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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,052
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 79 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners, Stairs or steps |
| CHEST WALL CT-HELPING SON CARRY AN AIR CONDITIONER DOWN STEPS-FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| LIFTING AN AIR CONDITIONER UPPER BACK PAIN DX: THORASIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2003 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners, House repair or construction materials |
| PT ATTEMPING TO FIX A COOL UNIT ON HIS ROOF OF SECOND STORY BUILDING FE LL 15 FT DX CHEST AND SHOULDER CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS MOVING AN AIR CONDITIONER FROM A WINDOW AND C HEST BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER OUT OF WINDOW THORACIC BACK MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| CUT BACK WHEN FELL ON AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 20 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: Air conditioners |
| PT INJURED LIFTING AN AIR CONDITIONER; CHEST CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| MEDICS FOUND PATIENT IN HIS VEHICLE OUTSIDE STORE COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN, GIRLFRIEND STATES LIFTED AIR CONDITIONER YESTERDAY. DX CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL HITTING BACK ON FLOOR, HEAD ON AIR CONDITIONER. DX: FRACTURE T-1, CONTUSION WRIST. AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| INJURY TO R WRIST AND HAND WHEN JAMMED AGAINST AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WHI LE REMOVING IT FROM TRUCK AT CARWASH. DX. STRAIN DORSAL, CONT R. HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2003 | Age: 28 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: Air conditioners |
| PT WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING AFTER SITTING IN FRONT OF AIR CONDITIONER. FELT TIGHTNESS IN CHEST. D: ASTHMA EXACERBATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2003 | Age: 70 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: Air conditioners |
| PT. TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS, HIT BACK ON AIR CONDITIONER. DX. CONT R RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 25 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| BACK STRAIN-CARRYING AN AIR CONDITIONER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners, Exercise |
| 53 YOFC WAS EXERCISING IN FRONT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER EARLIER AND NOW HAS CHEST PAIN RADIATING TO NECK/ CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 41 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: Air conditioners |
| HIT RIBS WHILE PUTTING IN AN AIR CONDITIONER THAT FELL OFF OF A BLOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| BACK STRAIN-SINCE HELPING LIFT AN AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| 56 YO MALE LIFTED AIR CONDITIONER CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 30 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: Air conditioners |
| STRAIN UPPER BACK - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN WHEN LIFT ING AIR CONDITIONER AND CARRYING IT AT HOME - WRENCHED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 34 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: Air conditioners |
| 34 YO M CARRYING AIR CONDITIONER, HURT BACK. DX THORACIC & LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| FELL WHILE CARRYING AN AIR CONDITIONER-DX-R ANTERIOR CHEST WALL LACERAT ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| CHEST PAIN STARTED AFTER HOOKING UP AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME. DX: ATYPI CAL CHEST PAIN, LIKELY ESOPHAGEAL SPASM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| FELL LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER AT CHURCH DX. RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2003 | Age: 35 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: Air conditioners |
| PT RAN INTO A METAL BARS NECLOSING AN AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, SUSTAINED CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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