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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 514
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| 54 YOF HIT REFRIGERATOR SUSTAINING FRACTURED FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| 69 YOM INJURED RIGHT ARM MOVING REFRIGERATOR LOW ARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 46 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: Refrigerators |
| 46 YO INJURED ARM WHILE CLEANING REFRIGERATOR LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| STRAINED ARM WHEN MOVING REFRIGERATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Refrigerators, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| MOVING A REFRIDGEATOR AND A SCREW ON BOTTOM CUT FOREARM. DX R FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| REFRIGERATOR DOOR HIT R ARM DX: FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| 18YOM MOVING THE REFRIGERATOR AT HOME ,CAUGHT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF UNFINISHED METAL ON REFRIGERATOR;FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT WAS MOVING FRIG AND SHE FELL BACKWARDS/ FX RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 5 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: Refrigerators |
| CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON REFRIGERATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT HELPING A FRIEND MOVE A REFRIGERATOR AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO L OWER ARM ON THE BOTTOM OF THE REFRIGERATOR LACERATION LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators, Doorsills or frames |
| HELPING TO BRACE A REFRIGERATOR WHILE BEING CARRIED UPSTAIRS STRAP BROKE FELL AGAINST THE DOOR FRAME FRACTURE RIGHT RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 38 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: Refrigerators |
| PT REFRIGERATOR CAME DOWN AND STRUCK PT. DX; FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT HIT FOREARM ON COOLER DOOR DX: RT FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| TWISTED ARM WHILE OPENING REFRIGERATOR. DX. FX. SUPRACONDYLAR HUMERUS, FX. DISTGAL ULNA, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 46 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: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| REFRIGERATOR FELL ONTO FOREARM CAUSING PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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