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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,094
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 76 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 |
| LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER 6 DAYS PRIOR PAIN LEFT RIB AREA - NO INJURY STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2007 | Age: 30 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 |
| PT WAS HELPING HIS LANDLORD MOVE A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK DX UPPER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2007 | Age: 43 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, Stairs or steps |
| 43 YO F CHEST WALL PAIN ONSET AFTER CARRYING HEAVY AIR CONDITIONER DOWN THE STEPS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 56 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT HAD AN AIR CONDITIONER FALL STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST SUSTAINED A RI B CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN FELL AND STRUCK AN AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners, Stairs or steps |
| CARRYING AIR CONDITIONER DOWN THE STAIRS AND FELL - AC FELL ON TOP OF P T. DX CHEST INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 37 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: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING AIR CONDITIONER VENT IN HOUSE C/O RIB PAIN DX - RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Air conditioners, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches |
| PT WAS WORKING ON A SWAMP COOLER AND WAS USING A WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLI D AND HIT CHEST. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 42 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 |
| FELL ON AN AIR CONDITONERS UNIT LEFT RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, JUST PTA AT HOME. DX. COMPRESSION FX T12. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | 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: Air conditioners |
| SOF THORACIC BACK PAIN LIFTIN AN AC UNIT " MS'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT SPRAINED HER UPPER BACK WHILE LIFTING AN AIR CONDITIONER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 56 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, Stairs or steps |
| THORACIC STRAIN-CARRYING HEAVY AIR CONDITIONER UP STAIRS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | 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 |
| PT LIFTED AIR CONDITIONER @ HOME - STRAINED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 26 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 |
| ACUTE THORACIC STRAIN & SPASM: LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER AND PULLED MIDDLE BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT INJURED SHOULDER WHEN LIFTING/MOVING AN AIR CONDITIONER DX: RIGHT CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT LOST BALANCE AT 10 PM LAST NIGHT AND FELL AGAINST AIR CONDITIONER, P AIN TO BASE OF R SCAPULA. DX. FX 7, 8 RIBS, CONT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 55 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 |
| PT FELL OF SWAMP COOLER (AIR CONDITIONER) FROM 8 TO 9 FT. INJURYING UPPER BACK, THORACIC SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 50 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 |
| CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN FELL AGAINST AN AIR CONDITIONER UNIT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 51 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 |
| PT FELL STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF CHEST AGAINST THE SIDE OF AN AIR CONDIT IONER FRACTURED RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT C/O PAIN TO HER UPPER BACK - PT STATES SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A* ** CONDITIONER WHEN FELT SOMETHING IN HER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | Age: 53 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: Other |
| Product: Air conditioners, Stairs or steps |
| CHEST PAIN: CARRYING AIR CONDITIONER UP STAIRS, HAVING CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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