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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,888
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2010 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| A 89 YR OLD FEMALE REACHED FOR WHEELCHAIR, TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO FLOOR DX FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 100 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 100YOF, WAVING THE ARM AROUND&ACC CUT IT ON THE WHEELCHAIR >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2010 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| A 93 YR OLD MALE LEANED FORWARD IN WHEELCHAIR & FELL OVER @ NURSING HOM E DX FOREARM LACERATION AND CHF EXACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 24YOM, REPORTS CUTTING HIS ARM ON GRANDFATHER WHEELCHAIR >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| L RADIUS FX/90YOF FROM NURSING HOME STOOD FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FELL. INJ URED L WRIST/ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 51 YOM TRUCK BACKED INTO HIM AND SPUN HIM AROUND IN WHEELCHAIR FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 83 YOM WAS WALKING BACK FROM REGISTRATION AND TRIPPED OVER A WHEEL CHAIR AND FELL WHILE IN HOSPITAL. DX ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2010 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 87YOM GETTING OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR IN HIS GARAGE AND FELL TO THE FLOOR SKIN TEAR TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 71 YOF SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF A FOREARM FROM HUSBAND'S WHEELCHAIRS FALLING AGAINST PATIENT IN THE STREET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes |
| 56 YO M FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED. BILAT KNEEAMPUT ATIONS.PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS UPPER EXTREMITIES. DX NEUROPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/19/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 64YOF SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME TRYING TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR DX: FOREARM INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| A 90 YR OLD FEMALE FELL WHILE TRYING TO STAND UP FROM WHEELCHAIR DX FOREARM ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 83 Y MALE SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, NSG HOME PT DX: SKIN ABRASION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| CLOSED FX DISTAL RADIUS & ULNA: 90YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, LANDED ON OUTSTRETCHED ARM, DEFORMITY DISTAL RADIUS & ULNA, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 62YO WHITE FEMALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, SKIN TEAR TO R ARM BACK PAIN, DX WEAKNESS, UTI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/24/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 75 YOF CAUGHT WRIST IN WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME, C/O PAIN. DX-FX RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 82 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT WAS BEING LIFTED FROM WHEELCHAIR AND TORE SK IN ON FOREARM. DX: 8 CM LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 20 YO M CONTUSION TO ARM FROM ARM RUBBING ON WHEELCHAIR WHEEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 30YOM, FELL ATTEMPTING TO SIT ON A WHEELCHAIR, C/O ARM/LEG PAIN >>CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 82 YOF, TRANSFERING FROM WHEELCHAIR, FELL FRACTURE ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 81 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: Wheelchairs |
| 81YOWF PT WAS RIDING IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO VAN DOOR, STATES DOOR CUT HER R ARM. DX. CONT R LOWER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 92 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER A FALL FROM WHEEL CHAIR INJURING LT ARM PT I S ALSO TAKING ***- DX- LACERATION LT LOWER ARM ON *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 73YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 92YOF FELL WHILE REACHING IN WHEELCHAIR DX: LACERATION TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2010 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 94 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME WHERE SHE RESIDE S. FRACTURE, LEFT LOWER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2010 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELLOUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME DXL MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2010 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets |
| 71YOM, SLIPPED OFF WHEELCHAIR WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE TOILET >>ARM CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 62 YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ON MOVING BUS. DX: L KNEE LAC 2.5 CM, TRAUMATIC ARTHROTOMY, L RADIAL NECK FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/10/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 80 Y/O/F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME DX/ RIGHT ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| DX CONTU ARM: 52YOM C/O RFA PN S/P PUSH'G SELT UP IN WHEELCHAIR TO REPOSITION LAST NOC,+EDEMA; H/O OSTEOPEROSIS & GET MANY EASY FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 95 Y/O/F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME HAS ARM PAIN DX/ RIGHT ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 71 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: R ARM LAC 10 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2010 | Age: 99 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 99YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, LT ARM SWELLING DX: SACRAL DECUBITUS WITH CELLULITIS. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/14/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL AGAINST WHEELCHAIR LACERATION FOREARM 77YOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings |
| 69 YOM TIPPED WHEELCHAIR OVER WHILE COMING DOWN A RAMP AT HOSPITAL. TX FOR LACERATIONS TO BOTH ARMS AND SENT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 60 YO M FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR NURSING HOME. DX LOWER ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 83YOF AT WILLOWS PERSONAL CARE HOME WAS REACHING FOR NEBULIZER SLID OFF WHEELCHAIR INJURED RT LOWER ARM;ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 19YOM PT HAS HX OF BRITTLE BONE DISEASE. WHEELCHAIR BOUND. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. PAIN, SWELLING IN L FOREARM SINCE. DX FOREARM FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| BIL ARM STR. 85 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR IN NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 69 YOM FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO A WHEELCHAIR. DX. L FOREARM LACERA TION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2010 | Age: 102 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 102 YOF AGE VERIFIED AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR T O THE FLOOR SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 45YOM, SENT IN FROM ECF FOR EVAL OF ACUTE ONSET OF LT ARM NUMBNESS WHIL E MOVING ABOUT ECF USING WHEELCHAIR>>ARM NUMBNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/21/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 51 YO M W/ ARM PAIN. FALLS FREQUENTLY FROM WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE IS DRINKI NG ETOH. PAIN IN ARM, SHOULDER, NECK.DX:SOFT TISSUE INJURY VS ARTHRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2010 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 78 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX. CHEST WAL L AND ELBOW CONTUSION, FX. ULNA, COLLES FX.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| LEFT ARM STR. 51 YOFPT STRAINED ARM WHEN MOVING A WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 5 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: R ARM CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 60 YO M HAS FALL ONTO WHEELCHAIR AT HOME STRIKING ARM. DX:DISTAL RADIUS FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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