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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,742
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Fans |
| WAS PLUGGING IN A LARGE FLOOR FAN AND WAS SHOCKED C/O PALPITATIONS AND N/V DX- ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| FAN FELL AND HIT HIM;DX LACERATED EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| INJURY HAND AND KNEE FROM JUMPING AND LEFT HAND HIT CEILING FAN, FALLING CAUSING KNEE PAIN. DX-LEFT HAND CONTUSION/FALL, RIGHT KNEE SPRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PICKED UP AN OSCILLATING FAN. DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fans, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| WHILE CATCHING A FALLING FAN OUT OF A WINDOW. DX SPRAIN L RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT IN A MOVING FAN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A FAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 17 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: Fans |
| 17 YO MALE HAD DOME FROM CEILING FAN FALL ON TOP OF HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LAC TO FINGER FROM A FAN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| C/O FINGER CUT STATUS POST ACCIDENTALLY FINGER GOT CAGUTH ON A MEATL FA N>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT STEPPED ON A FAN DX: LT FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fans |
| LEFT MIDDLE FINGER OPEN FX.PT INJURED FINGER IN A FAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fans |
| PT HELPING HIS MOTHER INSTALL A CEILING FAN AND HOLDING IT UP FOR A PRO LONGED PERIOD OF TIME AND STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Fans |
| C/O NOSE BLEED&PAIN STATUS POST ?ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONTO FACE WITH A F LOOR FAN THROWN BY SOMEONE>>EPISTAXIS/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT CUT FINGER ON BOX FAN BLADE AT HOME LACERATION RT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LACERATED L MIDDLE FINGER ON FAN BLADE. DX L 3RD FINGER LACERATION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT WAS ADJUSTING VENT OF A FAN & CUTTING FINGER ON A FAN BLADE. LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fans |
| FAN CAUGHT FIRE, TRIED TO PUT IT OUT WITH BARE FEET AT HOME. DX-BURN FEET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 17 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: Fans |
| PT HAD FOREIGN BODY FLY IN EYE WHEN TURNING ON FAN, FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 18 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| DX RIB CONTU: PT W PAIN UPPER BACK AND SH SINCE INJ YTDY WHEN A FAN DRO PPED ON R SCAPULA AT *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| ACCIDENTALLY GOT WRIST INTO CEILING FAN/WRIST CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| 24YOF WHILE GETTING DRESSED,RAISED LEFT ARM UP IN THE AIR,ACCIDENTLY STRUCK CEILING FAN BLADES;WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans, Ceilings and walls |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ONTO CEILING FAN, ?MECH, BEEN HAVING HEADACHE SIN CE>> CLOSED HEAD INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| CAMPING CUT HAND ON FAN BLADE DX LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| CHI. PT FELL INTO A FAN AND HIT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT HAND WENT INTO INDUSTRIAL FAN. DX; HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| CHI, PT WAS INJURED WHEN A CEILING FAN FELL AND HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LACERATION TO LEFT FOOT - CUT ON BLADE OF HOUSEHOLD FAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT STRUCK FOOT ON FAN AND CUT FOOT. DX; FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT INJURED FINGER WHEN CARRYING A FAN AND RAN INTO A PIECE OF SHEET MET AL. DX: FINGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT CUT FINGER ON A FAN WHILE WALKING INTO ROOM, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| R FOOT CONT/24YOF AT HOME KICKED FAN WITH R FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fans |
| CHI, SLEPT INFRONT OF A FAN & FELL ON HER HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| LAC HEAD ON CEILING FAN BLADE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT CUT FINGER ON FAN LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fans |
| H/O ASTHMA, REORTS PUTTING ON THE FAN TODAY THEN SHORTLY DEVELOPED SHOT RNESS OF BREATH >> ASTHMA EXCERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PATIENT WAS AT OLD TOWN RESTAURANT, HIT HEAD ON A CEILING FAN.. DX-2.4 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| CONTUSION TO LEFT LITTLE FINGER - FAN FELL ON IT LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A CEILING FAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fans |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAND ON A BOX FAN AT HOME CONTUSION RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fans |
| PATIENT INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND ALONG A FAN ABOUT A WEEK AGO, STATES HE STARTED HAVING SOME PAIN. DX-RIGHT HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fans |
| PT PUT HAND INTO CEILING FAN TO SLOW DOWN DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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