Figure 1. Falling was the leading cause for hand fractures and commonest were fractures of the shaft (metacarpal and finger). 13.5% of the hand fractures were caused by road accidents, 36.4% were the results of falls, 20.7% were caused by crushes and 29.3% of the hand fractures had other reasons (A). The right hand was the major (61.4%) side of injury (B). More than half of the fractures (52.1%) were classified as fractures of the shaft and fractures of the base (36.4%) were more common than fractures of the head (7.9%) and 3.6% of the fractures were not applicable (C). Complex hand injuries were identified in only 15.7% of the cases (D). All values are shown as percentage of 140 evaluated cases.