Accidents - Scales - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,463
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	115
6-15 years old:	5
16-25 years old:	83
26-50 years old:	181
50+ years old:	1,076

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	482	Upper Trunk:	196
Head:	160	Toe:	148
Face:	142	Ankle:	99
Knee:	83	Lower Arm:	66
Foot:	31	Finger:	21
Elbow:	15	Wrist:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales
PAIN RIGHT KNEE-FELL GETTING ON SCALE IN DIALYSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Scales
CONC. PT FELL OFF A SCALE AND HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
PT WAS STANDING ON HER SCALE BENDING DOWN TO VIEW WEIGHT WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
PT AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND FELL GETTING OFF A SCALE FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Scales
FINGER CAUGHT UNDER BR SCALE . " FINGER NAIL AVULSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales, Floors or flooring materials
WAS WEIGHING SELF ON SCALE AND FELL ONTO FLOOR FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
PT WAS GETTING ON THE BATHROOM SCALE AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL LANDI NG ONTO RIGHT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
AT DIALYSIS AND SLIPPED OFF SCALE AND TWISTED ANKLE FX IT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
PATIENT FELL OFF SCALES AND TWISTED ANKLE. DX: SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 80 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: Scales, Chairs
PT. WAS WEIGHING ON A SCALE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING EDGE OF CHA IR. CONTUSION OF UPPER RIB CAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
PT WAS WEIGHING SELF ON SCALES; FELL OFF SCALES BACKWARD; PT C/O LOW BACK PAIN------------DX: CONTUSION LOW BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
PATIENT TRIPPED ON SCALES AND FELL ON GROUND. DX: CONTUSION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE FACE BY FALLING ON THE SCALE AT HOME.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
PLAYING AROUND SCALE JUMPING OFF AND ON UNKNOWN HOW HE HURT BACK DX- BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2005	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Scales
NURSEMAID'S ELBOW DISLOCATION - 21 MOF C/O RIGHT ELBOW PAIN AFTER FOUND MOVING AROUND ON A WEIGHT SCALE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
FELL GETTING ON SCALE AT DIALYSIS DX: RIB FX. / CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales, Ceilings and walls
PT STRUCK IN BACK OF HEAD WITH SCALE WHILE FOOD SHOPPING IN MARKET WITH SCALE FALLING OFF WALL, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
RT GREAT TOE CONTUSION.PT KICKED A BATH SCALE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Scales, Counters or countertops
WEIGHING SELF ON SCALES, LOST BALANCE AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON COUNTER, THEN FELL TO FLOOR. DX: HEMATOMA HEAD, CONTUSION GLUTEAL AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A TOE FROM A WEIGHT SCALE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales
LEFT ANKLE SPR. PT STEPPED OFF SCALE WRONG INJURING ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON BATHROOM SCALES; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales
PT FELL GETTING UP ON THE SCALE AT THE DRS OFFICE AND SUSTAINED AN ABR ASION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
FELL OFF SCALE DX, WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
RT FOOT LACERATION.PT STEPPED ON THE CORNER OF A BATHROOM SCALE AND LAC ERATED FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
SCALP LACERATION, COMING OUTOF HOOTERS AND HEAD ON SCALE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
PT WAS A HOME WHEN HE STUBBED HIS LT FOOT ON A BATHROOM SCALE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LT 5TH TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON BATHROOM FLOOR - HIT HEAD ON BATHROOM SCALE. D: LACERAT ION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scales
PT SLIPPED ON A SCALE IN THE BATHROOM AT HOME LANDING ONTO BUTTOCKS FRA CTURED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/06/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scales, Other ranges or ovens
46 YOM WAS BENDING TO PICK UP A POT FROM THE DRAWER OF HIS STOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scales
STUMBLED WHEN TRYING TO STEP UP ON SCALE & FELL BACKWARDS. INTRACTABLE LOWER BACK PAIN 2ND TO FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/26/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scales
WAS AT DRS OFFICE AND TRIPPED OVER SCALE FELL AND HIT HEAD LAC TO TO HE AD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scales
ABRASION TO FOOT WHEN STRUCK ON A SCALE AT HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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