Accidents - Telephones or telephone accessories - Year 2002 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 799
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	68
16-25 years old:	146
26-50 years old:	137
50+ years old:	446

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2002	Age: 66 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: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD DX. CP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
STUMBLED OVER HER FEET AND FELL DOWN WHEN TRYING TO GET THE PHONE. THORACIC FX $
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE AT HOME DX:CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
TALKING ON PHONE, HAD MVA DX. RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
STRAIN (L) RIB AREA, PT TRIPPED OVER THE TELEPHONE CORD, FELL DOWN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, NO SOB OR DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
STATES SHE FELL WHEN SHE TRIED TO ANSWER THE PHONE, FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR. DX. CONT CHEST, FX RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
MADE A QUICK MOVE TO PICK UP A PHONE W/R HAND, FELT PAIN R SCAPULA. DX . STRAIN THORACIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Electrical wire or wiring systems
HAD PHONE ON SHOULDER TALKING, DOORBELL RAND, TWISTED HEADNECK POPPED - BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT C/O PAIN AND DISCOMFORT TO LT BREAST AFTER BEING HIT W/A TELEPHONE X8 DAY AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON TELEPHONE CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE CORD INJURING RIBS DX; FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
INMATE TALKING ON PHONE WHILE IN PRISION COLLAPSED DX: DOA \CARDIAC ARR EST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 92 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: Telephones or telephone accessories
FELL WHEN ANSWERING PHONE AT ASSISTED CARE CENTER INJURING RIBS. DX: FR ACTURE RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
WHILE HANDING PHONE TWISTED BACK DX: THORACIC BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
CHEST PAIN. PT WAS REACHING FOR TELEPHONE AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Day wear
50 Y.O. W MALE W/CHEST WALL CONTUSION. PT FELL & LANDED ON CELL PHONE T HAT WAS IN HIS SHIRT POCKET. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
ACUTE LEFT RIB SPRAIN- HURT SELF WHILE TALKING ON PHONE AND COUGHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 78 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: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LT RIB FX W/ PNEUMOTHORAX-TRIPPED ON TELEPHONE CORD-FELL-HIT A FILE CABINET
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
THORACIC MUSCLE STRAIN-C/O BACK PAIN ESPECIALLY UPPER BACK AREA.STATES PAIN STARTED WHEN REACHING FOR TELEPHONE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
AT 2100 WHILE ON THE PHONE SHE HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF LOWER MID CHEST PAIN. DX MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT FELL INTO PHONE STAND DX FX STERNUM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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