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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,764
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/21/2010 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 84YOF ARM LACERATION FROM HITTING ARM ON A CARDBOARD BOX DX:FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2010 | Age: 64 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: Cardboard products |
| 64 YOM INJURED L L ARM WHEN PICKED UP A HEAVY BOX TODAY, STILL IS SORE DX: CONTUSION TO L ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2010 | Age: 80 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: Cardboard products |
| 80YOF GOT HIT BY FALLING MILK CARTON DX: CONTUSION TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 61 YOM BURNED RIGHT ARM ON PIZZA BOX THAT WAS ON FIRE FIRST DEGREE BURN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 77YOM-FOREARM LAC-SLIPPED ON A CARDBOARD-CUT ARM-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2010 | Age: 61 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: Cardboard products |
| 61YOF ABRASION TO LEFT FOREARM - ABRASION AFTER VIDEO BOX STRUCK FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | 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: Cardboard products |
| 92YOWF PT W/UNWITNESSED FALL IN ATTIC, FALL WAS CUSHIONED BY CARDBOARD BOXES. DX. LAC SKIN TEAR R FOREARM, CONT R FOOT, R ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2009 | Age: 81 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT TRYING TO REACH MEDICATION, SCRAPED LT FOREARM ON EDGE OF*** BO X. DX - LT FOREARM SKIN TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 61 years | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND FELL AND LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 85 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Cardboard products, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| ACC CUT ARM ONTO EDGE OF CARDBOARD REACHINGINTO A CABINET >>LAC/AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| SUSTAINED INSECT BITE TO LOWER ARM WHILE MOVING SOME CARTONS. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CARRYING A CARDBOARD BOX SLIPPED ON ICE INJURED LOWER ARM ..FX LOWER AR M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| C/O L WRIST PAIN AFTER FOOSH WHILE TRYING TO BREAK DOWN A BOX. ALSO C/ O MILD R HIP PAIN. FX L RADIUS, CONTUSION - CHEST WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT FELL BACKWARDS ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND ON CARDBOARD AND DIRT. D: DIST AL RADIL FX. . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 71 YOM SCRAPED RIGHT FOREARM ON A CARDBOARD BOX A FEW DAYS AGO, NOW DEV ELOPING CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives |
| PT CUTTING OPEN A BOX AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT ARM WITH KNIFE LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 56 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: Cardboard products |
| PT FELL ON BOXES AT HOME LAST NIGHT AND INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT FOREARM CONTUSION WITH CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 94 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: Cardboard products, Floors or flooring materials |
| IS 94, CARRYING BOX TRIPPED FELL TO FLOOR FX LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 53 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: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CARRYING BOX OF WINE OVER HER HEAD AND FELL ONTO THEM,BREAKING THEM AND LAC FOREARM ON THE GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| FOREARM LAC-CUT ON CARDBOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 60 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| FELL AND HIT A BOX WITH FOREARM RESULTING IN HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 74 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: Cardboard products |
| 74 YO M LACERATION TO ARM CUT ON BOX 2 DAYS AGO* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products, Doorsills or frames |
| PT HOLDING A BOX SLIPPED AND HIT ARM AGAINST DOOR FRAME AT HOME DX// RIGHT FOREARM FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2006 | Age: 66 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| C/O PT STATES A BOX FELL ON ARM DX RT LOWER ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 86YMC CUT FOREARM ON CARDBOARD BOX/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 75 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: Cardboard products |
| LAC TO ARM FROM CARDBOARD BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT TRIPPED OVER SOME CARDBOARD BOXES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2004 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| FELL AT HOME AND HIT ARM ON A CARDBOARD BOX. SKIN FLAP LACERATION TO RT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION FOREARM TENDON INVOLVEMENT - 79 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT FOREA RM WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AS HE WAS CUTTING CARDBOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | 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: Cardboard products |
| PT RECEIVED SKIN TEAR TO FOREARM WHEN HIT ARM ON CARDBOARD BOX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT HIT WITH MILD CARTON ON L FOREARM AT SUPERMARKET, LACERATION L FOREA RM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| PT TRYING TO OPEN A CARDBOARD BOX WITH A BOX CUTTER SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2001 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2001 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2001 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | 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: Cardboard products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/1997 | Age: 75 years | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Plastic wrapping products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/1997 | Age: 64 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: Cardboard products, Knives |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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