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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,817
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HAD ANXIETY ATTACK AND TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER AND FELL TO FLOOR DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| ROLLED FOOT OVER VACUUM HOSE YEST&FELL >> SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK ON A VACUUM CLEANER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT DX LOW BACK PAIN - DUE TO BENDING WHILE PULLING OUT PLUG FOR THE VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT USING A VACUUM CLEANER AND STRAINED RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 19 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 |
| RT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT LIFTED A VACUUM AND INJURED SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT LIFTED A VACUUM CLEANER AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT REPORTS FELT SOMETHING POP IN L SHOULDER ONE WEEK AGO WHEN VACUUMING . DX. NUMBNESS L UPPER EXTREMITY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TRIPPED OVER A VACCUM CLEANER SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 19 YO M AVULSION FRACTURE/LACERATION TO TOE CAUGHT TOE IN VACUUM CLEANER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2007 | Age: 17 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 STRAINED UPPER BACK LIFTING A VACUUM @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT WALKING DOWN HALL WHEN HIT METAL TUBE OF WALL VACUUM. D: FOOT LACERA TION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT HIT FACE ON VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME TODAY DX// NASAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 GETTING A VACUUM CLEANER OUT OF CLOSET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT.INJ.LOWER BACK AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN MOVING VACUUM CLEANER. DX; LUMB AR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | 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: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LIFTING A VACUUM ABDOMEN PAIN |
| 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: 08/21/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND: INJURED FINGERS ON VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| BACK STR. PT WAS CARRYING A VACUUM AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 23 YO FEMALE STUBBED TOE ON VACUUM TODAY FRACTURE TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 21 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 |
| USING VACUUM CLEANER & HAD SUDDEN PAIN IN UPPER BACK DX UPPER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LAC NASAL BRIDGE VACCUUM CORD HIT FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT WAS VACUUMING HER HOUSE AND GOT SOME DUST PARTICLES IN EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| CORNEA ABRASION: VACUUMING AT AUNT'S, TRIPPED OVER ELECTRIC CORD ***UPR IGHT, POKING LT EYE WITH PRONGS ON CORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| TENDONITIS WRIST WHILE USING A VACUUM CLEANER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT SUST HEAD INJURY HIT BY VACUUM CLEANER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Fuel storage tanks |
| PT SUSTAINED BURNS OF HIS CHEST WALL BY VACCUMING WATER WITH *** OUT OF A GAS TANK AT HOME. (UNKNOWN FD INVOLVEMENT) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PATIENT WAS HIT IN FACE WITH VACCUM ATTACHMENT DURING HORSEPLAY WITH FRIEND. DX - LACERATION TO LT ORBIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Rugs or carpets |
| 22 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE VACUUMING THE RUG* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PATIENT DROPPED A VACUME ON FOOT AND LACERATED BIG TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT STS SHOPPING 2 DAYS,HIT BY VACUUM CLEANER ON TOP SHELF IN BACK OF HEAD,C/O HEADACHE,NECK PAIN, DX MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY,CERVICAL STRAI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2007 | Age: 25 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 |
| UPPER BACK AND ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER PICKING UP VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME. DX; UPPER BACK STRAIN, ANXIETY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners, Stairs or steps |
| LUMBAR CONTUSION.PT WAS VACUUMING STEPS AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT PULLED NECK 4 DAYS AGO VACUUMING AT HOME DX// CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LUMBAR STR. PT FELL WHEN USING A SWEEPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 20 YOF DROPPED VACUUM CLEANER ON L RING & PINKY FINGERS - CONTUSED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 INJURED FOOT ON A VACUUM CLEANER & SUFFERED FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 20 YOF HIT ON HEAD BY UPRIGHT VACUUM CLEANER SUSTAINING A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 22 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: Other |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| 22 YO F BACK PAIN WITH MUSCLE SPASM BENT OVER TO PICK UP CORD OF VACUUM CLEANER FELT PAIN IN BACK* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| GOT SOME DEBRIS INTO EYE WHILE VACUUMING " FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2007 | 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: Vacuum cleaners |
| PT BENT TO LIFT VACUUM CLEANER. DX: DORSAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT LIFTED A VACUUM CLEANER AND INJURED BACK. |
| 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: 01/02/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Vacuum cleaners |
| LOW BACK PAIN;LUMBAR STR/20YOF WITH BACK PAIN ON AND OFF FOR 2 YEARS, C /O BACK PAIN TODAY WHILE VACUUMING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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