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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 510
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Date: 12/06/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT 5TH FINGER FX.PT FELL AND HIT FINGER ON A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2007Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER ON A BANISTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS WALKING ALONG THE RAILING OF A NURSING HOME HALLWAY AND THERE WA S A LOOSE NAIL STICKING OUT OF IT STRUCK INDEX FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2007Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC TIP OF L 5TH FINGER LAST NIGHT ON HANDRAIL AT HOME. DX. LAC L 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2007Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WAS AT FOOTBALL GAME AND FELL OVER A RAILING HAS INJURY TO (L) THUMB DX0 THUMB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC TO FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN THE RAILING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2007Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX SPRAIN LEFT THUMB: JAMMED ON RAILING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2007Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT INJURED THUMB FROM AN OLD HAND RAIL. DX: RIGHT THUMB ABSCESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
JAMMED FINGER INTO RAILING " FX''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2007Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
L INDEX FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN RAILS AND TRAILER. DX. FX PHALANX #2 TU FT, AMPUTATION TIP OF FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
THUMB SPRAIN-CAUGHT THUMB ON A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2007Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FINGER FX-LEANING AGAINST A RAILING THAT BROKE-PT FELL BACKWARDS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT CAUGHT FINGER IN A RAILING AND SPRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2007Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT GOT A PIECE OF WOOD FROM A HANDRAIL UNDER THE FINGER NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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