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Accidents - Glass bathtub or shower enclosures - Year 2008 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 370
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:59
26-50 years old:135
50+ years old:174

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
SHOWER DOOR FELL ON ARM GLASS SHATTERED LACERATION LEFT HAND ABRASIONS MULTIPLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO SHOWER ENCLOSURE AT HOME DX: SKIN AVULSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND ON A GLASSS SHOWER DOOR, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PATIENT WAS CHANGING THE SHOWER DOOR WHEN GLASS BROKE WITH METAL FRAME AND CUT LT HAND. DX-LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL INTO A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A RIGHT HAN D LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
FELL THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER DOOR. HAND / FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
34YOM WAS HOME WHEN THE SHOWER DOOR BROKE LACERATED BOTH HANDS; AVULSION OF BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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