER CONTUSED, TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2005 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| SPRAIN FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS SHE INJURED HER LEFT INDEX FINGER WHEN GRABBING HER CELL PHONE AT HOME YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 42 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: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT C/O GIRLFRIEND HYPERFLEXED 5TH DIGIT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET CELL PHONE FROM HIM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Ceilings and walls |
| PT.INJ.RT.4TH.FINGER AT HOME WHEN TALKING ON PHONE & BECAME ANGRY,HIT W ALL. DX; CONTUSION / ABRASION RT.4TH.FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PATIENT HIT FINGER ON PHONE AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, FINGER SWOLLEN; INDEX F INGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| BURN FINGER - 24 YOF SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO HER RIGHT RING AND PINKY FINGERS ATTEMPTING TO PLUG IN CELL PHONE CHARGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT FINGER WITH CELL PHONE DX: R INDEX FINGER FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX LEFT HAND 4TH FINGER FRACTURE: TRIPPED ON PHONE CORD AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CELL PHONE BLEW UP IN HAND. DX- ABRASION R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| FINGER FX-TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD-FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED LEFT THUMB PAIN WHEN EX-HUSBAND TRIED TO GRAB CELL PHONE OUT OF HAND. DX - LEFT THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED ON PHONE CORD, FELL TO FLOOR DX. THUMB STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WAS HIT IN HAND BY DOG'S HEAD WHILE HOLDING A TELEPHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT C/O RT SMALL FINGER TWISTED AROUND WITH TELEPHONE CORD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD AND FELL LANDING ON HAND. D: THUMB STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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