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Accidents - Outerwear - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 949
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Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:228Upper Trunk:145
Head:137Eyeball:83
Hand:76All Of Body:76
Lower Arm:76Shoulder:30
Face:30Knee:15
Upper Arm:15Upper Leg:15
Elbow:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outerwear, Power lathes
54 Y M WAS USING A LATHE AND GOT HIS COAT CAUGHT IN IT/DX: PAIN TO LOW ER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Outerwear
PT FELL WHEN COAT GOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING DX:KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outerwear
FELL OVER COAT AND FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outerwear
STANDING ON CORNER PULLING ON SON'S COAT AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON CONCRETE. LACERATION TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Outerwear
PATIENT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THIGH AFTER JACKET WAS CAUGHT IN CAR DOOR A ND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Outerwear
LEFT SHOULDER SPRAIN.PT WENT TO PUT ON A COAT AND MOVED ARMS BACKWARDS AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outerwear
FELT "POP" WHILE PUTTING ON JACKET DX. HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outerwear
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME, PT WAS TRYING TO PUT ON HER JACKET WHEN SHE LOST BALANCE AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outerwear
PT FELL WHILE CHANGING CLOTHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Outerwear
BACK PAIN WHILE PUTTING JACKET ONBACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/21/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Outerwear
GOT OUT OF CAR TO PULL JACKET OFF IN *** PARKING LOT AND KNEE GAVEWAY & PT. FELL SIDEWAYS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON PAVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outerwear
RT ELBOW FX-AT DAY PROGRAM-TRIPPED ON HIS COAT AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Outerwear
PUTTING ON JACKET YESTERDAY HIT LT HAND; LT HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Outerwear
HIP DISLOCATION - WAS TRYING TO GET COAT OUT OF CLOSET, TWISTED HER RIG HT HIP AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/23/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outerwear, Chairs
FRACTURED STERNUM - LOST BALANCE WHEN PUTTING JACKET ON,FELL INTO CORNE R OF CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/05/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Outerwear
RT SHOULDER SPRAIN-ARM GOT PULLED WHILE PUTTING ON HIS COAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outerwear
TRIPPED ON COAT FELL ON THIGH - HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/25/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Outerwear
RT CORNEAL ABRASION-PART OF COAT STRUCK PT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Outerwear
VISITING HER HUSBAND IN ROOM AT HOSPITAL, STANDING WITH COAT ON IN WARM ROOM, FELT FUNNY, SAT DOWN, PASSED OUT. DX VASODEPRESSOR SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2002Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Outerwear, Floors or flooring materials
82-YOF FRACTURED HER HIP AS A RESULT OF TRIPPING ON A COAT AND FAL LING TO THE FLOOR AT A RESTAURANT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/21/2002Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outerwear
HEAVY JACKET ON FELL - LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Outerwear
FOREHEAD LAC-TRIPPED OVER A COAT @ CHURCH-HIT FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Outerwear
WHILE PUTTING ON JACKET, HIT LT. EYE / PULL STRING DX: SCLERAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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