Accidents - Refrigerators - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,155
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	40
Year 1998:	200
Year 2000:	144
Year 2001:	152
Year 2002:	107
Year 2003:	137
Year 2004:	85
Year 2005:	45
Year 2006:	176
Year 2007:	295
Year 2008:	380
Year 2009:	239
Year 2010:	148

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/27/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Refrigerators
56 YOM C/O LEG PAIN, MOVING REFRIGERATOR WHEN IT FELL ON HIS KNEE. DX-DERANGEMENT LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
54 YOF PRESENT TO ER WITH INJURY TO KNEE AREA AFTER REFRIGERATOR FELL O N PT- DX- FRACTURE TO PATELLA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
54YOWM PT STEPPED OFF CURB WHILE CARRYING SMALL REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. DX. SPRAIN L KNEE, INTERNAL DERANGEMENT OF L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2010	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
91 YOF, SOMETHING FELL OFF OF REFRIGERATOR, FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION KNE ES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
C/O KNEE PAIN AFTER ACC TWISTING LEG WHILE MOVING A FRIDGE >>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT STATES (R) LEG GAVE OUT WHILE WALKING INTO KITCHEN, FELL & HIT HEAD & LOWER BACK ON REFRIGERATOR DX;* (R) KNEE CONTUSION / STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS AT HOME, MOVING A REFRIGERATOR, STRAINED LT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PT AT HOME GETTING ITEMS OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR AND FELL ONTO LEFT KNE E FRACTURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
LEFT KNEE FX.PT HIT KNEE ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
83YO HISP FEMALE TRIPPED & FELL,HIT FACE ON REFRIGERATOR AT HOME NLOC,L KNEE PX, DX L KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Ceilings and walls
73YOF WAS PULLING FOOD OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR LOST BALANCE,FELL STRIKING LT KNEE ON A WALL;KNEE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
TWISTED KNEE WHILE MOVING REFRIGERTOR DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
51YOM WHILE HOME PICKING UP REFRIGERATOR DEVELOPED PAIN IN RT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
REACHING INTO OPENED REFRIGERATOR, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WRONG DX: SPRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
LIFTED A REFRIGERATOR 2 DAYS AGO AND HAS PAIN TO (L) KNEE DX- MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON A REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
KNEE PAIN; HIT KNEE WITH REFRIGERATOR DOOR TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
LT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON A REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
GETTING ?STH FROM THE FRIDGE, THE DOOR SWUNG PUSHING HER&FELL ONTO KNEE >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	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: Refrigerators, Foods
CONTUSION KNEE VS ABRASION: GETTING FOOD OUT OF REFRIGERATOR YESTERDAY FELL, LT KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
RTKNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
PT WITH KNEE LAC, A REFRIGERATOR AND DOLLY FELL ON KNEE NOT WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 93 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: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS PUTTING THINGS IN REFRIGERATOR , LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO FLOOR INJURING KNEE, DX: ABRASION TO BOTH KNEES.DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PT SLIPPED IN THE KITCHEN AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON THE CORNER O F THE REFRIGERATOR SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
65YOM MOVED REFRIGERATOR,CROUCHED DOWN BEHIND REFRIGERATOR,WHEN HE GOT UP HAD PAIN BEHIND BOTH KNEES;MUSCULAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON REFRIGERATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
STRUCK KNEE AGAINST FRIDGE " SPRAIN/COTNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS IN THE KITCHEN AND SLIPPED AND BOTH KNEES HYPERFLEXED AS HER FOOT WENT UNDER REFRIGERATOR. DX-KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
LACERATED LEG ON SHARP EDGE OF A REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
ON KNEE CLEANING OUT REFRIGERATOR, FELT KNEE POP DX L KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND HIT REFRIGERATOR. DX: R KNEE PX, R SCIATICA, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
CONTUSION TO KNEE WHEN A REFRIGERATOR FELL ON KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	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: Refrigerators
CONTUSION KNEE - PATIENT REPORTS SHE STRUCK HER LEFT KNEE AGAINST HER R EFRIGERATOR LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
BIL KNEE OCNT. PT FELL TO KNEES WHEN OPENING A REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
KNEE PAIN, MILD OSTEOARTHRITIS, MOVING HER REFRIGERATOR AT HOME LATER BEGAN HAVING LT MEDIAL KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
LEFT KNEE SPR. PT SPILLED POP OUT OF REFRIGERATOR AND THEN SLIPPED IN IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT'S KNEE GAVE OUT AND SHE HIT REFRIGERATOR. DX: L KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT OPENING A REFRIGERATOR AT HOME SLIPPED STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT. FELL AGAINST REFRIGERATOR LAST PM AND BUMPED R KNEE. DX. SPRAIN R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
STATES RAN INTO REFRIGERATOR, BOUNCED ONTO KITCHEN FLOOR. DX. FX L PAT ELLA, CONT L SHOULDER, UPPER HUMERUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS TURNING AWAY FROM FRIDGE WHEN SHE FELT A PAIN IN KNEE, PAIN TO K NEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators, Exercise
LT KNEE BURSITIS-@ HOME-AFTER KNEELING FOR 45 MINUTES CLEANING REFRIGER ATOR THEN WALKED FOR 1 MILE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2001	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Other ranges
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2001	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2000	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2000	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2000	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2000	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/1998	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/1998	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/1998	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/1998	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/1998	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	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: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/1998	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/1998	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/1997	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	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: Refrigerators
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/20/1997	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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