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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 483
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TRIPPED ON VACUUM CORD AND FELL, L KNEE PAIN DX; KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TRIPPED OVER CORD TO VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME INJURING KNEE, NOW HAS INFE CTION. DX ;ABRASION KNEE WITH CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Motor vehicles or parts |
| KNEE PAIN-WHILE VACUUMING OUT BACKSEAT OF SUV-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX LEFT KNEE DISLOCATION: INJURED KNEE WHILE VACUUMING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT WITH KNEE STRAIN IN TRIP OVER A VACUUM CLEANER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| RIGHT KNEE STR. PT TWISTED KNEE WHEN USING A VACUUM AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT FELT KNEE POP WHILE VACUUMING. DX: LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 35 YOF WAS VACUUMING AT A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND DISLOCATED HER LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| SMALL BAKER'S CYST R KNEE/74YOF WITH HX OF BAKER'S CYSTS, C/O POSTERIOR R KNEE PAIN THAT BEGAN WHILE VACUUMING YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| HIT KNEE AGAINST A VACCUM CLEANER. DX. SPRAIN AND ABRASION L KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS WALKING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS CARRYING A VACUUM CLANER AND FELL STRAINED RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 83 YO FEMALE FELL OVER VACUUM CLEANER CORD TONIGHT AT HARRAHS LEFT KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Scissors |
| 32 YO FEMALE PUNCTURE RIGHT KNEE WITH SCISSORS WHEN TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CORD - PUNCTURE WOUND KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS VACUUMING AND TWISTED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| RT KNEE CONTUSION/STRAIN: TRIPPED OVER VACUUM AT HOME STRIKING R KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX LEFT KNEE STRAIN: TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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