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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 657
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators, Chemicals |
| PT. GOT NEW REFRIGERATOR ON FRIDAY, *** LEAKING. DX. DIZZINESS, HEADHU RTING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| MOVING REFRIGERATOR, C/O CHEST PAIN, COLLAPSED @ HOME DX CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT FOUND INTOXICATED BY PROBATION OFFICER. PUNCHED REFRIGERATOR. HAND S WOLLEN AND PAINFUL. D: DEPRESSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| ABD PAIN/ DIARRHEA. PT ATE LEFTOVER FOOD IN REFRIGERATOR - THINKS IT HA D LOW GRADE FOOD POISONING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PICKING UP REFRIGERATOR - LOW BACK PAIN DX - ETOH INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Refrigerators, Ammonia, household |
| WORKING ON REFRIGERATOR INHALED AMMONIA DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE TO AMMONIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PATIENT WITH VP SHUNT, RAN INTO REFRIGERATOR 2 DAYS AGO, DEVELOPED EYE DEVIATED, VOMITING; SHUNT DYSFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/06/2003 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| CHILD INGESTED A SMALL HANDFUL OF RAT POISON THAT HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER REFRIGERATOR. CHILD ACTING NORMALLY. D:RAT POISON INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT CLEANING REFRIGERATOR YESTERDAY, GOT ELECTRIC SHOCK & FELL BACK AGAI NST REFRIGERATOR DOOR. HURTS TO BREATH. D:CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| BENT DOWN TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF REFRIGERATOR AND WHEN RAISED UP PASSED OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT WAS SHOCKED WHEN OPENNING REFRIGERATOR DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| 49 Y.O. B MALE W/SMOKE INHALATION. PT INJ WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT A REF RIGERATOR THAT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE @ HOME. NS IF FD ATTD. E899 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2003 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT INGESTED RAT POISON CAUGHT REACHING BEHIND REFRIGERATOR, INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT GOT ELECTIC SHOCK FROM REFRIGERATOR TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| ACUTE SEIZURE ACTIVITY, CEPHALGIA, RESOLVED, 6-7 SEIZURES THIS WEEK, HIT LT MIDDLE BACK ON REFRIGERATOR (SEIZURE CAUSED FALL) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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