Accidents - Snow throwers/blowers - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,200
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Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 58 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: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOW TROWER, TRIED TO CLEAR A BLOCKED SHOOT, HAN D GOT CAUGHT CAUSING OPEN COMMUTED FX TO LT 2ND THRU 4TH FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
53 YOM, CUT FINGER ON SNOW BLOWER FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
REACHED INTO SNOWBLOWER TO CLEAR CHUTE, FINGER CUT OFF/ PARTIAL AMPUTAT ION LT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME, TRYING TO CLEAN OUT A CLOGGED SHOOT ON A SNOW BLOWER GOT FINGER CAUGHT CAUSING A 5 CM LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
GOT FINGERS CAUGHT A RUNNING SNOWBLOWER @ HOME-PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF L 3RD/4TH FINGERS DX DISTAL AMPUTATION OF L 3RD/4TH FINGERS *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
55YOM, ACC GOT LT RING&INDEX FINGER CAUGHT INTO SNOWBLOWER ?RUNNING BLA NCE>>FX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
53YOM CUT FINGER ON SNOW BLOWER FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
52YOM AVULSION OF FINGER NAIL CAUGHT ON PIECE OF METAL IN SNOWBLOWER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT HAND IN SNOWBLOWER AND AMPUTATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT CUT FINGER ON A SNOW BLOWER. DX FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
55 YOM USING SNOW BLOWER SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURES OF LEFT INDEX, MID DLE AND RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
55 YOM REACHED INTO A SNOWBLOWER WHILE MACHINE WAS RUNNING SUSTAINING PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
JPT CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF TRYING TO DISLODGE SNOW STUCK IN SNOWBLOWER DX: COMPLETE TIP AMPUTATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
63YOM WAS USING A SNOW BLOWER AND SOMETHING GOT STUCK HE PUT HIS HAND UNDER BLOWER AND INJURED FINGER/ FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LAC TO FINGER, 52 YOM, GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOW BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 53 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: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOW BLOWER, PUT HAND IN TO CLEAR BLOCKAGE, WAS CAUGHT IN AUGER CAUSING A RT MIDDLE FINGER OPEN FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT (L) HAND CRUSHED IN SNOWBLOWER SHUTE DX;# OPEN FX (L) FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT CUT OFF END OF (R) MIDDLE FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER DX;# OPEN FX (R) MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
WAS SNOWBLOWING GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOWBLOWER LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE SNOW BLOWER & ACCIDENTALLY PUT FINGER IN BLOWER INJURING FINGER, DX: TIP AMPUTATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
STUCK HAND IN SNOWBLOWER AND 3 FINGERS CAUGHT IN IT CRUSHING AND LAC THEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PRESENTS BY AMBULANCE S/P PLACING HAND IN A RUNNING SNOWBLOWER SUSTAINE D>>MULTI FINGER AMPUTATION/CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/26/2009	Age: 51 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: Snow throwers/blowers
C/O MULTI FINGER PAIN&SWELLING S/P SUSTIANED HYPEREXTENSION INJUREY AFT ER ACCIDENTALLY GOT HAND CAUGHTINTO A SNOWBLOWER>>FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT 3 FINGERS IN SNOWBLOWER AND LAC AND FX THE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CUT (R) INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS WHILE SNOWBLOWING---LAC (R) INDEX & MIDD LE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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