Accidents - Garage doors - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,546
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Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 52 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Garage doors
DX FINGER SPRAIN: P/W PAIN IN DISTAL INDEX FINGER SINCE INJ TODAY W ATTEMPT'G TO OPEN GARAGE DOOR W FINGER & DOOR SHUT; W PT FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON THE GARAGE DOOR LACE RATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR CHAIN. DX: L INDEX LAC 4 CM, NAIL BED INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Garage doors
PT SLAMMED LT HAND IN GARAGE DOOR DX: CRUSH INJ LT 3RD/4TH DIGITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT CLOSING A GARAGE DOOR CAUGHT RIGHT THIRD FINGER IN THE FOLD OF THE G ARAGE DOOR LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garage doors
GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN GARAGE DOOR DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT WAS HIT BY GARAGE DOOR ON RT MIDDLE FINGER DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Garage doors
PT C/O CATCHING FINGER ON GARAGE DOOR. FINGER AMPUTAION R PINKY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED GARAGE DOOR ON MIDDLE FINGERS ON RT HAND, C/O PAIN. DX-TUFT FRACTURE, THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
60YOM WAS GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME,FELL STRIKING LT INDEX FINGER ON GARAGE DOOR;FINGER LACERATION,1CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 81 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: Garage doors
DX FX FINGER, INTRA-ARTICULAR/LAC FINGER: PRESENTS TO ED AFTER CRUSH'G R 4TH FINGER AFTER GARAGE DOOR LANDED ON HIS FINGER W TRY'G TO CLOSE IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garage doors, Rope or string
PT TWISTED AND INJ LT 4TH DIGIT PULLING ROPE ON GARAGE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT INJURED FINGER ON GARAGE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
FINGER FX. PT INJURED FINGER ON A GARAGE DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LAC, PT INJURED FINGER OPENING A GARAGE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LAC.PT SMASHED FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
62 YOM TRIED TO OPEN GARAGE DOOR MANUALLY AND LACERATED LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON A SPRING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
WAS LETTING GARAGE DOOR DOWN AND SMASHED FINGERS ON (R) HAND DX- FX T O 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT SHUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR DX; LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
FELL ONTO GARAGE DOOR OPEN FRACTURE OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
59 YO MALE SLAMMED HAND IN GARAGE DOOR LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PT SUS FRACTURED FINGER AFTER SLAMMING GARAGE DOOR ON FINGER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Garage doors
WORKING ON GARAGE DOOR, BLUNT TRAUMA TO L INDEX FINGER. TRAUMATIC PART IAL AMPUTATION WITH REINPLANTATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 83 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: Garage doors
PT STRUCK FINGER ON GARAGE DOOR-LAC 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
R 3RD FING LAC/67YOF AT HOME HAD GARAGE DOOR SLAMMED ON R 2ND - 4TH FIN GERS WITH LAC TO R 3RD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Garage doors
PT DX DISLOCATION OF RT INDEX FINGER - S/P FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN GARAGE DOOR AT HOME X3 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OF METAL ON HIS GARAGE DOOR AND CUT FINGER. DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garage doors
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR, CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER WHEN HER GARAGE DOOR FELL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garage doors
FINGER INJURY FROM SHUTTING FINGERS IN GARAGE DOOR,LEFT 2 MIDDLE FINGER PATIENT LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/15/2008	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Garage doors, Chains
DX SPRAIN L MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS: INJ L MIDDLE AND RINGER FINGER X 1 WK. PULL'G ON A CHAIN TO LIFT A HEAVY GARAGE DOORN AT HIS HOME CAUGHT F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PT CRUSHED FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR. DX: R THIRD PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 57 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: Garage doors
PT SMASHED AND CUT THUMB IN GARAGE DOOR-FX THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
SHUT FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
LAC TO FINGER, 84 YOF, GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN GARAGE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
OPENING A GARAGE DOOR AT MONT ALTO CARNIVAL GROUNDS AND CUT THUMB DX R THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT AT HOME HAD GARAGE DOOR SLAM ON HAND/ DX R 4TH DIGIT 2CM SUPERFICIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
THUMB FX-HIT W/A GARAGE DOOR CABLE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
FINGER FX-CAUGHT FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PT SMASHED FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
GARAGE DOOR SPRING CAUSE LAC TO RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 71 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: Garage doors
71Y/O,M,CLOSED FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR, FLAP LAC. FINGERTIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
CUT FINGER ON A GARAGE DOOR RAIL LACERATION LEFT SECOND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
CUT TO FINGERS IN CLOSING GARAGE DOOR DX: LACERATION TO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PT CAUGHT R SMALL FINGER IN GARAGE DOOR AT HOME, FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
PT C/O FINGER CAUGHT IN GARAGE DOOR. DX FRACT PHALANX DISTAL TUFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
FINGER LAC. CRUSH INJURY. FINGER JAMMED OF IN GARAGE DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
THUMB LAC-CUT ON TRACK OF GARAGE DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT CUT SELF ON A PC OF METAL ON GARAGE DOOR AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 56 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: Garage doors
PT GOT RIGHT FOURTH AND FIFTH FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE GARAGE DOOR LACERA TION FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT PULLING DOWN HER OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR AND GOT LEFT INDEX FINGER CAU GHT IN THE DOOR LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garage doors
PT PULLING DOWN THE GARAGE DOOR AT HOME AND PINCHED RIGHT THIRD AND FO URTH FINGERS IN THE DOOR LACERATION FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Garage doors
HEMATOMA FINGER - 85 YO MALE REPORTS HE CLOSED HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER IN A GARAGE DOOR LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Garage doors
PT SHUT FINGER IN WOODEN GARAGE DOOR. DX; FINGER CRUSHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Garage doors
CRUSHED ALL OF 10FINGERS WHIEL CLOSING THE GARAGE DOOR >> CRUSH INJ/NO FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	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: Fracture
Product: Garage doors
FRACTURE FINGER - 54 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CO LEFT THUMB PAIN - WAS ATT EMPTING TO STOP A CLOSING GARAGE DOOR & THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PANEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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