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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,323
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 59 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: Laundry baskets, Chairs |
| WHEN PT REACHED FOR LIGHT SWITCH HE TRIPPED OVER A LAUNDRY BASKET, WAS REACHING TO HIT FLOOR & FELL ON BACK OF CHAIR. DX. CONT STERNUM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 51 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: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN ASSOICATED WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH UPON LIFTING A LUNDERY BASKET>>CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THE UPPER BACK WHEN BENT OVER TO PICK UP LAUNDRY BASKET.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets, Stairs or steps |
| 34 YOF WAS CARRYING LAUNDRY BASKET UP STAIRS AND FELT CHEST PAIN THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| 43 YO F CHEST PAIN STARTED WHEN LIFTING HEAVY LAUNDRY BASKET* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT.STATES AT HOME WHEN PICKED UP LAUNDRY BASKET,TWISTED, NOTED SHARP PAIN IN CHEST & SOB. DX; COSTALCHONDRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT SUSTAINED UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING LAUNDRY BASKET* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| HURT BACK WHILE LIFTING LAUNDRY BASKET BACK STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| CHEST PAIN R/O MI. PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN CARRYING A LAUNDRY BASK ET |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN-TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING LAUNDRY BASKET-FELL ONTO BASKE T-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| 88YOF AT HOME TRIPPED OVER LAUNDRY THAT WAS HANGING OUT OF A LAUNDRY BASKET,FELL INJURING UPPER BACK;FALL/BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT LIFTED HEAVY LAUNDRY BASKET AND INJURED BACK DX// THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 52 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: Laundry baskets, Ironing boards or covers |
| DX CONTUSION CHEST PT TRIPPED OVER LAUNDRY BASKET AND FELL OVER IRONING BOARD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 47 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: Laundry baskets |
| PT INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING LAUNDRY BASKET. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| 37 YO F THORACIC STRAIN DEVELOPED PAIN WHEN LIFTING A HEAVY LAUNDRY BASKET AT HOME YESTERDAY* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 39 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: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT HAD THORACIC PAIN AFTER CARRYING A LAUNDRY BASKET AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets, Stairs or steps |
| PT WITH HX OF BACK PAIN CARRIED A HEAVY LAUNDRY BASKET UP 2 FLIGHT OF S TAIRS C/O UPPER BACK PAIN DX- STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 47 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: Laundry baskets |
| PT TRIPPED OVER LAUNDRY BASKET AMD C/O RIB PAIN. D: RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT LIFTED LAUNDRY BASKET AT HOME STRAINED UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 64 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: Laundry baskets |
| RIGHT CHEST WALL CONT. PT FELL INTO A LAUNDRY BASKET AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| BACK STRAIN-LIFTED LAUNDRY BASKET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 71 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: Other |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PUTTING LAUNDRY AWAY FROM BASKET BENDING OVER AND DEVELOPED CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Laundry baskets, Stairs or steps |
| 28YOF WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS AT HOME CARRING A LAUNDRY BASKET, TRIPPED AND FELL BASKET JAMMED HER IN LOWER RIB;RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| EXAC OF BACK PAIN AFTER CARRYING LAUNDRY BASKET/ THORACIC NERVE COMPRES SION WITH RADIAL NERVE RADICULOPATHY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| ACUTE THORACIC MYOFASCIAL STRAIN AFTER LIFTING LAUNDRY BASKET AT HOME# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 36 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A LAUNDRY BASKET AND STRUCK CHEST CONTUSION RI BS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Laundry baskets |
| SLIPPED & FELL ONTO LAUNDRY BASKET DX: FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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