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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,466
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE YESTERDAY HELPING TO MOVE A REFRIGERATOR STRA INED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2002 | Age: 34 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| THORACIC STRAIN-WHILE HELPING PUT A REFRIGERATOR IN HER HUSBAND'S TRUCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| CHEST WALL CONTUSION-PT FELL LAST NIGHT INTO REFRIGERATOR AND HIT BLUNT EDGE. C/O INCREASING PAIN WITH PAINFUL BREATHING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| THOR STR. PT STRAINED CHEST WHEN MOVING A REFRIGERATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 88 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: Refrigerators |
| 88-YOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER RIBS AS A RESULT OF FALLING INTO TH E REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 44 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: Refrigerators |
| 44 YO M MOVING REFRIGERATOR DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN HEAT EXHAUSTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT C/O (R) LAT CHEST PAIN. WK HARD CLEANING OUT REFRIGERATOR DX MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| HURT BACK MOVING REFRIGERATOR-THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| REACHING TO CLEAN OFF TOP OF REFRIGERATOR, DEVELOPED BACK PAIN DX: SPRAIN T- SPINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 39 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: Refrigerators |
| CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 39 YOF FELL LAST NIGHT AFTER TRIPPING AND HIT CH EST ON REFRIGERATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| THORACIC STRAIN-AFTER LIFTING A REFRIGERATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 20 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: Refrigerators |
| PATIENT WAS MOVING REFRIGERATOR AND IT FELL, HITTING CHEST. DX: CONTU SION AND ABRASION TO CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 83 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: Refrigerators |
| PT. TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HER TRUNK ON A REFRIGERATOR CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| BACK PAIN THORACIC & UPPER LUMBAR.MOVING REFRIGERATOR ON TO PICKUP YEST.DX COMPRESSION FX T9. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 73 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: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| UNSTABLE ANGINA - CHEST HEAVINESS AFTER CLEANING OUT REFRIGERATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 31 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| ACUTE CEPHALGIA AND THORACIC MUSCLE STRAIN - C/O BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING REFRIGERATOR AT HOME LAST NIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PAIN TO CHEST AFTER MOVING REFRIGERATOR DX: CHEST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST HELPING DAD MOVE REFRIGERATOR AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 20 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: Refrigerators, Fences or fence posts |
| STATES WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AT HOME AND GOT PINNED BETWEEN AFENCE AND THE ICEBOX. SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LEFT CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 38 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: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps |
| MY COUSIN AND I WERE MOVING A REFRIGERATOR ON A HAND TRUCK WHILE GOINGU P THE STEPS. DX. CONT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT DX BACK PAIN - S/P FALL WHILE HELPING HUSBAND WITH REFRIGERATOR ATHO ME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 26 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| MOVED REFRIGERATOR YESTERDAY, THINKS SHOULER DISLOCATED AT THE TIME. DX: RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 22 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| BACK STRAIN - STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING REFRIGERATOR OUT OF TRUCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT HAD PX WHILE REACHING ONTO TOP OF REFRIGERATOR. DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN, PLEURISY, PNEUMONIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT COMPLAINT OF CHEST PAIN WITH LIFTING REFRIGERATOR, ACUTE RIB PAIN SE CONDARY TO FX RIBS WORSENED BY HEAVY LIFTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| DORSAL STRAIN-HELPED HUSBAND LIFT A REFRIGERATOR @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| 1 Y M FELL AGAINST REFRIGERATOR HURTING RIBS.DX: ABRASIONS/CONTUSIONS T O LEFT POSTERIOR OF RIB AREA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DROPPED A REFRIGERATOR AND PINNED AGAINST IT AND STAIR RAILING, IN JURY TO RIGHT RIB, SOB. RIGHT RIB FX #9. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 34 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT MOVED REFRIGERATOR. DX: DORSAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| HAS MID BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING REFRIGERATOR. DIAGNOSIS WAS RIB FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 55 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: Refrigerators |
| CHEST WALL PAIN-AFTER HELPING MOVE A REFRIGERATOR @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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