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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 571
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| 81YOM FRACTURED RIB FELL WHILE GETTING MAIL FROM MAILBOX* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| 47 YO MALE, FELL PUTTING UP A MAILBOX. DX RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| 53 YO M C/O SOB. HX OF COPD. ALSO BACK PAIN SINCE TRIP & FALL AGAINST A MAILBOX 2 WKS AGO. ETOH. COCAINE YESTERDAY.DX;COMPRESSION FX, T/L,COPD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| SLIPPED ON GRAVEL WHILE WALKING TO MAILBOX FX LT RIB * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT DRIVER OF A CAR TURNED SHARPLY TO AVOID HITTING AN ONCOMING CAR STRU CK A MAILBOX THEN A TREE STRAINED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2009 | Age: 34 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: Decorative yard equipment, Ladders |
| THORACOLUMBAR STRAIN: "HANGING A STAR ON HIS HOUSE" ON WOODEN LADDER APPROX. 7 FT IN AIR, RUNG BROKE, FELL, LANDED ON FEET, LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| FELL IN YARD LANDED ON PLASTIC YARD ORNAMENT HORSE. DX CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 88 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| LT CHEST CONTUSION, S/P FALL: TAKING BIRD'S FEED OUT OF HIS FEEDER, TRIPPED, FELL DOWN ONTO LT SIDE, AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Decorative yard equipment |
| PT FELL INTO MAILBOX AT HOME AND INJURED CHEST DX// RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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