Accidents - Humidifiers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,841
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	226
Year 1999:	68
Year 2000:	69
Year 2001:	122
Year 2002:	373
Year 2003:	170
Year 2005:	72
Year 2006:	146
Year 2007:	69
Year 2008:	159
Year 2009:	277
Year 2010:	86

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	475	Lower Trunk:	280
Upper Trunk:	211	Toe:	170
Neck:	137	Finger:	69
Hand:	69	Shoulder:	69
Upper Arm:	68	Ankle:	68
Elbow:	67	Ear:	67
Foot:	38	Upper Leg:	16
All Of Body:	15	Eyeball:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
53YOF-WAS LIFTING A HUMIDIFIER AND STARTED HAVING BACK PAIN. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2010	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	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: Humidifiers
67YOM, WAS DOWN CHANING THE WATER UNIT IN THE HUMIDIFIER WHEN DEVELOPED DIZZINESS>>VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers
CUT ON HUMIDIFIER. DX-LACERATION L 5TH FINGER#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers
85 YO F, ON * & *, WALKING IN ASS'T LIVING FACILITY, TRIPPED OVER H UMIDIFIER, FELL X13HRS AGO. HA. DX:ARM CONTUSION, SLIGHT HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
LIFTING HUMIDIFIER. DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
HAS NECK PAIN AFTER MOVING HUMIDIFIER CERVICAL SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
PT WAS "LIFTING A HUMIDIFIER" AND FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS LOWER BAC K DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
RIB CONTUSION.PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC IN GARAGE AND FELL INTO A HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY WATER FROM HUMIDIFIER DX ACUTE THORACIC MYOFASCIAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Humidifiers
76YOF AT HOME ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED ON HUMIDIFIER CORD,HITTING SHOULDER; SHOULDER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers
LACERATED TOE AFTER HITTING TOE ON CORNER OF HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers, Ceilings and walls
BENDING TO ADJUST HUMIDIFIER AND LOST BALANCE AND STRUCK WALL AND FELL BACKWARDS SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
ABRASION HEAD - 75 YOM FELL WHILE GOING TO THE BATHROOM, HIT HIS HEAD O N THE HUMIDIFIER, C/O FEELING WEAK AND HAS NOT BEEN EATING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers, Beds or bedframes
PT. TRIPPED OVER HUMIDIFIER GETTING OUT OF BED. HAS SMALL LAC TO SCALP . DX. LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
RT CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS FROM HUMIDIFIER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Humidifiers
OPEN GREAT TOE FX-@ HOME-DROPPED 10# HUMIDIFIER ON TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers
LAC RT HAND TODAY WORKING ON HUMIDIFIER-COMPLEX LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Humidifiers
FX RT HIP, WALKED INTO ROOM AT HOME, TRIPPED ON A HUMIDIFIER, FELL, LANDING ON RT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Humidifiers
RIB FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED OVER A HUMIDIFIER AND FELL AND HIT CHEST ON HUM IDIFIER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Humidifiers
FELL AT HOME, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON HUMDIFIER/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	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: Humidifiers, Beds
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED AND HIT FACE ON HUMIDIFIER. D:CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Humidifiers
54 YOM COMES TO ER COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN LT. EAR. STATES HE SLEEPS BY HUMIDIFIER WHICH SPRAYED WATER INTO LT. EAR. OTITIS EXTERNA, LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Humidifiers
=84YOM FELL AT HOME HITTING FACE ON HUMDIFIER DX/HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 62 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: Humidifiers
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN LIFTING HUMIDIFIER 2 WEEKS AGO, ACUTE BACK PA IN SECONDARY TO LATISSUMUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Humidifiers
R BICEPS HEMATOMA - ARM PAIN AFTER LIFTING WAER TANK TO HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2001	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2001	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2001	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2000	Age: 72 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: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/21/1999	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/1997	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: Humidifiers, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/1997	Age: 84 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/1997	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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