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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,388
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks, Floors or flooring materials |
| 7YOM- PT WAS HOME CLIMBING IN TO ATTIC FELL DOWN 6 FT ONTO AN OTTOMAN THEN TO FLOOR. C/O PAIN TO R UPPER ARM. DX CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 62YOF FRACTURED HUMERUS TRIPPED & FELL OVER HASSOCK AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 77 YOF STUMBLED OVER FOOTSTOOL AND FELL SUSTAINING A FRACTURED HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 5 YO MALE JUMPED OFF AN OTTOMAN. DX HUMERUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 85YOF FELL OVER AN OTTMAN AND LANDED ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER AT HOME FRACTU RED UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2010 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 87YOF FELL OVER AN OTTOMAN AT HOME AND FRACTURED HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/20/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks, Bathtubs or showers |
| L HUMERAL FX/75YOF AT HOME FELL OFF HASSOCK APPROX 30 MIN AGO HITTING H EAD AND L ARM ON BATHTUB. DENIES LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 4YOF FELL OFF A FOOTSTOOL AS SHE WAS STANDING ON IT AND FRACTURED UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks, Floors or flooring materials |
| 84 YOM FELL OVER A FOOT STOOL & FELL TO FLOOR. CONTUSION, LEFT UPPER AR M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| TURNED AROUND AFTER TURNING OFF LIGHT AT HOME, TRIPPED AND FELL OVER GL IDER FOOT STOOL FRACTURING / DISLOCATING UPPER ARM ON CARPETED FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| RT HUMERUS FX.PT TRIPPED OVER OTTOMAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 82YFC FELL OFF OF FOOTSTOOL LANDING ON UPPER ARM/FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 83 YO F FRACTURED HUMERUS TRIPPED OVER FOOT STOOLAT NURSING HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT WITH FRACTURED ARM FROM FALL OFF FOOTSTOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT WAS AT HOME, JUMPED OVER A FOOT STOOL FELL CAUSING A FX TO RT HUMERUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT JUMPING OFF AN OTTOMAN W/FRIEND AT FRIENDS HOUSE & FELL ONTO ELBOW, C/O ARM PAIN & REFUSES TO MOVE ARM; HUMERUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT PULLING HIMSELF UP ON A FOOTSTOOL AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER F RACTURED UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/30/2005 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT TRIPPED OVER OTTOMAN LAST NIGHT AND HIT KNEE AND SHOULDER. D: HUMERU S FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| FELL OFF FOOTSTOOL FRACTURE LEFT HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| BLIND PT TRIPPED OVER OTTOMAN WHICH HAD BEEN MOVED. DX: FX L PROXIMAL HUMERUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT FELL OFF FOOTSTOOL. DX: L HUMERAL SHAFT FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT TRIPPED ON A HASSOCK, FELL STRICKING HEAD/SHOULDER, SUSTAINED " RT HUMERUS FX" +"HEAD ABRASION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks, Ceilings and walls |
| HUMERUS FX-@ HOME-FELL FROM A FOOTSTOOL WHILE HANGING ITEMS ON THE WALL HIT ARM ON TV STAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| FRACTURE HUMERUS - 59 YOF C/O LEFT UPPER ARM PAIN AFTER TRIP AND FALL O VER A HASSOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| GETTING OUT OF PICKUP AT HOME ONTO PLASTIC FOOTSTOOL WHICH BROKE, FELL INJURING UPPER ARM. DX: FRACTURE HUMERUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| INJURY TO L UPPER ARM/17MOM FELL OFF FOOT STOOL TODAY AT 3:30P AT HOME AND NOW REFUSES TO USE L UPPER ARM. CRYING AND IS DIFFICULT TO CONSOLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| TRIPPED ON OTTOMAN IN DARK & FELL. CLOSED AVULSION FX LT PROXIMAL HUMER US |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| PT FRACTURED HER UPPER ARM AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM A FOOTSTOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Footstools, ottomans or hassocks, Floors or flooring materials |
| 18 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER OTTOMAN AND FELL TO FLOOR AT ***'S CASINO IMP ACTED FRACTURE HUMERAL HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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