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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,964
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| C/O LEFT SIDED RIB PAIN S/P FALLING&LANDING ONTO BACK WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS IN SETTING OF ETOH=0.159 INTOXICATION>>RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH=0.148 INTOXICATION, FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF 20 STEPS, +LOC,BECAME AG ITATED&PULLED A KNIFE ON EMS, ARRIVES IN RESTRAINE>>CHEST CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| REPORTS BEING 5 WEEKS PREGNANT, SLID&FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF 5 STAIRS, +E TOH ON BREATH, C/O CHEST WALL&LEG PAIN>>CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Footwear |
| PATIENT DRANK A PINT OF VODKA TODAY, TRIPPED OVER SHOELACES, FELL ONTO LEFT SIDE, C/O LT RIB PAIN. DX-LEFT RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Chairs |
| PT SLIPPED ON RUG LANDING ON CHAIR WHILE AT HOME C/O RIB PAIN.PT DRANK 1/2 PINT OF VODKA TODAY. DX: LEFT RIB CONTUSION,KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PAIN TO CHEST FELL DOWN STAIRS WHILE DRUNK DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ADMIT OUT DRINKING& WHILE WALKING UPSTAIRS DEVELOPED EXTREME WEAKNESS >>PALPITATOIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Football |
| 43YO HISP MALE PLAYING FOOTBALL & DRINKING ETOH ALL DAY AT PARK,C/O HEAD-NECK-BACK PX,DX NECK STRAIN, RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Alcohol, Outerwear |
| HOMELESS PT FELL ASLEEP AT CAMPFIRE WHEN JACKET CAUGHT ON FIRE. HAD TRO UBLE GETTING OUT OF IT. +ETOH. +FDA. D:18% BURN TO BACK, ETOH INTOX.TSF |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Furniture |
| FELL TRYING TO MOVE FURNITURE AT HOME. DX RIB FRACTURE, ETOH INTOXICATI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Toilets |
| PT HAD BEEN DRINKING WHEN PT FELL STRIKING RT RIBS ON TOILET BOWL. DX: NONE STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Beds or bedframes |
| ETOH INTOXICATED, FELL OUT OF BED LANDING ONTO CHEST WALL, NOW WITH PAI N>> RIB FX/TRAUMATIC PNEUMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Alcohol, Fishing |
| PT + ETOH INJURED CHEST WHILE CRABBING DX// CHEST STRAIN ALCOHOL INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT ON A FOUR WHEELER ATV AND INTOXICATED AND IT FLIPPED OVER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED SUSTAINED A CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Alcohol, Chairs |
| ANTERIOR CHEST WALL STRAIN, 26 YOF, DRINKING BEER IN POOL, WENT INTO HO USE & FELT DIZZY AND FELL HITTING WOODEN CHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| RIB INJURY-ETOH INTOXICATION-FELL-HIT A DRESSER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Bathtubs or showers |
| INTOXICATED, PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM, FELL INTO BATHTUB, STRUCK CHEST AND HEAD ON TUB DX: CHEST CONTUSION, INTOXICATION, HELD FOR OBSERV |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Glass bottles or jars |
| AT HOME DRINKING VODKA,FELL ONTO A GLASS BOTTLE,LACERATION TO MID-BACK DX BACK LACERATION,ALCOHOL INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Ladders |
| PT FELL 6 FT OFF A LADDER, ADMITS TO ETOH. DX; RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Alcohol, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT WITH BURNS TO CHEST, ARMS AND FACE FROM TRIPPING OVER OVEN DOOR WHILE DRINKING ALCOHOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT WAS ON THE BACK OF A FOUR WHEELED ATV DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FLIPPED OFF INTO A DITCH FRACTURED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| SITTING ON THE PORCH DRINKING VODKA THEN STARTED HAVING SHORTNESS OF BR EATH&DYSPNEA >> HYPERVENTILATION, ETOH=0.141 INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Chairs |
| +ETOH, GOT UP TO ANSWER DOOR, PASSED OUT & HIT FLANK ON CHAIR DX: SYNCO PE, MULTIPLE RIB FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH INTOXICATED, ?BAC, FELL DOWN 10 STEPS HITTING SHOULDER, ?LOC >> SHOULDER/FINGER&RIBS FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Swimming pools |
| PT C/O OF CHEST PAIN. 10 DAYS AGO FELL INTO POOL WHILE INTOXICATED. DRA NK ETOH TODAY. D:ETOH INTOXICATION, MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| DRINKING ETOH, FELL HIT CHEST ON TABLE, FELL IN FLOOR. DX RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| +ETOH, SLIPPED & FELL, STRUCK CHEST ON KITCHEN TABLE DX: ETOH INTOX, S TERNAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Beds or bedframes |
| REPORTS FALLING OUT OF BED AFTER DRINKING GALLON OF VODKA FEW HOURS AGO , GENERALIZED BODY ACHEST>>ETOH=0.061/CHEST WALL&BACK CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL LAST NIGHT AND TRIPPED AND FELL AND LANDED ON A TABLE. C/O RIGHT SIDE PAIN D; RIB FX, PULMONARY CONTUSION, S/P FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH=0.189, FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS, ?HEAD TRAUMA/LOC, >>BILATERAL MULTI RIBS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Alcohol, Other ranges or ovens |
| +ETOH,PT ADMITS TO DRINKING ALOT OF ETOH,C/O ABD PAIN,BACKED INTO AN OVEN W/ MID BACK,DX ALCOHOLISM, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FELT DIZZY & PASSED OUT ON FLOOR ETHANOL LEVEL 95 DX THORACIC PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Alcohol, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FELL IN THE SHOWER STRUCK CHEST NOW WITH DI FFICULTY BREATHING RIGHT SIDED PNE\\UIOMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PT UNDER INFLUENCE OF ETOH FELL DOWN STAIRS AT BROTHER'S HOME SPLEEN RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT C/O INABILITY TO DORSIFLEX HER WRIST, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE, FOUND ON FLR BY HUSBAND, +ETOH, ALSO SUSTAINED A BRUISE ON LT BREAST & LT ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUSIONRT.SIDE COSTAL AREA.PT.REFERS AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING,FELL D OWN BEDROOM FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT AND HAD A FEW DRINKNG OF ALCOHOL THEN JOINED A "***" AND FELL CHEST FIRST INTO A STAGE CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED AT HOME WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES FELL STRIKING C HEST ON THE SIDE OF THE BATHTUB FRACTURED RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PT STS HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND FELL DOWN ABOUT 15 STAIRS DX:SPLENIC LAC, TRUAMATIC PNEUMOTHORAX, MULTIPLE RIB FX, PUBIC FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS DRINKING & LOST BALANCE AT TOP OF STEPS AND FELL INJUIRNG CHEST DX: MUTLIPLE CONTUSION TO CHEST, BACK AND LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Snowmobiles |
| PT, UNDER INFLUENCE OF ETOH, RIDING SNOWMOBILE CRASHED INTO BUILDING - FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, House repair or construction materials |
| PT STEPPED OFF PATIO AT FRIENDS HOUSE,DRUNK & FELL INTO CABINETS W/ RIB BACK,DX L RIB CONTU,ALCOHOLISM,ALCOHOL GASTRITIS,HOMELESSNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| LT 6TH RIB FX: HAD BEEN DRINKING, FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR IN THE BATH ROOM LT RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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