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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 576
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2007 | Age: 85 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, Tables |
| BENDING OVER TO PLUG IN CELL PHONE,LOST BALANCE & FELL,HIT UPPER BACK O N TABLE DX:MULTIPLE RIB FXS,UTI,CHRONIC RENAL INSUFF |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT GOT UP TO ANSWER PHONE, TRIPPED AND FELL DX: CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 86YOF WAS HOME TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE,HAD AN ONSET OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH,LASTED A FEW MINUTES;ANXIETY REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 42 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, Pet supplies |
| PT RAN TO GET PHONE AND GOT TANGLED UP ON DOG LEASH. DX: THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 61 YOM TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE CORD ON SUNDAY AND FELL SUSTAINING FRACTU RED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2007 | Age: 92 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CONTUSIONS AND ABRASION UPPER BACK - 92 YO MALE FELL AT HOME - LOST BAL ANCE WHEN AMBULATING TO GET RINGING PHONE WITHOUT WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE WIRE RIGHT RIB INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | 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: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT C/O BILATERAL UPPER QUAD RIB MUSCLE CRAMPING,SOB,SHARP PAIN UNDER L BREAST,HEADACHE,AFTERCARRYING BABY AND TALKING ON PHONE,DX LWOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46 YO FEMALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE TALKING ON PHONE ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 33 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 |
| PTS SON WAS RUNNING WITH A TELEPHONE AND THE SON RAN INTO HER STRIKING HER IN CHEST CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 56 YO FEMALE HAD CHEST PAIN WHILE TALKING ON PHONE CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/14/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HIT IN RIBS W/TELEPHONE ACCIDENTALLY BY SONE DX; CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Windowsills or frames |
| PT REACHED FOR PHONE AND FELL INTO WINDOW SILL. DX: CHEST WALL PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials |
| 80 YOF TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE CORD, FELL TO FLOOR - CONTUSED UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39 YOF WOKE UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE AND PASSED OUT A ND FELL SUSTAINING FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 79 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: Telephones or telephone accessories, Sheets or pillowcases |
| PATIENT WENT TO GET PHONE, BECAME ENTANGLED IN BED SHEETS & FELL INJURING LT SHOULDER TO LT HIP. DX-CHEST CONTUSION, ROTATOR CUFF SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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