Accidents - Poles - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,215
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	87
Year 1998:	227
Year 1999:	251
Year 2000:	453
Year 2001:	146
Year 2002:	282
Year 2003:	243
Year 2004:	304
Year 2005:	83
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	187
Year 2008:	287
Year 2009:	431
Year 2010:	197

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
68YOM, FELL AGAINST A POLE THAT HAS A BOLT STICKING OUT OF IT >>HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
LAC R HAND W/ REPAIR: R HAND ABRA, CONT; 60YOM BACKHOE MOVING FLAGPOLE, PT BALANCED FLAGPOLE W/ R HAND,PINCHED BETWEEN POLE& TREE,2 CM LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
63R OLD MALE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN POST AND TRUCK CRUSHING AND FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2010	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Poles
90 YOM CUT HAND ON A POST. DX: L HAND SKIN TEAR 2.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Poles
51YOM USING A POLE WITH HOLLOW HANDLE TO REMOVE ICE FROM HIS HOUSE ACCIDENTLY INJURED RT HAND ON POLE;HAND AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
ACC PINCHED HAND B/T A POST&ROCK, ?MECH, CUTTING IT, +BLD CTR'D >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Poles, Tools
PT WAS CUTTING A METAL POST AND IT SNAPPED BACK HITTING PT IN HAND AT HOME DX: SPRAINED LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Poles
FELL AND HIT HAND ON WOODEN POST HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
51 YOM, SQUEEDGY POLE FELL ON HAND, HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
PT HIT TO HAND WITH METAL POLE WHILE IN HALF-WAY HOUSE, NO OTHER DETAIL S, FX TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
PT HIT HAND ON A POST. DX: FRACTURE OF THE LEFT 5TH METACARPAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles, Ladders
CUTTING ROUND POLE AT HOME AND FELL FROM LADDER. DX. CONT L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
R HAND LAC. HIT A METAL POLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles, Decorative yard equipment
71YOM WAS HOME PUTTING UP A BIRD FEEDER,WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED STRIKING A METAL POLE;HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
PT WITH FRACTURED HAND STRIKING A METAL POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Poles
52YOM ACCIDENTLY STRUCK RT HAND ON A METAL BAR; HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
PT GOT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN METAL POLES DX: HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
HAND LACERATION FROM PUNCHING POLE, LACERATION TO KNUCKLES. PATIENT LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT WAS AT HOME, REACHED OUT FOR A POLE TO STEADY HIMSELF, FELL CAUSING A RT HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A METAL POLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles, Power saws
PT WAS CUTTING METAL POLES IN YARD AND CUT HAND ON POWER SAW DX: SUPERIFICAL LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
PT REACHED FOR A POLE TO HELP HIM WALK AND IT WAS UNSTABLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AT CLINIC. DX: L HAND/HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
CONT. L HAND, PT STRUCK A STEEL POLE SOMEPLACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
HIT BY LARGE POST LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A POLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
RAN IN TO METAL POLE AND LACERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
PT BROKE WOODEN FLAG POLE TO SHORTEN IT AND IT STUCK IN PT N PALM OF R HAND DX CONTO TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
65YOM AT HOME POUNDING ON FENCE POST HIT HAND ON TOP DX/2IN LAC R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
3 CM HAND LACERATION, 40# LOCUST POLE HE WAS CUTTING FLIPPED AND FELL ON TOP OF HAND, UNKNOWN EQUIPMENT USED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT WAS HLEPING EXTEND POLE WHEN POLE BENT AND PINNCHED ANDCUT HAND DX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles, Lawn mowers
76 Y/O W/FM CUT HAND ON POST IN YARD WHEN MOWING GRASS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
PT HIT HAND ON METAL POST AT STORE, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
STRUCK POLE IN BASEMENT LAST NIGHT. ACUTE RT 4TH METACARPAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
FX HAND WHEN PULLING ON A POLE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles, Slides or sliding boards
PT. STRUCK HAND ON POLE COMING DOWN SLIDE AT DAYCARE. DX FX 3RD METACA RPAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles, Light bulbs
PT SEEN FOR HAND LAC. FEEL PUTTING A LIGHT IN A POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
PT SMASHED HAND BETWEEN CAR DOOR AND POST. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
PATIENT FELL OUTSIDE AT HOME AND HIT HER HAND ON A WOODEN POST. DX-CONTUSION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
75 YO M STRUCK HAND ON STEEL POST. DX R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Poles
POLE FELL ON HAND - HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK BY POLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
52 YOMC MOVING A TRAILER, TRYING TO TIE IT TO A POLE & HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TRAILER & POLE/LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
LAC L PALM; CUT ON STEEL POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Poles
PATIENT STABBED HAND WITH METAL POLE WHILE TRYING TO SEPARATE 2 JAVELINAS ON RANCH. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT. CUT R HAND ON A METAL POST. DX. LAC. R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
61 YO M HIT HAND ON POLE FX HAND,CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2001	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2001	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2001	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2001	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2000	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2000	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2000	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2000	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire:
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2000	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2000	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/1999	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/1999	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/1999	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/1999	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/1999	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/1998	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/1998	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/1998	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/1998	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/1997	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/1997	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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