Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,735
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Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER LIFTING VACUUM CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT C/O FALL. PT TRIPPED OVER VACCUUM. DX LFT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
BACK STR. PT INJURED BACK PULLING A VACUUM CLEANER OUT OF CLOSET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACUUMING AT HOME, TRIPPED OVER CORD AND FELL INJURING HIP. DX: FRACTU RE HIP.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT VACUUMING HIS HOUSE STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PAIN AFTER VACUUMING BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT WAS VACUUMING AND FELL. DX: ACUTE PELVIC PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT TWISTED BACK VACUUMING. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PICKED UP VACUUM CLEANER - BACK PAIN DX - LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LOW BACK PAIN AFTER USING A VACUUM CLEANER "SWEEPER" AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO DX LOW BACK STRAIN.X
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
91YOF AT HOME OVER VACCUME TO FLOOR INJ HIP DX FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PAIN WHILE USING VACUUM DX. LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN PUSHING A VACUUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
54 YOM WAS VACUUMING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
BENT OVER TO PICK UP VACUUM CLEANER AND CORD CANNOT STAND UP STRAIGHT LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE VACUUMING FLOOR PATIENT GOT SEVERE PAIN IN HIP WHICH CAUSED HER TO GO DOWN ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT. TRIPPED OVER VACUUM CLEANER CORD SATURDAY. DX. CONT R GROIN, SPRAI N/STRAIN R GROIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX LEFT LOWER BACK STRAIN: URING VACUUM CLEANER, INJURED BACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
BACK PAIN WHILE VACUUMING DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
70 YOF WAS CLEANING WITH A VACUUM AT HER HOME; HAD ONSET OF LOW BACK PA IN. LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
79 YOF TRIPPED WHILE VACUUMING FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN VACUUMING SUNDAY, ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING VACUUM DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN X 2 WEEKS WITH VACUUMING, BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
VACUUMING BETWEEN WALL & COUCH, PT FELL & LODGED BETWEEN COUCH & WALL FOR SEVERAL HRS DX LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
58 YEAR OLD FEMALE TRIPPED ON VACCUM CORD LANDING ON HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN - PAITENT INJURIED BACK WHILE RUNNING SWEEPER HX OF OLD BACK INJURY, NOT STATED IF VACUM CLEANER OR ELECTRIC SWEEPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
FELL WHILE VACUUMING DX: L 2 FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT TRIPPED OVER VACUUM AT HOME AND FELL, FX R HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS USING A VACUUM CLEANER AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACUMMING - HEARD A CRACK RIGHT HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT USING A VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME A WEEK AGO STRAINED RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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