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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,090
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| VACCUM CLEANER FELL AND HIT HER IN THE FACE. R PERIORBITAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT WAS DOING A CART WHEEL AD HIT FOOT ON A VACUUM CLEANER CONTUSION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT STUBBED TO ON VACUUM AT HOME DX: RIGHT GREAT TOE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK USING A VACUUM CLEANER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Stairs or steps |
| CONTUSION NECK AND BACK - 24 YOF FELL ON STEPS WHILE VACUUMING, C/O NEC K AND BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| R FOOT PAIN AFTER KICKING VACUUM CLEANER DX: CONTUSION R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: VACUUMING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX RIGHT WRIST STRAIN: TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX RIGHT HAND 5TH DIGIT DISLOCATION: TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER CORD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 20 YOF FRACTURES TOE WHEN KICKED A VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 16 YOM WAS VACCUMING AND WAS PUNCTURED BY NAIL IN LEFT ELBOW, WHILE VAC UMMING CLOSET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 22 YOM WAS WRESTLING WITH BROTHER AND FELL ONTO VACCUM CAUSING RIGHT CO RNEAL ABRASION AND SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2005 | Age: 23 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 |
| CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT RAN INTO A VACUUM CLEANER HANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT FELT POP IN KNEE WHILE VACUUMING. DX: L KNEE ACL/LCL INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON ARM WITH VACUUM CLEANER WAND DX: R FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT.INJ.RT.THUMB AT HOME WHEN CAUGHT ON EDGE OF VACUUM. DX; LAC.RT.THUMB . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT WAS VACUUMING AND INJURED TOE. DX TOE CON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| SMALL LAC TO BOTTOM LIP CHANGING BELT ON VACUUM CLEANER HIT IN MOUTH DX: LIP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Chairs |
| PT PUT A SMALL HAND HELD VACUUM ON ARM OF CHAIR, IT FELL OFF, CONTUSION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Sewing basket articles |
| PATIENT FELL AT HOME OVER A VACUUM CORD & LANDED ON A CROCHET NEEDLE WHICH PENETRATED THE PAD OF RIGHT THUMB. DX - FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Tables |
| PT VACUUMING FLOOR AT HOME AND TRIPPED OVER A COFFEE TABLE AND HAND WEN T THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW LACERATION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| STRAINED BACK WHILE VACUUMING DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 22 YOF SMASHED HAND WITH VACUUM CLEANER SPRIAN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PATIENT HIT LIP ON VACUUM CLEANER 4 DAYS AGO AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, NOW HAS LIP SWELLING; LIP LESION, POSSIBLE COLD SORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TESTICULAR TORSION - ACUTE - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH SWOLLEN LEFT TESTICL E - STATES ONSET WHEN VACUUMING 2 DAYS AGO - TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/24/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| WRIST PAIN AFTER PICKING UP VACUUM CLEANER- RT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX LEFT LOWER BACK STRAIN: VACUUMING, BENT DOWN AND FELT PAIN TO BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LIFTING VACCUM CLEANER TODAY. RT SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 22 YR OLD MALE GOT WRIST STUCK IN VACUUM CLEANER WRIST EDEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN VACUUM DX: LT 4TH FINGER INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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