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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 458
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PATIENT CUT LEFT FOREARM ON AIR CONDTITIONER.DX-LACERATION WWRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT FELL AND HIT HAND ON AIR CONDITIONER, RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| LEFT WRIST FX. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN PULLING OUT AN AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners, Filters |
| 48 YOM WAS CHANGING FILTER ON AIR CONDITIONER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT AIR CONDITIONER FELL ON WRIST AT HOME TODAY DX// FX RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT STATES SHE WAS LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER BY HERSELF HURT WRIST SPRAIN LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF HER BALCONY STRIKING LEFT WRIST AGAINST AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FRACTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| LAC TO R WRIST MOVING AC DX; WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Air conditioners, Stairs or steps |
| PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO WRIST AFTER FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS WHILE CARRYING AN AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT SUST SPRAIN TO WRIST LIFTING AIR CONDITIONER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Air conditioners |
| PT INSTALLING AN AIR CONDITIONER WHEN UNIT SLID BACK AND LACERATED WRIS T. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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