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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 188
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators, Foods |
| PT GETTING A DRINK OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR AT HOME AND PASSED OUT SYNCO PE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/13/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DOOR. DX; WEAK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials |
| REACHING TO RETRIEVE WATER FROM REFRIGERATOR, FELL TO FLOOR/CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| PT BENT OVER TO OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND DEVELOPED SEVERE NAUSEA AND ROOM SPINNING VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE REACHING UP ON TOP OF REFRIGERATOR, PULLED REFRI GERATOR OVER ON HIM/ SYNCOPAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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