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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 295
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| LEFT FOREARM CONT. PT FELL OVER A BROOM INJURING FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL 2 DAYS AGO WHILE MOPPING THE FLOOR, CONTUSION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| C/O PT STATES A PIECE OF METAL FROM BROOM FLEW AND HIT ARM DX LT LOWER ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 17 YO HIT ARM ON BROOM CONTUSION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT. WAS USING A METAL BROOM AND THE HANDLE BROKE AND CUT HIS ARM DIAGNOSIS; LACERATION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| FELL THIS AFTERNOON WHILE SWEEPING PATIO FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT. HIT IN ARM AND LEG WITH BROOMSTICK WHILE FIGHTING WITH ANOTHER BOY. C/O PAIN/SWELLING OF ELBOW RADIATING DOWN ARM. DX.: SPRAINED ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT FELL OVER BROOM, ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RT HAND DX: RT BUCKLE FRACTURE OF DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| FOREARM PAIN-SINCE USING A BROOM-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| 10YOF CUT HER FOREARM ON A METAL BROOM AT HOME THIS EVENING; 2CM INNER LEFT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT PLAYING WITH COUSINS STRUCK ON LT ARM//ELBOW WITH BROOMSTICK, LACERA TION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT PLAYING WITH MOP STICK & SLICED ARM OPEN. DX: LAC FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT AT A PARTY HIT OVER HEAD WITH WRINGER MOP DX3CM SUPERFICIAL LAC L FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| CUT R FA ON BROOM STICK PLAYING IN PARK DX: 3 CM R FA LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment, Televisions |
| SOMEONE SWINGING BROOM HIT CABLE TV, SHATTERED, SOMETHING HIT PATIENT'S HOME RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION WITH REPAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual cleaning equipment |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A BROOM AND FELL ON RT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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