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Accidents - Refrigerators - Year 2009 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,577
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Date: 12/21/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
41 YOF, MOVED REFIGERATOR, CHEST PAIN , STRAIN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PAIN WHILE OPENING REFRIGERATOR COSTOCHONDRITIS * 49 Y/O W/F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
28 YOM SPRAINED HIS UPPER BACK BY MOVING A REFRIGERATOR UP STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
25YOM HELPING BROTHER MOVE A REFRIGERATOR AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Other ranges or ovens
MOVED STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR AND NOW HAS BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2009Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
88YOF CLEANING HER KITCHEN AND FELL STRUCK RIBS ON THE CORNER OF HER RE FRIGERATOR AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
81YOM WALKING ON THE STAIRS LOST BALANCE CAME DOWN STRIKING REFRIGERATOR AND THEN FELL ONTO FLOOR;RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/18/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
MOVING REFRIGERATOR AND HIT IN CHEST. DX CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND INJURED UPPER BACK AT HOME DX: THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
37YOM MOVED A REFRIGERATOR AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
RIB FX.PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND IT FELL ON PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
DX ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN: P/W L CP, RAD TO L ARM OCCURR'G 40MIN AGO, 2 EPS OF SEC EACH X; OCCURRRED AS PT W REACH'G TO OPEN REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 10/09/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Ceilings and walls
ACUTE EXAC. CHRONIC BACK PAIN: HELPING FRIEND MOVE REFRIGERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN WALL & REFRIGERATOR, MAJORITY OF PAIN OVER THORACIC SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2009Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
FALL- HELPING MOVE A REFRIGERATOR DOWN STAIRS-LOST GRIP-JUMPED OUT OF T HE WAY-HIT R CHEST/RIBS ON DOORJAMB DX COTUSION R POSTERIOR/RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
RIGHT RIB STR. PT STRAINED RIBS WHEN MOVING REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT DEVELOPED CHEST/ARM PAIN WHEN OPENING REFRIGERATOR DX: CHEST/ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Televisions
MOVED REFRIGERATOR 2 DAYS AGO, CHEST PAIN CAME ON WHILE WATCHING TV. D X: ACUTE CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
ACUTE BACK STRAIN: HELPING FRIEND MOVE REFRIGERATOR DOWN SOME STEPS, TWISTED HIS BACK, THORACIC LUMBAR REGION, T-12 - L5
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF RIB PAIN WHILE MOVING THE FRIDGE >>RIB PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 08/28/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT PULLED A MUSCLE MOVING A REFRIGERATOR 1 WK AGO. DX: BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
HURT BACK PULLING REFRIGERATOR UP STAIRS. DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
16 Y/O WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE BACK WITH REFRIGERATOR DOOR BY BROTHER. DX-CERVICAL AND THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING A REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
WAS MOVING REFRIGERATOR YESTERDAY AND HAS BACK PAIN UPPER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
HAD TEN BEERS,WENT TO KITCHEN AND WAS DIZZY AND SLUMPED AGAINST REFRIGE RATOR AND SYNCOPYZED WITH CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/03/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT LEANED OVER REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME AND INJURED CHEST DX// CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2009Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
TRAUMA BACK.PT.REFERS WHILE OPENING REFRIGERATOR DOOR FELL BACKWARDS ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT MOVED A REFRIGERATOR AT HOME, TO ER WITH CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
HEARD BACK POP LIFTING REFRIGERATOR RECURRING BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS MOVING REFRIGERATOR. DX: THORACIC STRAIN, SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
FELL INTO REFRIGERATOR CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
BACK PAIN-AFTER MOVING REFRIGERATOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2009Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Refrigerators
CHILD PULLED DOWN BOWL OF HOT SOUP THAT WAS SITTING ON SMALL REFRIGERAT OR. DX:BURNS, 1ST & 2ND DEGREE TO CHEST, UPPER EXTREMITY. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/18/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT DX CHEST WALL PAIN - PT SLIPPED,FELL,HIT HIS CHEST AGAINST THE CORNER OF THE FRIDGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2009Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT TRIPPED OVER BOTTOM OF REFRIGERATOR AND STRUCK CHEST AGAINST REFRIGERATOR, CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2009Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
C/O MODERATE TO SEVERE PAIN, ONSET 3 DAYS AGO AFTER PT OPENED REFRIGERA TOR DOOR. THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/05/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
C/O WORSENING THORACIC BACK PAIN SINCE LIFTING A FRIDGE 2WKS AGO >>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Clothes dryers
THORACIC STRAIN: L SHOULDER PAIN; L ELBOW PAIN; ATTEMPTING TO MOVE REFRIGERATOR & DRYER, HEARD A "POP" SHOULDER & ELBOW HURTING SINCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
LIFTING A SMALL REFRIGERATOR STRAIN THORACIC SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
FELL WHILE GETTING ICE CUBE OUT OF REFRIGERATOR CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/11/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
UPPER BACK STRAIN FROM REACHING AROUND REFRIGERATOR, NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN. DX-RIGHT TRAPEZIUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR WHEN IT FELL BACK ON HIM, DX THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
LIFTED A SMALL ROOM SIZE REFRIG AND CARRIED IT A SHORT WAY RESULTED IN BACK PAIN AND SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Furniture
HIT CHEST WHILE MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND FURNITURE CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2009Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
BENDING OVER FOR CAT'S DISH, FELL INTO REFRIGERATOR; C/O CHEST,RIB PAI N. DX: FALL, BRUISED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
BACK STRAIN-AFTER HELPING FRIEND'S MOVE REFRIGERATOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
HURT BACK WHILE MOVING REFRIGERATOR BACK STRAIN #
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/07/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT HELPED CARRY REFRIGERATOR. DX: CHEST WALL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
PT WAS MOVING FRIDGE UP STAIRS LOST BALANCE FELL DOWN STAIRS W/ FRIDGE LANDING ON PT CHEST DX CONTUSION CHEST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Stairs or steps
PT CARRIED MINI FRIDGE UP STAIRS 2 DAYS AGO. DX: BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS HELPING MOVE A REFRIGERATOR DX: ACUTE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT WITH BACK STRAIN FROM MOVING A REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2009Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT SUSTAINED BACK STRAIN AFTER MAKING A SUDDEN MOVE WHILE OPENING THE REFRIGERATOR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
C/O HEADACHE, NAUSEA&VOMITING WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER SLEPT IN A ROOM, IN WHICH THERE IS A FRIDGE WITH BAD MOTOR>>DYSPNEA /EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Sinks
78YOF STANDING IN HER SINK PUTTING UP CURTAINS,FELL OFF STRIKING REFRIGERATOR;RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT PRESENTS WITH SUDDEN BACK PAIN AFTER TWISTING AROUND TO REFRIGERATOR . THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT BRUISED CHEST WHEN HIT SIDE ON REFRIGERATOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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