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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 970
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers |
| BEGAN FEELING EPIGASTRIC PRESSURE WHILE PUTTING AWAY CANNED FOOD. DX: EPIGASTRIC PAIN ACUTE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers |
| BENDING OVER TO PICK UP 5 GALLON OIL CAN, DEVELOPED MID STERNUM SHARP PAIN. DX. ACUTE PRECORDIAL CHEST PAIN, ABNORMAL EKG. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers, Containers |
| PT STATES SHE WAS LIFTING SODA BOXES AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PT. WAS STANDING ON PAINT CAN AND FELL, LANDED ON CAN. DX CONT UPPER B ACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Metal containers, Stepladders |
| FELL OFF STEP LADDER LANDED ON PAINT CAN DX FRACTURE 6TH AND 7TH RIGHT ANTERIOR RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers |
| 49 YOM LIFTED CASE OF *** SPRAIN THORACIC BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers |
| ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN/50YOM C/O CHEST HEAVINESS AND PAIN SINCE THIS AM WH ILE COLLECTING CANS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PT INJURED LIFTING A METAL CAN ; BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PT MOVING LARGE TRASH CONTAINER , FELT PAIN TO BACK DX: STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers, Grocery or shopping carts |
| PT WAS PICKING UP A CONTAINER OF SODA OUT OF GROCERY CART WHEN SHE FELT PAIN IN HER UPPER BACK CAUSING THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PAIN IN LEFT RIBS AFTER PICKING UP CASE OF DRINKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PT STATES SHE FELL YESTERDAY ONTO A COFFEE CAN BRUISE AND PAIN UNDER BR EAST PT WAS AT HOME DX CHEST WALL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers |
| FELL, LANDED ON CHEST, HOLDING DOG FOOD CANS, THAT WAS UNDER CHEST, PAIN TO STERNUM DX: COSTOCHONDRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PT OUT PICKING UP CANS WHEN HE HAD SHARP CHEST PAIN. D:ACUTE CHEST PAIN. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers, Coins |
| 42 YO MALE LIFTED A CAN OF COINS CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers |
| PT SPRAINED HER UPPER BACK AS A RESULT OF TWO CASES OF METAL CONTAINERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers, Refrigerators |
| PT AT HOME BENDING OVER IN THE REFRIGERATOR TO GET A SODA CAN STRAINED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Metal containers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| LIFTING A 5 GALLON CAN PAINT UPPER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Metal containers, Gasoline |
| 15%PARTIAL THICKNESS AND 5% FULLTHICKNESS BURNS. THREW GASOLINE INTO FIRE IN BURN BARRELL. UNKNOW IN FD ATTENDED FIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Metal containers |
| 30 YO MALE LIFTED FIVE GALLON CAN OF PAINT CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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