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Accidents - Glass bathtub or shower enclosures - 16-25 years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 560
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:169Foot:106
Lower Arm:75Elbow:69
Finger:62Toe:62
Upper Arm:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/21/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
22 YOF FOREIGN BODY L ELBOW, FELL IN THE SHOWER 2 WEEKS AGO AND BROKE G LASS SHOWER DOOR WITH HER ELBOW, + FB REMOVED IN ER,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures, Glass doors or doors with glass panels
DX LAC HAND: CLOS'G SHOWER DOOR LAST NOC, HAND WENT THRU GLASS RESULT'G IN 2CM "]" SHAPED AVULSION LAC DORSALLY @ PROX R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
GLASS SHOWER DOOR BROKE AND CUT FINGER. DX. FINGER LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT WITH LAC TO FEET FROM BROKEN SHOWER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
CUT TO ARM ON BROKEN GLASS SHOWER DOOR DX: FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
R HAND WENT THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER DOOR DX CONTUSION/ABRASION R HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT WAS IN SHOWER AND SHOWER DOOR FELL OFF TRACK AND FELL ON FOOT DX: ABRASION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT STRUCK GREAT TOE ON SHOWER DOOR. D: TOE CELLULITIS, PARONYCHIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT INJURED HAND ON GLASS SHOWER. DX: RIGHT DORSAL HAND LACERATION, 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT ANGRY AND PUNCHED A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE AND SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
GETTING OUT OF SHOWER WHEN GLASS DOOR SHATTERED PT HAS LAC TO FEET, LEG S, HANDS, AND ABDOMEN WITH GLASS SHARDS ALL OVER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
25YOM INTOXICATED WHILE TAKING SHOWER,FELL ONTO GLASS SHOWER DOOR R UPPER ARM LAC X2 W BRACHIAL ARTERY INJURY+ETOH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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