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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,253
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| @ HOME PUTTING UP SOME DRYWALL STRUCK FOREARM ON 2X4 DX MUSCLE CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 32 YO FELL OFF ROOF INJURED ARM FX RADIUS CLOSED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/22/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FELL OFF ROOF CONTUSION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 38 YOM STATES DROPPED AN 85 LB BAG OF SHINGLES ON L FOREARM AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT CLEANING GARAGE AT HOME, HIT RT FOREARM ON PIECE OF SHEET METAL. LAC LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT SLIPPED ON MOSS AND FELL OFF ROOF. DX: DISTAL RADIUS F.X |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FOREARM LAC-LIFTING BUNDLE OF SHEET METAL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| WORKING AT HOME WITH SHEET METAL - HIT ARM - LACERATION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL OFF ROOF. DX: R ARM/ELBOW CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT FOREARM LAC, PT CUT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF SHEET METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FOREARM LAC-FELL-HIT LUMBER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING ACROSS A PARKING LOT AND FELL OVER A CONCRETE BRACE THAT WAS THERE FOR CONSTRUCTION. DX; FRACTURE L RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/17/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| L ARM PAIN/NUMBNESS AFTER PICKING UP PLYWOOD DX: FX L FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT CUTTING DRYWALL WITH A BOX CUTTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| STEPPED ON BOARD WHICH BROKE, METAL FLANGE ON BOARD CUT ARM ON CONSTRUC TION SITE AT HOME. DX; LACERATION FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RIGHT FOREARM CONT. PT FELL OFF ROOF INJURING FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT WAS CUTTING HOUSE SIDING AND LACERATED FOREARM WITH UTILITY KNIFE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FELL OFF ROOF AT HOME ONTO R ARM, C/O PAIN, DX: NONDISPLACED FX DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LACERATED ARM ON SHEET METAL WHILE PUTTING ON A ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FOREARM CT-@ HOME-CARRYING SHINGLES-TRIPPED-FELL ON ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT PICKING UP A PIECE OF SHEET METAL FROM HIS YARD AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WORKING ON HIS ROOF AT HOME FELL ONTO AN ALUMINUM BEAM SUSTAINED AN EXTENSIVE LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM TO THE OR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/28/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FEL OFF ROOF AT HOME LANDING IN R FOREARM DX FX DISTAL R RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 41 YO M INJURED FOREARM ON SHEET METAL LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT MOVING SHEET METAL AT RELATIVES HOME, LAC LT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT C/O RT ARM LAC. PT FELL OFF OF ROOF . DX LAC ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL OFF OF ROOF LANDING ON RIGHT FOREARM DX: CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC . PT CUT ARM ON A METAL PIECE OF DRYWALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LAC R FOREARM; TRIPPED & FELL, CUTTING ARM ON RUSTY METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WORKING ON ROOF AT HOME AND HAD A NAIL SCRATCH HIS ARM C/O PAIN AND UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING LEFT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| STATES THAT SHE TRIPPED OVER WOOD BOARD SHE HAD PLACED IN DOORWAY, INJURING HER LEFT FOREARM. ABRASION TO LT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT FELL 20 FEET OFF ROOF OF THE HOUSE. DX-CLOSED FRACTURE LEFT DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Tools |
| LACERATION FOREARM - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM WHEN WORKI NG WITH VINYL SIDING AT HOME - CUT ARM WITH BLADE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN FELL FROM ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CUT ARM ON SHEET METAL DX: R FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT.INJ.L.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN HOLDING / HANGING DRYWALL & A PIECE FELL & HIT ARM. DX; CONTUSION L.FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| RT FOREARM CONTUSION, WORKING ON ROOF OF HOUSE AT HOME, TEARING SHINGLES OFF, FOOT WENT THROUGH OLD BOARD, FELL TO ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Mobile/manufactured homes |
| 37 Y/O M INJURED R FOREARM WHEN FELL OFF ROOF OF MOBILE HOME AT BROTHER S HOUSE. DX; R FOREARM SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CONTUSION TO RT FOREARM AFTER MOVING BRICK AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| CONTUSION RT FOREARM, REMODELING A HOUSE, PLASTER BOARD FELL ONTO FOREARM AND WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FEL OFF ROOF, LANDED ON CEMENT/ FX RT RADIAL HEAD, CONTUSION RT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT STATES HE LACERATED FOREARM ON PC OF WOOD WHILE UNDER HIS HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT INJ LT FOREARM CARRYING SHINGLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON SHEETMETAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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