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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 297
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wallpaper |
| PT TOOK DOWN WALLPAPER 6 DAYS AGO. DX: NECK/THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wallpaper |
| PT WAS WALLPAPERING, FELL BACKWARDS, BENDING (R) WRIST BACK, PAIN DX ;# FX (R) WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wallpaper, Knives with replaceable blades |
| WAS REMOVING WALLPAPER WITH UTILITY KNIFE AND CUT R FOREARM DX- LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wallpaper, Knives |
| PT HAS BACK PAIN AFTER STRIPPING WALL PAPER DX;* LOWER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wallpaper |
| PT HANGING WALLPAPER TWO DAYS AGO AND NOW HANDS BROKE OUT IN A RASH FRO M THE WALL PAPER ADHESIVE DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wallpaper |
| PT WITH UNK INJURIES, FELL WHILE TRYING TO PUT UP WALLPAPER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/18/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wallpaper, Knives |
| ACC HIT SLEF INTO EYE WITH WALL PAPER SCRAPER WHIEL WORKING @ HOME >>SCLERAL LAC/RUPTURED GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Wallpaper |
| PT WAS REDECORATING AT HOME HANGING WALLPAPER AND INHALED THE FUMES F ROM THE WALLPAPER ROLL AND DEVELOPED A HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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