Accidents - Scales - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,303
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	67
Year 1999:	18
Year 2000:	101
Year 2001:	33
Year 2002:	107
Year 2003:	263
Year 2004:	356
Year 2005:	181
Year 2006:	14
Year 2007:	486
Year 2008:	110
Year 2009:	123
Year 2010:	437

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Toe:	478	Foot:	428
Face:	333	Head:	249
Lower Trunk:	198	Lower Leg:	191
Finger:	149	Wrist:	83
Shoulder:	77	Upper Trunk:	31
Knee:	30	Hand:	17
Ankle:	16	Lower Arm:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/24/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
35YOF HIT FOOT ON SCALE YESTERDAY DX: LT 5TH TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
35YOM-MCL STRAIN-TWISTED KNEE WHILE STEPPING OFF THE SCALES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
49YOM FELL OVER A SCALE AT HOME C/O RIGHT GREAT TOE LAC. DX: LACERATION (SUTURES) DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2010	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
37YOF WITH LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM FALLING OFF A SCALE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scales, Windowsills or frames
33YMC STEPPED ON SIDE OF BATHROOM SCALE FELL HITTING HEAD ON WINDOWSILL/HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
32YOF DAUGHTER ACCIDENTLY DROPPED A HEAVY SCALE ONTO FOOT; FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales, Floors or flooring materials
34YROLD FEMALE FELL STEPPING OF OF SCALES@HOME PTA LANDING ON FLOOR HIT TING HEAD DX LACERATION SCALP*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
43YOF STUBBED TOE ON A SCALE ...CONTSUION TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER BATHROOM SCALE AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN, R 10TH RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales
PT WAS A PT IN 4OPC,PT GOT ON A SCALE AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON BAC K OF HEAD C/O BEING LIGHTHEADED. DX: SEPSIS,LEFT FOOT ULCER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN FELL AFTER TRIPPING ON A SCALE AT THE HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
28 Y/O C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER TO PUT CHILD ON SCALES AT M.D.'S OFFICE. DX-STRAIN LUMBAR SPINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
DX L 4TH TOE PROXIMAL PHALANX FX: RUSHING TO GET OUT OF HER HOUSE THIS EVENING, KICKED A WT SCALE W PAIN AND DEFORMITY TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales
PT STATES A SCALE FELL & STRUCK LEG AT A STORE DX: LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales, Bathtubs or showers
L FOOT LAC/48YOM STS WHILE BATHING TODAY, FROM TOILET TO TUB, CAUGHT FO OT ON METAL SCALE CAUSING LAC TO BOTTOM OF L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OFF SCALE, LANDED ON FLOOR ON THIGH @ HOSPITAL DX HIP STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
PT IS A RESIDENT IN A GROUP HOME AND FELL STRIKING FACE ON A METAL SCAL E SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Scales
KICKED SCALE WITH TOE ACCIDENTALY DISLOCATED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Scales
PT LOST BALANCE WHILE BEING WEIGHED FELL BACKWARD SCALP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
PT WAS BAREFOOT CHASING HER NEICE AND STRUCK RIGHT FOURTH TOE AGAINST A SCALE FRACTURED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER A SCALE AT HOSPITAL AND FELL ONTO FLOOR DX; FRACTURED RIGHT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
PT STUBBED TOE ON SCALE DX: RIGHT 4TH AND 5TH TOE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales, Telephones or telephone accessories
HIP PAIN-@ DIALYSIS-STEPPING ONTO SCALES-FELL TO FLOOR-LANDED ON CELLPH ONE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
TRIPPED OVER A SCALE&FELL ONTO KNE;E ' CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Scales
CONC. PT FELL OFF A SCALE AND HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
PATIENT TRIPPED ON SCALES AND FELL ON GROUND. DX: CONTUSION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
FELL OFF SCALE DX, WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales, Other ranges or ovens
46 YOM WAS BENDING TO PICK UP A POT FROM THE DRAWER OF HIS STOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
ABRASION TO FOOT WHEN STRUCK ON A SCALE AT HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
CONTUSION FOOT - PATIENT REPORTS SHE DROPPED BATHROOM SCALE ON LEFT FOO T AT HOME THIS AM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
TRUCK SCALE FELL ON BOTH FEET. RT FOOT FX, LAC FOOT, OPEN FX FOOT & CT LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Scales
PT VISITING A HOSPITAL FINGERS CAUGHT IN SCALE HEMATOMA 3RD & 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
PATIENT HIT SMALL TOE OF LEFT FOOT EARLIER IN THE DAY AT HOME - HIT AGA INST BATHROOM SCALE AND TOE IS NOW SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
PT DROPPED A HOME-USE SCALE ON HER FOOT DX; LT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER AFTER BANGING FINGER AGAINST TABLE SCALE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
PT HIT TOE ON SCALE 2 NIGHTS AGO, R 5TH TOE FX BASE PROXIMAL PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
R WRIST LAC/42YOF CUT WRIST ON BOTTOM OF BATHROOM SCALE AT HOME A FEW M INUTES AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
CUT FINGER ON METAL SCALE - LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
TRYING TO RESTRAIN 6-YEAR-OLD SON AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO A SCALE AT HOME, INTENT NOT SPECIFIC. DX RIGHT SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
33 YOF WALKED INTO HANGING SCALE AT STORE CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FACE AFTER HITTING HIMSELF WITH A SCALE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
FELL IN BATHROOM AND LANDED ON SCALES, CONTUSION TO BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2001	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2000	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2000	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Scales
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/1999	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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