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Accidents - Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 856
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:246All Of Body:96
Finger:96Upper Leg:87
Lower Arm:80Hand:75
Shoulder:73Upper Trunk:71
Knee:14Eyeball:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/29/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
L HAND LAC/58YOM STS HAS CUT TO L HAND WITH DISCOLORATION FROM DIRTY S EPTIC PIPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
PT STATES WAS DIGGING A SEPTIC TANK OUT OF GROUND & INJURED BACK DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
BACK INJURY FROM LIFTING MANHOLE COVER. DX-LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
INJURED SHOULDER WHILE FIXING THE SEPTIC SYSTEM DX L MILD CERVICAL SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
LOWER ARM INJURY FROM SEWER LID FELL ON RIGHT ARM. DX-RIGHT DISTAL RADIAL/ULNAR STYLOID FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
FELL ON SEPTIC TANK/KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE LIFTING A SEPTIC TANK LID FELT A POP IN BACK/ DX LS STRAIN WITH SPASMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
HAD ROW SEWAGE SPLASHED INTO EYE ON WED WHILE WOKRING ON A SEPTIC TANK, NOW WITH EYE PAIN >>EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2008Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
FELL INTO LEAKING NEIGHBOR'S SEPTIC SYSTEM. DX- INGESTION FO SEWER WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
RIGHT THUMB INJURY, SMASHED IN SEWER LID. DX- CRUSHED FINGER RIGHT THUMB, SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks, Chemicals
35 YO M CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO BOTH LEGS UP TO WAIST WAS IN SEPTIC TANK USING COLCO CESSPOOL CLEARNER SPLASHED ONTO LEGS SENT TO BURN CENTER*
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/20/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks
PT FELL YESTERDAY STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A SEPTIC TANK AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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