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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 211
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 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: 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) |
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