Accidents - Counters or countertops - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,327
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Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 63 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: Counters or countertops, Nonelectric toothbrushes
63YOF BRUSHING TEETH AND HAD A SYNCOPEL EVENT AND FELL STRUCK CHEST ON THE COUNTER CONTUSION CHEST ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 81 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: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
ON ***, ATTEMTED TO MOVE W/O WALKER, TRIPPED&FELLHITTINGCHEST WALL AGAI NST THE COUNTER>>RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 51 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: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
SUSTAINED A MECH FALL IN THE KITCHEN LANDING WITH CHEST WALL AGAINST TH E COUNTER>>RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 78 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: Counters or countertops
78YOF FELL HITTING CHEST ON COUNTER DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
T 12 COMPRESSION FX.PT FELL INTO A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
IN A STORE-WAS LEANING OVER A MEAT CASE/COUNTER FOR A TURKEY & "HEARD A CRACKING SOUND & DEVELPOED R RIB PAIN DX CHEST CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 62 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: Counters or countertops, Cords, electrical
62YOM TRIPPED OVER A CORD AT HOME AND FELL THREE FEET INTO A COUNTER TO P SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 58 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: Counters or countertops
PT WAS AT HOME FELL HITTING A COUNTER, CAUSING A LT RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops
77 YR OLD FELL AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO HIT CHEST ON COUNTER LEFT BEFORE BEING TREATED DX// CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/19/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops, Tables
DX FX RIB T9 - CLOSED/CONTU BACK: S/P FALL F 3FT COUNTER TOP WHERE SHE LANDED ON THE EDGE OF TABLE & HIT POSTERIOR R FLANK & BACK.;
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 75 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: Counters or countertops
DX L COSTAL CONTU/L UPPER LOBE CONSOLIDATION: T-1; PT LEAN'G OVER COUNTER EDGE REACH'G/LOST BAL & HIT LOWER L RIBS ON EDGE OF COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 75 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: Counters or countertops
75YOM SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE BATHROOM AT HOME STRUCK UPPER BACK AGAINS T THE COUNTER FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 92 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: Counters or countertops
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
63 STATES RAN INTO COUNTER INJURING CHEST DX CHEST COUNTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL AND HIT SIDE ON COUNTERTOP CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 66 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: Counters or countertops
PT HIT LOW LT RIB ON KITCHEN COUNTER DX: RIB STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL BACK ONTO COUNTER. DX: RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
71 YR OLD FELL AGAINST COUNTER IN STORE AND INJURED CHEST DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
RT RIB FXS.PT FELL INTO A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops
TRIPPED, FELL HIT RT SIDE OF CHEST ON COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 58 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: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON A CARPETED FLOOR STRUCK CHEST ON THE CORNER OF A COUNTER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL AND HIT CHEST WALL ON COUNTER FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 85 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: Counters or countertops
FELL INTO A COUNTER YESTERDY. DX. RIB CONTUSION, UPPER ARM CONTUSION, R ENAL INSUFFIENCY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops
SLIPPED, FELL FORWARD HIT COUNTER TOP AT HOME. DX CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops, Pet supplies
PT RAN INTO A COUNTER WHILE HOLDING A DOG BOWL, DID INJURE CHEST DX: FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 60 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: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLIPPED ON WET KITCHEN FLOOR AT HOM STRUCK CHEST ON THE KITCHEN COUN TER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
NECK AND CHEST INJURY FROM FALLING OFF KITCHEN COUNTER ONTO FLOOR. DX-FALL, ASSORTED MYALGIAS, NECK, CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 95 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: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED AND FELL IN HIS KITCHEN HITTING CHEST ON COUNTER AND FALLING TO FLOOR DX- CHEST WALL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 88 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: Counters or countertops, Electrical outlets or receptacles
ACUTE CHEST WALL PAIN, SUSPECT RIB CONT.: 88YOF LEANED ACROSS COUNTER TO FLIP A SWITCH 2 DAYS AGO, PAIN IN RIBS SINCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 62 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: Counters or countertops
LEANING ON A CORNER&SLIPPED HITTING CHEST AGAINST THE COUNTER >>MUTL RIBS FX/PTX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 67 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: Counters or countertops
PT WAS AT HOME, HIT THE CORNER OF A COUNTER CAUSING CONTUSION TO LT RIB S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FX RT RIBS, PT AT HOME AND BECAME DIZZY AND FELL, INTO A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	Age: 83 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: Counters or countertops
PT REPORTS LOSING HER BALANCE ON SUNDAY AND REPORTS L RIB PAIN, L SHOUL DER PAIN AFTER FALLING INTO COUNTER. DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 89 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: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED AND FELL INTO COUNTER AT FOOD STORE AND BANGED ARM ON FLOOR MULTI RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
TRIPPED AND FELL INTO COUNTER. DX. RIB FX.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	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: Counters or countertops, Ceilings and walls
LAST PM, TRIPPED OVER HIS FEET&FELL HITTING CHEST WALL AGAINST THE COUN TER VS CORNER OF A WALL>>RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED AND HIT CHEST ON COUNTER. DX: R PTX, R 8,9,10 RIB FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 77 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: Counters or countertops
PT FELL AT HOME HIT CHEST ON COUNTER TOP DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 56 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: Counters or countertops
CHEST WALL CONTUSION..PT FELL INTO A COUNTERTOP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 74 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: Other
Product: Counters or countertops, Toasters
SUDDEN ONSET OF THORACIC BACK PAIN REACHING OVER THE COUNTER TO PLUG IN THE TOASTER>>BACK PAIN/METS BRAST CA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Counters or countertops
PAIN TO UPPER BACK AFTER LEANING OVER COUNTER DX: UPPER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Counters or countertops, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS ON VANITY COUNTER INSTALLING A SCREW ABOVE MIRROR AND FELL. DX: THORACIC/CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops, Nonelectric toothbrushes
PT BENDING OVER HIS SINK BRUSHING HIS TEETH AND HAD A SYNCOPAL EVENT FE LL STRUCK CHEST ON THE COUNTER FRACTURED RIB ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 88 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: Counters or countertops
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO CORNER OF COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT GOING TO THE BATHROOM SLIPPED AND STRUCK CHEST AGAINST A MARBLE COUN TER RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 85 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: Counters or countertops
PT HAD A MECHANICAL TRIP AND FALL PT STATES STRUCK RT SIDE OF CHEST ON A COUNTERTOP-UPPER TRUNK FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
RT RIB FXS.PT FELL INTO COUNTERTOP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
TRIPPED, FELL ONTO SIDE ON BATHROON COUNTER EDGE DX : MULTIPLE RIB FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT AT A STORE REACHING OVER THE COUNTER TO GRAB A PRODUCT AND SLIPPED S TRUCK CHEST ON THE COUNTER SUSTAINED A RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2009	Age: 94 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: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK CHEST AGAINST THE COUNTER SUSTAINED A CONTUS ION TO RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2009	Age: 60 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: Counters or countertops
RIB CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT TRIPPED AND HIT SIDE ON COUNTER. DX: R FIFTH LATERAL RIB FX, R BREAST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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