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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,631
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps |
| 23YOM IN WHEELCHAIR AT CONCERT, ELEVATORS NOT WORKING, BROUGHT DOWN STAIRS BY SECURITY, PT DROPPED HITTING BACK & HEAD. DX - BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Basketball |
| 25 YOM WAS KNOCKED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 19 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 19YOF, WITH RECENT INV.IN A MVC, C/O RT SIDED CHEST PAIN GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Day wear |
| 17YOF W/HX OF SPINA BIFIDA, FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET IN WHEELCHAIR OR W HILE PUTTING PANTS ON, NOW C/O BACK PAIN; BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 19 YO MALE FELL OUT OF A WHEEL CHAIR WHILE GOING TO THE STORE. HIT A C RACK IN THE SIDEWALK. DX SPINAL STENOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| BACK PAIN/18YOF, WHEELCHAIR BOUND WAS ON A FIELD TRIP LAST WEEK WHICH W AS VERY BUMPY. NOT C/O BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings |
| WAS IN HER WHEELCHAIR, GOING UP A RAMP, & FELL WHEN WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OFF THE RAMP, CHEST PAIN. DX; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 25 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: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| C/O SEVERE BACK PAIN AFTER SUSTAINED A FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR, ALSO ***&F D WITH ELEVATED INR VALUE OF =10.7>>T12 COMPRESSION FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| H/O SPINA BIFIDA & BROKEN SPINAL ROD, PT HIT BUMP IN DRIVEWAY WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR AND FELL FORWARD, NOW C/O BACK PAIN; BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT MOVED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO COMMODE WHEN SCREAMED IN PAIN STATING BACK HURT, XRAY SHOWS BROKEN SPINAL FIXATION ROD AT T9-10 LEVEL; BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| REST BACK SEAT PASS IN TRUCK HIT BY CAR THAT WENT THRU STOP SIGN,SPUN, HIT IN BACK BY WHEELCHAIR IN BACK OF TRUCK, NO ROLLOVER,CONT BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL AT HOME WHILE TRANSFERRING TO WHEELCHAIR. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT DX SPRAIN/STRAIN BACK - DUE TO LIFTING WHEELCHAIR TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS LIFTING WHEELCHAIR AND FELT POP IN CHEST/ABDOMEN. D: CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TODAY ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE, C/O PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE. DX-LEFT RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR, STATES HE FLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS BACK, C/O UPPER BACK PAIN. DX-BACK AND RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| SENT IN FROM PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR EVALUATION OF SUDDEN ONSET OF LEFT SIDED CHEST PAIN WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM WHEELCHAIR>> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT DX MUSCLE STRAIN OF BACK - S/P ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC BACK PAIN NDUE TO PUSHING PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT COMMUNITY CENTER. DX: T11 VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LIFTED A WHEELCHAIR THORACIC MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PAIN TO CHEST FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2006 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT GOT OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WEIRDLY AND NOW HAS BACK PAIN. D: THORACIC STR AIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets |
| THORACIC STRAIN-SINCE HELPING FATHER TRANSFER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET -@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT LIFTED WHEEL CHAIR INTO TRUCK, NOW C/O CHEST PAIN DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts |
| INJURED BACK GETTING OUT OF CAR, PARALYZED FROM CHEST DOWN, WHEELCHAIR FELL WITH PT AT HOME, TWISTED BACK; THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2006 | Age: 22 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: Wheelchairs, Chairs |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS GOING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED AND INJURED CHEST . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Tables |
| FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR STRUCK RIBS ON TABLE/ RT RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INTO BED AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| CHEST WALL ABRASIONS.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND INJURE CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs |
| THOR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN HELPING OLDER WOMAN OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR TO CHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2004 | Age: 19 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: Wheelchairs, Elevators or other lifts |
| PT C/O FALL. PT CAUGHT WHEELCHAIR ON WHEELCHAIR LIFT AND HIT CHEST. DX CONT TO CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2004 | Age: 25 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: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LIFTING GRANDMOTHERS WHEELCHAIR C/O BACK PAIN DX BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 20 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: Wheelchairs |
| THORACIC SPINE FX-LIFTING A WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| THOR STR. PT WAS LIFTING A FAMILY MEMBER FROM A WHEELCHAIR AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| HX ACCID YRS AGO IN WHEELCHAIR NOW HAD PAIN IN L SIDE OF RIBS MAY HA VE BUMPED WHILE GETTING IN OR OUT OF WHEELCHAIR D CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 17 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WITH BACK PAIN STATUS POST TIPPING OVER IN WHEELCHAIR. D: THORACIC STRAIN AND CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 25 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| THORACIC STRAIN-LIFTING HERSELF IN HER WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2002 | Age: 22 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUSION R RIBS - TRIPPED , HIT RIBS ON HANDLE OF WHEELCHAIR, THEN ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2001 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/17/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2001 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2000 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2000 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2000 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2000 | Age: 20 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: Wheelchairs, Bathtubs or showers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/1999 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/1998 | Age: 20 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: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/1998 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/1998 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | 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: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/1998 | Age: 24 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: Wheelchairs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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