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Accidents - Public equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,150
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:171Face:132
Upper Trunk:100Foot:100
Wrist:94Knee:86
Lower Leg:86Hand:85
Ankle:77Neck:77
Shoulder:69Finger:33
Elbow:16Unkown:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
PT HELPING HER HUSBAND AT A STORE AS HE BEGAN TO FALL SHE STRUCK HER HE AD ON A METAL SIGN LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
LAC TO FOREHEAD, FELL & HIT NEWSPAPER DISPENSER DX: COMPLEX FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Public equipment
RESTRAINED BACK SEAT PASSENGER IN MVA, STOP GATE FELL INTO WINDSHIELD OF VAN, CHEST PAIN FROM SEATBELT AGAINST CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
80 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL ON METAL GRATE AT HEALTHPLEX FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
CONTUSION, ABRASION L LEG, TRIPPED OVER HANDICAP SIGN IN PARKING LOTOF ***, HIT L LOWER LEG ON CEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
LACERATION FINGER - 79 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER LEFT THUMB AFT ER A PLASTIC SIGN FELL ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Public equipment
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO GET CANISTER FROM DRIVE THRU WINDOW AT BANK AND V ACUM SUCKED HER ARM INTO CYLINDER. SHOULDER/ARM STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Public equipment
PT HAND GOT CAUGHT WHILE TRYING TO SET UP A VOTING MACHINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
PT WALKED INTO STREET SIGN. DX: 2 CM FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
PT LAC LT WRIST ON SOAP DISPENSER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM CONT. PT HAD A SIGN FALL ON HER IN A STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Public equipment
PT FELL DOWN IN PHONE BOOTH, FOUND DOWN AT BOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment, Footwear
PT STEPPED OF CAR INTO PARKING LOT L FOOT CUT ON BROKEN STOP SIGN STICK ING UP OUT OF PAVEMENT CUTTING THROUGH SHOE INTO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Public equipment
71 YOF HIT HEAD ON SIGNMUSCLE STRAIN CERVICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Public equipment, Wheelchairs
TRIPPED OVER A SALE SIGN AT STORE APPROX 1530, HELPED INTO WHEELCHAIR & OUT TO CAR, REFUSED AMBULANCE, ANKLE PAIN SINCE. DX ACUTE RT ANKLE SPRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
LEG CT-HIT A YARD SALE SIGN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Public equipment
PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND-FROM RUSTY METAL SIGN @ STORE IN PORT HURON ON 8 -18-03
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
CONTUSION TO ELBOW WHEN STRUCK ON SIGN AT STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Public equipment
51YOM LACERATED L INDEX FINGER ON SIGN AT PARK. DX: LACERATION, L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
PT HIT HEAD ON A SIGN, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Public equipment
PT AT A STORE WHEN A SIGN FELL AND HIT HER HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Public equipment
PT LEAVING PARKING LOT AND TURN STYLE CAME DOWNN ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Public equipment
WAS WALKING INTO ***'S RESTAURANT AND WALKED INTO A SIGN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Public equipment
FRACTURE PATELLA - 55 YOM WAS RUNNING DOWN A HILL IN THE GRASS AND TRIP PED ON A METAL SIGN, LANDED ON CEMENT INJURING RIGHT KNEE, AT A PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
DISPLAY FELL ON RIGHT FOOT AT RESTAURANT - RIGHT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Public equipment
PT INJURED WHEN FELL IN MANHOLE COVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Public equipment
PT STAES HE WAS PULLING SIGN POSTS OUT OF THE SNOW AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Public equipment
67 YO WF - BRUISE RT. KNEE - FELL OVER A SIGN & "WENT DOWN" ON HER KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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