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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 796
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/21/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A ROOF PUTTING OUT SHINGLES AND COLLAPSED - DOA WITH CPR AT HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT FOUND WITH DRYWALL IN MOUTH, DEVELOPED RASH, PERIORBITAL SWELLI NG; DRYWALL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 47 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS ON ROOF AND TOUCHED A 220 VOLT LINE TO HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SMOKE INHALATION/59YOM PUTTING A FIRE OUT IN SMALL ROOM THIS AM. INHALE D A LOT OF SMOKE. FIREMAN AT SCENE GAVE HIT 02.F.D. IN ATTENDANCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL OFF OF ROOF TOP 10-15 FEET WHEN AT A PARTY ETOH INTOXICATED C/O LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT HAD HOUSE SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDE WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOUSE HE DEVELO PED A RASH- URTICARIA RELATED TO PESTICIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 25 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: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| HEAT EXHAUSTION-WORKING ON A ROOF IN EXTREME HEAT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FALL IN BATHROOM ( BROKE DRYWALL) SYNCOPE, LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SMOKE INHALATION FROM HOUSE FIRE FIRE DEPT ON SCEEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| SMOKE INH/56YOM AT HM SMELLED SMOKE, LEFT HOUSE, WENT BACK IN TO CALL 9 11 AND PHONE DID NOT WORK. LEFT HOUSE AGAIN.FD IN ATTENDANCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SUSTAINED GENERALIZED CONTACT DERMATITIS FOLLOWING HANDLING GALVANIZ ED METAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SEIZURE. +ETOH. FOUND ON TOP OF GARAGE ROOF. DX; HX SEIZURE DISORDER/ ETOH ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT HELPING SON CARRY VINYL SIDING AND COLLAPSED GASPING FOR BREATH, CAR DIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 46 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: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Ladders |
| DX:MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN SECONDARY TO 10 FT FALL FROM LADDER WHILE WORKI NG ON ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FOUND ON TOP OF ROOF, DRUG OVERDOSE DX: DRUG INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/25/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| DX;HYPOXIC EVENT. WORKING ON HIS CAR IN HIS GARAGE WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO CARS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 57 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: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| VERTIGO-AFTER BEING BENT OVER FOR 2-3 HOURS WHILE SHINGLING A ROOF-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CHEWING ON PIECES OD DRYWALL S/P DRYWALL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| ALLERGIC DERNATITIS-GENRALIZED BODY-AFTER EXPOSURE TO DRY WALL DUST- AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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