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Accidents - Computers - Year 2009 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,791
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Date: 12/28/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
40 YOM FRACTURED HAND PUNCHED A LAP TOP*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
WORKING ON *** & ACC RAN HAND OVER PIECE OF EXPOSED METAL>>LAC >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
5 YOM PUSHING COMPUTER AND SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LEFT HAND AND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
L HAND STR;EARLY CARP.TUNNEL/22YOM C/O L HAND PAIN&SWELLING.DENIES TRAU MA.PT STS HE NOTICED SWELLING AFTER PLAYING VIDEO GAME FOR LONG TIME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
DX WRIST/HAND PAIN, UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY: STATES THAT HE FREQUENTLY USES A COMPUTER KEYBOARD & THAT SOMEWHAT EXACERBATES HIS SX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
KEYBOARD FELL ON RT HAND DX: RT HAND INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN FIXING HIS VIDEO GAME SYSTEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
HIT HAND ON COMPUTER FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2009Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT PUNCHED A COMPUTER SCREEN DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
19 YOF C/O RIGHT HAND AND WRIST PAIN ONSET 3-4 DAYS AGO, IS A STUDENT A ND USES A COMPUTER FREQUENTLY, DX: SPRAIN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Telephones or telephone accessories
DX R HAND PAIN: H/O PN R MIDDLE FINGER @ MPJ X 2WKS. PN MUCH WORSE TODAY IN ERD KNUCKLE MIDDLE FINGER. (PLAY'G VIDEO GAMES, TEXT'G)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT PUNCHED A GAME MACHINE AT BAR. DX: L FIFTH METACARPAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT PLAYS VIDEO GAMES EVERY DAY, USES "***", PER PT, "VERY INTO GAMES", DX HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2009Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
HAND CT-38 Y/O M-PUNCHED A COMPUTER IN ANGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
DX HEADACHE/PARESTHESIAS: SINUS INF X 1WK, TODAY PLAY'G VIDEO GAMES FELL FACIAL NUMBNESS, BURN'G SENS BACK OF HEAD, BIL HANDS ON/OFF NUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT WITH CONTUSION TO HAND, DROPPED A COMPUTER ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
CONTUSION, PAIN/SWELLING RT HAND 2ND TO TRAUMA, R/O FX: AT THE ARCADE, WENT TO "HIT THE PONTOON THING" ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
49YO HISP FEMALE STS R HAND-ARM NUMBNESS SINCE THIS AM,STS EXTENDED LENGTH OF TIME ON CUMPUTER LAST NIGHT, DX 4TH-5TH DIGIT OF HAND PALSY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
18 YO M FRACTURED METACARPAL PUNCHED COMPUTER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2009Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT WAS PLAYING A PUNCHING GAME ON THE BOARDWALK AND HIT IT HARD ANDINJU RED HAND DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT FROM GROUP HOME, GOT INTO A FIGHT & PUNCHED COMPUTER SCREEN, INJURIN G (R) HAND DX;# LAC (R) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2009Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Computers
HAS PAIN IN 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS FROM PLAYING ON COMPUTER ALL DAY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Fans
HAND CT-HAND HIT A CEILING FAN WHILE LAYING THE *** GAME-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT WAS PLAYING A VIDEO GAME AT HOME WHEN HER PUPPY BIT HER R HAND. HAS LAC ON HER PALM. DX R HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT SUS FRACTURED HAND AFTER HITTING IT ON ARCADE MACHINE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Computers, Desk supplies
PUT PAPERCLIP IN COMPUTER THAT WAS PLUGGED IN;DX ELECTRICAL BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
ACC CUT HAND WHLIE INSTALLING A PIECE OF QUIPMENT INTO HIS COMPUTER >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES 3 DAYS AGO. LAC ON R PALM FROM USING JOYSTICK ON CONTROLLER ROUGHLY. STREAKING REDNESS UP HAND, WARMTH. DX CELLULITIS H
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/18/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT WORKING ON HIS COMPUTER AT HOME ANS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT H AND ON A METAL PART OF THECOMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
28 YOF LIFTING LAPTOP COMPUTER SUSTAINED SPRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
46YOF EXERCISING USING *** ***,SWINGING ARM BACK ACCIDENTLY STRUCKLT HA ND ON ENTERTAINMENT CENTER;HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2009Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
CLIMBING ON COMPUTER PRINTER INJURED HAND LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAD ON COMPUTER PRINTER CONTUSION RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
HAND LAC-CUT ON A COMPUTER HE WAS TAKING APART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Computers
54 YOM TRYING TO UNTANGLE CAT FROM COMPUTER WIRES SUSTAINED BITES AND S CRATCHES TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST, SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUNDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT IS A VET STUDENT AND WAS MICROCHIPPING A CAT AND WAS BIT ON HAND BY CAT DX- CAT BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Tables
PT PLAYING "***" WHEN SHE SWUNG HAND BACK W/ CONTROLLER IN IT. HIT R HA ND AGAINST A COFFEE TABLE. HAS PAIN IN PALM. DX R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING A BOXING MACHINE VIDEO GAME AT A LOCAL BAR AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND ON THE *** SUPPORT FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT WAS MOVING A GAME MACHINE AT HOME WHEN IT FELL ONTO HAND. D:HAND LAC ERATIONS X2, ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
USING COMPUTER HELPING SON COLLATE WHEN HAND WENT NUMB RESULTING IN PAR ESTHESIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
*** BOX FELL ONTO HAND AT HOME. DX. CONTUSION L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
A WEEK AGO, PUNCHED BACK OF VIDOW GAME VS BOXING MACHING, C/O HAND PAIN >>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
C/O HAND PAIN&SWELLING/EDEMA AFTER HITTING IT ON A GAME MACHINE YESTERA Y>>HAND SWELLING
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/16/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
DROPPED VIDOW GAME, *** 3, VERSUS VIDEOGAME CONSOLE ONTO HAND >>CONTS >>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2009Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT STATES PLAYING VIDEO GAME AND PUNCHED IT WITH HAND CAUSING IINJADMIT S ETOH AND MARIJUANA DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING A GAME AT A BAR PUNCHING BAG COMES DOWN OUT OF THE GAME AND THEN YOU PUNCH IT BACK UP SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT PICKING UP A COMPUTER AND IT FELL CAUGHT RIGHT HAND STRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Televisions
10YOF WHILE BOXING TO WI, GOT TO CLOSE TO TELEVISION STRUCK LT HAND ON TELEVISION;HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Tables
HIT HAND ON A TABLE WHILE PLAYING *** ONE WEEK AGO AND NOT GETTING BETT ER. DX. R HAND CELLULITIS.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
HAND STR. PT STRAINED HAND WHEN USING A COMPUTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT TAKING THE HARD DRIVE OUT OF HIS COMPUTER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
HURT HAND WHILE PLAAYING *** ***, HIT MONITOR DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Aquariums or accessories
PT WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAME AND THEN HIT HAND ON FISH TANK. DX: RIGHT HAND PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
C/O HAND PAIN S/P SUSTAINED INJUREY WHILE PLAYING *** 2 DAYS AGO, ALSOR EPORTS HAVING PROBLEM WITH ETOH ABUSE>>ETOH=0.143 INTOXICATION/HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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