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Accidents - Elevators or other lifts - Year 2004 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 546
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Date: 12/21/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
RIGHT ARM NUMBNESS. PT INJURED ARM WHEN RIDING AN ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT SUS INJURY FOREARMC BY A ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
TRAUMA RT.ARM.PT.REFERS WAS INVOLVE IN ELEVATOR ACCIDENT IN THE *** HOT EL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FOREARM CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR DOOR AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2004Age: 92 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME AND BUMPED ARM WHILE GETTING OUT OF ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2004Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT SUST SPRAIN TO LOWER ARM FROM ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2004Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FELL AT *** ELEVATOR CLOSED ON PT'S R ARM. DX. CONT R ARM, RWRIST, R H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2004Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER FOREARM AS A RESULT OF CATCHING IT IN E LEVATOR DOORS AT THE NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
CONTUSED FOREARM WHEN CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PTS ARM CAUGHT IN CLOSING ELEVATOR DOOR, CONTUSION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FX R FOREARM, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT PUT ARM INTO A HOLE IN THE ELEVATO R IN THE BUILDING, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, REDNESS, ROM ABNORMAL, NO DEFOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
SLAMMED INTO ELEVATOR AT SCHOOL BY ANOTHER STUDENT CONTUSION TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2004Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
ELEVATOR DOOR CLOSED ON PT'S ARM. DX: L FOREARM CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
19 YO FEMALE HAD ELEVATOR DOOR CLOSE ON LEFT ARM CONTUSION LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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