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Accidents - Toilets - Year 2008 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 792
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:141
26-50 years old:250
50+ years old:400

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toilets
PT FELL OFF OF TOILET/ ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls
SITTING ON THE TOILET, DUE TO WEAKNESS, SLIPPED OFF&LODGED AGAINST THE WALL>>ELBOW ABR/LOWER LEG CELLULITIS/WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
79 YOM FAINTED ON TOILET AND FELL CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toilets
PT DX SPRAIN LT ELBOW - S/P PT WAS USING TOILET,REACHED BEHIND HIMSELF AND FELT PAIN ON MOVEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
82 Y/O FELL LAST PM AT THE NURSING HOME, WENT TO BATHROOM BECAME DIZZY FELL ANDED ON COMMODE. DX-ELBOW CONTUSIONS, DIZZY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Toilets
56YO WHITE MALE AT NURSING HOME +LOC GETTING UP OFF TOILET,HIT L ELBOW L KNEE,SKIN TEAR L ELBOW,+LOC,NO DIALYSIS D/T PX,DX SYNCOPE-HYPERKALEMI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/28/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Bathtubs or showers
LOST BALANCE GETTING UP FROM COMMODE AND HIT ELBOW ON TUB AND SINK ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
AT CARE FACILITY FELL OFF TOILET INJURED ELBOW DX CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
PT GETTING UP FROM THE TOILET AND LEG GAVE WAY AND PT FELL TO THE FLOOR ONTO LEFT ELBOW LACERATION ELBOW TILE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OFF THE TOILET STRIKING RIGHT ELBOW ON A TILE FLOOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Toilets
USING TOILET FATHER PULLED HER UP TO KEEP HER FROM FALLING IN TOILET DISLOCATION LEFT ELBOW NURSEMAID ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
FELL ON HIS HEAD WHILE SITTING ON THE TOILET. L ELBOW PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
58 YO FEMALE "FELL OUT OF TOILET" CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Bathtubs or showers
FELL WHILE TOILETING - STRUCK ELBOW AGAINST WALL - FELL IN TUB ELBOW FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2008Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
ON THE TOILET, SYNCOPED&FELL OFF HITTING ELBOW WHICH NOW SWOLLEN >> TAUMATIC ELBOW EFFUSION/SYNCOPE/DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/02/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PATIENT FELL OFF TOILET SEAT AT HOME, FELL ON ARM; SUPRACONDYLAR ELBOW FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/01/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
AT HOTEL AND SLIPPED OFF TOILET AND FELL TO FLOOR FX HUMERUS AND CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2008Age: 97 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Wheelchairs
FELL GETTING UP FROM TOILET INTO WHEELCHAIR INJURING ELBOW AT CARE CENT ER. DX; ABRASION ELBOW, BRADYCARDIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TOILET AT SOBERING CENTER. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 2 CM, ALCOHOL INTOX, R RADIAL HEAD FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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