Accidents - House repair or construction materials - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,813
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Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	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: House repair or construction materials
PT HAD 20 FOOT FALL FROM ROOF. POSSIBLE SEIZURE PRIOR TO FALL. D: T-7 F X, SEIZURE. PT LEFT AMA.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 51 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: House repair or construction materials
TRIPPED AND HIT CHEST ON BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING CEMENT BLOCKS DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials, Computers
DOING SIDING WORK @ HOME FOR 1 WEEK, CHEST WALL DISCOMFORT SINCE, AT COMPUTER AT 2230 BECAME DIZZY, SWEATING. DX CHEST WALL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL SUNDAY HIT LEFT RIBS AGAINST A 2X4 BOARD, C/O PAIN. THORACIC WALL MUSCLE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL OFF OF AN 8FT ROOF DX: RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 67 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
THORACIC STRAIN-AFTER LIFTING 16 2X12 PIECE OF LUMBER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 88 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: House repair or construction materials
88 YO MALE FELL ON CONCRETE FLOOR IN GARAGE,CONTUSIONS TO CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PATIENT FELL OFF THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE. DX-FRACTURE 11TH RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	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: House repair or construction materials
R POST RIB FX - FELL FROM ROOF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 59 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: House repair or construction materials
FELL 10-12 FT OFF ROOF HIT TREE, R RIB PAIN. DX MULTIRIB CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 63 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: House repair or construction materials
HIT BY BOARD IN R RIBS WHILE CUTTING WOOD. DX RIB CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 58 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: House repair or construction materials, Ladders
PT FELL OFF ROOF ONTO LADDER. DX: CHEST/BACK CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	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: Hemorrhage
Product: House repair or construction materials, Air conditioners
FELL 15 FT FROM ROOF ONTO AIRCONDITIONER STRIKING CHEST ON IT;MED FLITE IN;DOA,EXSANGUINATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 60 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: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL OFF ROOF AT HOME DX: MULT LT RIB FX'S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 51 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: House repair or construction materials
ON ROOF ABOUT 8 FT UP, SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT GROUND DX: CONTUSION OF CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
57YOM WAS HAD PACEMAKER IMPLANT 6 DAYS AGO, WAS FIXING ROOF AND PACEMAK ER FIRED TWICE. DX: PALPITATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL FORM ROOF WHILE CLEANING GUTTERS FELL 20 FT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 73 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: House repair or construction materials
PT WALKING AT THE MALL WHEN SHE FELL STRIKING CHEST ON A CONCRETE PILL AR FRACTURED STERNUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
SHORT OF BREATH AND LIGHT-HEADED ONSET LAST PM, EXPOSED TO PLASTER DUST FROM NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ALL DAY. DX CHEST PAIN, CHF, RECENT MI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PAIN LIFTING BUILDING STONES, BUILDING A PATIO DX. CP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON RIBS WITH 2X4. D: CHEST WALL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
74 YO M SLIPPED ON ROOF, FELL LANDING ON BOTTOM ON ROCKS. DX L PNEUMOTH ORAX, MULTIPLE RIB/PELVIS/SACRUM FRACTURE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF DX. RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 54 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: House repair or construction materials
PT RECEIVED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO CHEST, HIP AND LOWER LEG WHEN FELL 8FT FROM LADDER WHILE WORKING ON HOUSE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 73 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: House repair or construction materials
73 Y/O M C/O HURT BACK. PT FELL THROUGH THE ROOF. DX CONT AND ABRASIONS TO BACK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CMPD FX MID BACK; CARRYING 16 FT 2X6 WHILE HELPING WORK ON DECK, FELT S UDDEN POP BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL ON CONCRETE WHILE WALKING,FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
SPHENOID #, LET PNEUMOTHORAX. FELL 20 FEET FROM ROOF ONTO GRAVEL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
DIFFICULTY BREATHING, WORSE AFTER PULLING ROOF OFF OF OLD BUILDING. DX ASTHMA EXACERBATION, TOBACCO ABUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 74 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: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL AND HIT BOARD; CHEST WALL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 83 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: House repair or construction materials, Saws
CUTTING PIECE OF *** WHEN SAW KICKED BACK AND STRUCK PT IN ABDOMEN BLU NT ABD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 58 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: House repair or construction materials
PATIENT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THORACIC AFTER BOARD PRESSED INTO RIB WHILE REACHING FOR AN OBJECT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Stairs or steps
SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST 2X4 WHILE WALKING UP STEPS/ RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 73 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
73 YOM LOFTING BOARD STRAIN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 52 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: House repair or construction materials
PT. FELL OFF ROOF, C/O LAC TO L ARM. DX. CONT CHEST, ABRA R HAND/WRIST .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 52 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: House repair or construction materials
52 YO M FELL OFF ROOF LANDING ON SIDE FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/02/2003	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: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF OF HOUSE FRIDAY.R RIB PAIN.DX FX RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 58 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH CHEST PAIN AND UPPER BACK PAIN AFER SHOVELING CEMENT ON 1/01. D: ACUTE M.I. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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