Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 991
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	541
50+ years old:	450

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS VACUUMING AND CAUGHT BREAST ON COUCH NAIL. DX: BREAST LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
58 YO FEMALE DEVELOPED CHEST PRESSURE WHILE VACUUMING CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT INJURED LIFTING A VACUUM CLEANER; THORASIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 55 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: Vacuum cleaners
BACK STRAIN-PAIN STARTED WHILE VACUUMING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 29 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: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX:,MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST WALL PAIN. HAS BEEN LIFTING HER CHILDREN AND DOING A LOT OF VACUUMING RECENTLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
PT. REPORTS SHE WAS STARTING TO VACUUM AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX. CONT CHE ST R HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LEFT LOWER RIB CAGE CONTUSION - TRIPPED OVER DOG,HIT VACUUM SWEEPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
43 YOWM VACUUMING HIS BASEMENT AND DEVELOPED T-SPINE PAIN. DX. THORASIC MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CHEST PAIN. PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN VACUUMING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AT HOME WHEN USING THE VACUUM CLEANER DX: CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT COMPLAINT OF RIB PAIN LIFTING VACUUM 1 WEEK AGO, FX L 8TH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT VACUUMING THEN HAD EPISODE OF CHEST PAIN DX: CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
TRIPPED OVER VACUUM DX: CHEST & WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
62 YO F PAIN IN CHEST AFTER VACUUMING YESTERDAY. DX L 7TH RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 65 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: Vacuum cleaners, Ceilings and walls
L CHEST CONT/65YOF AT HOME LOST HER BALANCE LIFTING VACUUM CLEANER. FEL L INTO THE CEMENT WALL. C/O L RIB PAIN W/PAINFUL BREATHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT HURT WHILE VACCUUMING. DX: RT RIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Stairs or steps
RT RIB CONTUSION, WAS VACUUMING HER STEPS AND FELL, LANDING HARD ON BANNISTER, RIGHT LATERAL RIB CAGE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE VACUUMING AT HOME. DX: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 78 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: Vacuum cleaners
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER CHEST AS A RESULT OF FALLING ONTO A VAC UUM CLEANER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Beds or bedframes
DX: RIB CAGE STRAIN. VACUUMING UNDER BED AND HEARD A "POP" WITH PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 81 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: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX CLINICAL RIB FRACTURE: TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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