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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,120
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 86 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: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL STRIKING LEFT LOWER ARM IN THE CORNER OF A DRESSER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WAS TRYING TO CLIMB ON CHEST OF DRAWERS WHEN DRAWERS FELL ONTO PT. D: FRACTURE LEFT RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| HIT FOREARM ON DRESSER/FOREARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2007 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 92YOF WHILE AT HOME,LOST BALANCE FELL AGAINST DESK;SKIN TEAR,FOREARM, BALANCE PROBLEM DUE TO MEDICATION/FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| LID OF CEDAR CHEST FELL AND HIT LEFT FOREARM LT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 15YOM AT SCHOOL,ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED HITTING FOREARM ON DESK; FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| HUTCH ON TOP OF DRESSER FELL ON PATIENT'S ARM AT HOME, PT BRACED USING ARM; FOREARM INJURY, TENDERNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WAS MOVING A DRESSER AT HOME AND FELL ONTO OF RIGHT LOWER ARM SUSTAI NED A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL AND HIT DESK THEN FLOOR AND INJURED FOREARM. DX: RIGHT FOREARM CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 8 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| SCRATCHED ARM ON WOODEN DRESSER. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PATIENT C/O ARM PAIN, FELL LAST NIGHT, HIT A DRESSER. DX-RIGHT FOREARM INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2007 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 223YMC CLIMBING ON DRESSER AND DRESSER FELL OVER ONTO HIM C/O LOWER ARM PAIN/SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| CUT ARM ON A PEICE OF METAL ON DRESSER RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials |
| JUMPED FROM DESK TO FLOOR FX RADIUS AND ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Beds or bedframes |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM FROM A DRESSER WHILE FALLING OUT OF BED AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FX FOREARM, FELL OFF DRESSER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 83 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| HIT ARM ON CHEST OF DRAWERS ABRASION RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 20 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Stairs or steps |
| PT RUNNING DOWN STAIRS HIT ARM ON DRESSER TODAY DX// RIGHT FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 89 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: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL STRIKING RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAI8NST THE CORNER OF A DRESSER SUSTA INED A LACERATION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 5 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: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT X TODAY FELL OFF A DRESSER ONTO LOWER ARM. DX. FX OF THE LEFT RADIUS , ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB DRESSER - PAIN TO ARM. D : LEFT FOREARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| DROPPED A DRESSER ON LT FOREARM CONTUSOIN LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL OFF DRESSER AND HURT LT ARM DX: LT RADIUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO FOREARM HIT ON DRESSER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Computers |
| FOREARM UMB AFTER LEANING ON DESK PLAYING VIDEO GAMES/ARM NUMBNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT MOVING A DESK AND CAUGHT RIGHT LOWER ARM CONTUSION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2007 | Age: 29 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FOREARM LAC, PT PULLED ARM ACROSS DESK AND CUT HIMSELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 41 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT DRAWER FELL ON ARM AT HOME TODAY DX// CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM AND WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Beds or bedframes |
| ~PT STOOD UP FROM BED TO RELIEVE LEG CRAMP, LOST BALANCE & FELL HITTING DRESSER. POSS. LOC. D:RADIUS FX, SCALPLAC, HYPOTENSION ORTHOSTATIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 21 YOF CUT ON METAL DRAWER LAC L FA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PATIENT HIT ARM ON A DESK AND DX WITH FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AND HIT (L) LOWER ARM ON DRESSER SUSTAINING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| BUCKLE FX L DISTAL RADIUS; MOM STATES PT WAS @ SUNDAY SCHOOL & FELL OUT OF DESK LANDING ON ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WAS PLAYING, FELL OFF DRESSER INJURING ARM DX: BILAT FOREARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT AT SCHOOL SOB FELL OUT OF DESK ONTO FLOOR/ DX ANXIETY CONTUSIONS TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT TRIPPED OVER DESK AT SCHOOL AND FELL, LANDED ON RT OUTSTRETCHED FORE ARM, FX LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2007 | Age: 9 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PATIANT RAN IN TO DRESSER CAUSIN A SPRAIN ON LOWER ARM (LEFT FOREARM) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| AT NURSING HOME,PT GOT DRESSED,PT FELL HIT R FOREARM ON DRESSER,THEN FELL ON L HIP, DX R FOREARM ABRASION & UTI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| MUSC STR L FOREARM/81YOF C/O PAIN IN L FOREARM AREA WHEN PICKED SOMETHI NG UP THAT FELL BEHIND DRESSER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING LEFT LOWER ARM AGAINST A DESK LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT JUMPED FROM A "CHEST OF DRAWERS" APPROX 4FT AND FELL ONTO LEFT ARM S USTAINING A FRACTURE TO LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2007 | Age: 72 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FOREARM ABS-HIT EDGE OF DRESSER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| CUT ARM ON HANDLE OF DRESSER DRAWER DX: ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 40 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| LEFT FOREARM PUNCTURE LACERATION STATUS POST HITTING IT ON WOODEN DRESSER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL ON DRESSER AT SCHOOL. DX- 1.3 CM FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL OFF A DRESSER RIGHT RADIUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Beds or bedframes |
| PT GETTING OUT OF BED,TRIPPED,RT ARM FELL INTO CORNER OF DRESSER,C/O PX FROM ELBOW TO WRIST, DX CONTUSION RIGHT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL FROM DRESSER AT HOME DX: LT RADIUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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