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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,475
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/17/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| P.W. R 3RD FING/64YOF SUSTAINED P.W. TO FINGER YESTERDAY AT HOME ON MET AL GUTTER AND COMES TO ED FOR TET.SHOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| FELL OFF LADDER WHILE CLEANING THE GUTTERS, STRUCK HEAD, NO LOC ' LAC/CHI" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FOREARMS RASH-AFTER CLEANING GUTTERS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT AT HOME CLEANING GUTTERS ON HOUSE INJ L EYE / DX R EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT CLEANING GUTTERS THIS WEEK AND INJURED BACK DX// ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING IN YARD. TRIPPED OVER RAIN GUTTER FALLING ONTO HAND S. FX: WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/31/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| STRUCK BY PLASTIC PIPE WHILE PULLING OUT OF WELL LAC RT FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 76YOF CLEANING GUTTERS SUBUNGUAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT. FELL ON DOWNSPOUT AT HOME TODAY. DX. FX. L DISTAL RADIUS (WRIST). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2006 | Age: 56 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: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED ON DRAIN PIPE AT HOME FELL FX HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/10/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| P.W. W/FB & CELLULITIS/80YOM AT HOME GOT WOOD FROM SEWER COVER IN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| LEFT HAND LAC. PT CUT FINGER ON A GUTTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 84 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: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| PT USING LADDER, PUTTING UP GUTTERS ON HOUSE, FELL FROM LADDER & SUSTA INED LACERATIONS, ABRASIONS TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT LACERATED HAND ON NEW METAL GUTTER. D: PALM LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 73 Y/O M INJURED L SIDE OF CHEST WHILE PULLING ON DRAIN PIPE AT HOME. DX; L CHEST WALL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CERVICAL AND LUMBAR STRAIN - 52 YOF STRUCK AND KNOCKED TO GROUND WHEN P IECES OF GUTTER FELL ON HER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PATIENT HIT HIS RT LEG UP AGAINST A METAL PIPE WHILE DOING YARD WORK YESTERDAY C/O PAIN & SWELLING. DX - CONTUSION & HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| LAC TO L 5TH DIGIT ON ALUMINUM GUTTER, HIS LADDER FELL AND HE GRABBED T HE GUTTER. DX. LAC L SMALL FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FX TOE IN DRAIN GUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| CALCANEUS FX-CLEANING GUTTERS-SLID DOWN LADDER-HIT GROUND-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT FRACTURED A FINGER BY TRIPPING ON A DRAIN PIPE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 82 YOF RAN INTO GUTTER/ PUNCTURE WOUND, RT ANTERIOR FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| WORKING IN HIS YARD AND TRIPPED ON DRAINAGE PIPE CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS HELPING SON FIX GUTTERS AND FELL AND LACERATED RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER ON A CONCRETE DOWNSPOUT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER DOWNSPOUT CONTUSION ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| RADIUS FX-FELL OVER A DRAIN PIPE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| MC FX-FELL OVER DRAIN PIPE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER DOWNSPOUT OUTSIDE & FELL. CT RT SHOULDER & AB RT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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