Accidents - Computers - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,880
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	104
Year 1999:	41
Year 2000:	70
Year 2001:	221
Year 2002:	67
Year 2003:	133
Year 2004:	29
Year 2005:	36
Year 2006:	155
Year 2007:	155
Year 2008:	319
Year 2009:	179
Year 2010:	366

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	24
6-15 years old:	165
16-25 years old:	178
26-50 years old:	813
50+ years old:	698

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
7 YOM PT C/O INJURY TO UPPER EXTREMITY. STATES INJURED ARM WHILE PLAYI NG ON THE ***. STRAINED R UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
47YOF C/O ARM PAIN AFTER PLAYING *** LAST NIGHT. DX. ARM PAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2010	Age: 70 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Floors or flooring materials
70YOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO UPPER ARM TRIPPED OVER A COMPUTER CORD A T HOME AND LANDED ON TILE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
63YOF FRACTURE OF RIGHT HUMERAL HEAD - STRAINED 2-3 WEEKS AGO WITH WORSENING OF PAIN TONIGHT WHILE TYPING ON KEYBOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2010	Age: 60 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: Computers
60 Y/O F ARM PAIN AFTER PLAYING *** VIDEO GAMEFX HUMERUS FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
8YOF PLAYING * WHEN NOTICED PAIN IN UPPER ARM, HAS BEEN PLAYING LOTSO F * GAMES; BICEP TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT AND HIS MOTHERS BOYFRIENDS SON WERE FIGHTING OVER A *** GAMEWHEN PT' S ARM WAS BENT BACKWARDS DX- HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 13 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT W/ARM PAIN X2 DAYS AFTER PLAYING *** FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AP PEARS TO BE OVERUSE INJURY; UPPER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
LACERATION RT UPPER ARM-SUS A 1 1/2CM LAC TO RT UPPER ARM WHEN HE CUT I T ON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL ON COMPUTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
39 YOF HAS RIGHT UPPER ARM PAIN AFTER PLAYING *** ACUTE UPPER ARM PAIN M PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES PREVIOUS DAY - OVEREXERTED BICEP TENDINITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 58 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: Computers
PT TRIPPED OVER COMPUTER AT HOME AND LANDED ON ARM DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
9YOF WAS PUNCHING THE AIR WHILE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME,BOXING ***,FELT A POP;UPPER ARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
80 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER LAP TOP COMPUTER CORD FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Computers, Sprayers
SPRAYED BY A FRIEND TO THE UPPER ARM WITH A COMPUTER KEYBOARD CLANING, NOW WITH BLISTER/LOOK LIKE FROST BITE >> BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT.STATES NOTED PAIN L ARM & SHOULDER AT HOME WHEN USING COMPUTER. DX; L.ARM PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PLAYING * AND *. DX HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
C/O LT ARM PAIN WHILE AND LT FACIAL NUMBNESS WHILE DOING COMPUTER WORK/ LT ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
HUMERUS FX-GOT FEET TANGLED IN ELECTRICAL COMPUTER CORDS-FELL ON ARM-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 16 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: Laceration
Product: Computers
R UPPER ARM LAC/16YOF STS SHE FELL AGAINST HER COMPUTER CAUSING LACERAT ION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Computers
CONTACT DERMATITIS-RASH ON UPPER ARM WHERE PT WEARS HER MP3 PLAYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	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: Computers
PT COMPLAINING OF UPPER ARM PAIN SINCE "THROWING A COMPUTER" TODAY. D: HUMERUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT WAS LIFTING COMPUTER MONITOR AT HOME AND STRAINED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
RT UPPER ARM LACERATION.PT WAS TRYING TO REPLACE HARDDRIVE IN COMPUTER AND SOME METAL FLEW UP AND STRUCK UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT FELL FROM A VIDEO GAME WHILE AT THE BOWLING ALLEY, HURT RIGHT ARM. D: FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT WAS SITTING AT HIS COMPUTER WORKING WHEN HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT ARM AND ARM FELT LIKE PINS AND NEEDLES ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT FELL ONTO COMPUTER. DX: 3 CM L ARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
L UPPER ARM NUMBNESS, PLAYING ON COMPUTER ALL DAY. DX. L ARM HEAVINESS .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	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: Computers, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
DX RIGHT HUMERUS FRACTURE: CAUGHT HEEL OF SHOE ON COMPUTER CABLE, TRIPPED AND FELL, HITTING ARM ON DESK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 69 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: Computers
PT @ LOCAL CASINO PLAYING VIDEO SLOT MACHINES WHEN SHE GOT UP FROM SEAT & COLLAPSED DX; MID LT HUMEROUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Chairs
FELL OVER CHAIR-HIT PRINTERUPPER ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2001	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2001	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2001	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2000	Age: 34 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers, Chairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/1999	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/1998	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/1998	Age: 35 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/1998	Age: 18 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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