Accidents - Containers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,289
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Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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: Containers, Clothing
PT WITH DULL CHEST PAIN WHILE MOVING BOXES OF CLOTHES. D: CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 71 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: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP PACKAGE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO POTTED PLAN T. D:RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
59 YO MALE CARRIED A 20 POUND CONTAINER AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PICKED UP BOX & PLACED IT ON SHELF. ACUTE MUSCLE STRAIN RT PECTORALIS M AJOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
62 YOF WAS UNLOADING BOXES FROM HER CAR; DEVELOPED CCHEST TIGHTNESS. SP RAIN, CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
FELL OVER BARRELS DX: FRACTURE TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
RIGHT UPPER BACK STR. PT WAS LIFTING A BOX AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 71 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: Containers
LIFTING BOX AND DEVELOPED CHEST WALL PAIN;NON CARDIAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT REPORTS HE STRUCK LEFT RIB AREA AGAINST A BOX CORNER - COMPLAINS OF WORSENING PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 54 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: Containers, Wood paneling and particleboard
LIFTING BOXES FELL UP AGAINST SHEET OF PLYWOOD DX CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
MOVING A BOX TODAY-HEARD "POP." ACUTE LT RIB INJURY, R/O OCCULT RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
CHEST PAIN AFTER LIFTING A BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT LIFTING HEAVY BOXES STRAINED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
LIFTING A BOX WHEN IF FELL ONTO HER BREAST AND CONTUSED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
CHEST PAIN WHILE LIFTING BOX DX: CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
PT WAS LIFTING A HEAVY BOX AND EXPERIENCED CHEST WALL PAIN DX: RECENT CHEST WALL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 52 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: Containers
DX RIB CONTUSION: HELPING MOVE AND INJURED RIBS WHILE LIFTING BOXES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers, Tables
PT TRIPPED OVER BOXES AND FELL ONTO TABLE EDGE. DX: CONT R RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
PATIENT HAD PAIN IN HIS CHEST AFTER MOVING SOME BOXES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 83 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: Fracture
Product: Containers
BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING BOXES DX: COMPRESSION FX OF T7
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 67 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: Containers
67 YEAR OLD FEMALE LIFTED HEAVY BOXES CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
CHEST WALL STRAIN AFTER LIFTING BOXES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
LIFTIN BOXES IN STORAGE UPPER BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers, Drinking glasses
CARRYING BOX OF CRYSTAL GLASSES, SAT DOWN AND BOX FELLON TO CHEST/ STERNAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 56 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
LIFTING A HEAVY BOX WHILE TURNING AND FELT PAIN IN CHEST;CONTUSION NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
PT SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO BACK AND ELBOW AFTER FALLING DOWN IN A STORE ON THE BOXES,LANDED ON BUTTOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 51 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: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT HAD 2 HEAVY FILE BOXES FALL ON HER. DX RIGHT RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
FIXING SKYLIGHT AT SON'S HOUSE, STANDING ON 3 MILK CRATES - LOST BALANC FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
LEFT CHEST CONTUSION.PT WAS LIFTING A BOX AND IT HIT PT IN CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
CONTUSION CHEST - 78 YOM STATES HE WAS WALKING OUT FRONT DOOR, TRIPPED OVER BOX PLACED IN FRONT OF DOOR TO HIS CONDO AND FELL INTO A BUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL CARRYING BOX SUNDAY, R RIB PAIN CONTUSION VS OCCULT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT TRIPPED OVER A BOX AT CHURCH FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
59 YO FEMALE WAS LIFTING BOXES WHILE MOVING AND CLEANING BROTHER'S HOUSE - CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	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: Containers
DX RIB CONTUSION: LEANING OVER CONTAINER, INJURED RIBS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers, Paper products
PT LIFTED A BOX OF PAPERS AND REINJURED RIBS. DX: R 8TH RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 76 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: Containers
PT C/O BACK PAIN S/P LIFTING HEAVY PACKAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT C/O LT BREAST PAIN S/P LIFTING HEAVY CASE OF WATER X2 WEEKS AGO. DX MSK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 52 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: Containers
PT TRIPPED OVER A BOX AT HOME STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
PATIENT STUMBLED OVER A BOX AND FELL AT THE BANK. DX-LEFT ELBOW LACERAT LACERATION, CONTUSION, CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT CARRYING A HEAVY BOX AT HOME STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 77 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: Containers
FELL WHEN MOVING HIT SELF ON BOX DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING RIBS ON A BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT KICKED BOX DEVELOPED BACK PAIN, ACUTE CHEST PAIN, RIB FX, TSPINE COM PRESSION FX, OSTEOPOROSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
55 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE PICKING UP BOXES THIS MORNING RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT C/O BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING BOX YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2003	Age: 51 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: Containers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PATIENT FELL OFF A BOX WHILE HANGING CURTAINS AT HOME, FELL ON HER STOMACH. DX-LEFT CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
AFTER LIFTING BOXES DEVELOPED RAPID HEART BEATDX: ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT LAST EVENING PICKED UP A BOX FELT A POP IN LEFT RIB CAGE FRACTURED R IB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
CHEST PAIN BEGAN 2 DAYS AGO.INTERMITTENT SINCE MOVING BOXES.DX ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
FELL -HIT A BARREL THORACIC SPINE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
TRIP OVER BOX, STRUCK CHEST ON PLASTIC STORAGE BOX CHEST CONTUSION SUSPECT RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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