Accidents - Built-in fireplaces - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,453
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	70
Year 1998:	56
Year 2000:	104
Year 2003:	152
Year 2004:	128
Year 2005:	97
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	338
Year 2008:	441
Year 2009:	572
Year 2010:	403

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	644	Face:	454
Upper Trunk:	267	Lower Trunk:	246
Lower Leg:	160	Shoulder:	121
Toe:	111	Knee:	100
Finger:	87	Lower Arm:	77
Elbow:	71	All Of Body:	63
Hand:	46

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Built-in fireplaces, Floors or flooring materials
54 Y/O/M FIREPLACE STARTED FLOOR ON FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE AT HOME COHB 2.5 DX/ SMOKE INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2010	Age: 94 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: Built-in fireplaces
94 YO F FEL LHIT HEAD ON BRICK FIREPLACE. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
76YOF SUSTAINED A FACIAL LACERATION FELL STRUCK FACE ON THE FIREPLACE M ANTLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/26/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
RT KNEE CONTUSION.57YOF HIT KNEE ON A FIREPLACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Built-in fireplaces
62YOF TRIPPED AND FELL INTO CONCRETE FIREPLACE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
85YOF ACCIDENTLY FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE STRIKING FACE ON BRICKS; FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2010	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
73YOM TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK FACE ON A BRICK FIREPLACE AT HOME SUSTAIN ED A FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2010	Age: 77 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: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
77YOF AT HOME ETOH FELL INTO FIREPLACE INJ R HIP NO FIRE OR FD/ DX R HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT TRIPPED AND GELL INTO FIREPLACE, DX: RIB FX NO FIRE...NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Built-in fireplaces
61YOF WAS TRIPPED OVER BRICK CORNER OF HER FIREPLACE AND FELL LANDING O N KNESS & INJURING SHIN. DX:LOWER LEG HEMATOMA, SKIN AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
61 F SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER HEAD AFTER HITTING HER HEAD ON THE FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL AND HIT LEG AGAINST BRICK FIREPLACE, LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
DX R 4TH METATARSAL FX: C/O R 4TH TOE PN X 3D; SUB'G TOE ON CEMENT FIRE PLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
FELL AND HIT FIREPLACE CUTTING FOREHEAD LACERATION FOREHEAD #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT HIT HER LEG ON THE FIREPLACE, DX: LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Built-in fireplaces, Chairs
DX SPRAIN ANK R/ABRASION FOREARM R: FELL ASLEEP LAST NOC IN CHAIR; TRIED TO GET UP TO GO TO BED & FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE MANTLE, PN R FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Built-in fireplaces
96 Y/O F INJURED HEAD WHEN TRIPPED OVER FIRE PLACE HEARTH AT HOME. DX; CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT SHOULDER ON FIREPLACE DX// LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT AT HOME TRIPPED AND FELL HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF FIREPLACE/ DX 2CM DEEP LAC SCALP NO FD OR FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT WITH FRACTURED RIBS FROM FALL ON FIREPLACE NO FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Built-in fireplaces, Day wear
80 YOM WAS LIGHTING A FIRE IN THE FIREPLACE AND HIS SLEEVE CAUGHT FIRE AND PT SUSTAINED BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDANCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
51YOF WAS AT PANERA BREAD,SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE; FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL HITTING CHEST ON LEDGE OF FIREPLACE AT HOME DX: MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME HIT FACE ON FIREPLACE DX// FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces, Alcohol
LACERATION FOREHEAD - 94 YO MALE PRESENTS AFTER TRIPPING AND FALLING IN TO STONE FIREPLACE IN HOUSE - ADMITS TO "A GOOD SIZED SCOTCH" DRINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT RECEIVED ABRASION TO ELBOW WHEN HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE AND FELL ONTO BRICK HEARTH OF FIREPLACE AT HOME HITTING ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Built-in fireplaces
91YOF WAS HOME FELL HITTING HEAD ON A STONE FIREPLACE; HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT WAS WALKING BAREFOOT & HIT TOE AGAINST FIREPLACE HEARTH AT HOME DX: FRACTURED RIGHT LITTLE TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT BURNED FINGER AND THUMB ON FIREPLACE, BURNS TO RIGHT FINGER AND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
HIT BUTTOCKS ON HEARTH OF FIREPLACE FX COCCYX *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	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: Built-in fireplaces
FRACTURE L1 - 80 YO MALE PRESENTS VIA AMBULANCE AFTER TRIPPING OVER STO NE FIREPLACE HEARTH - ALSO STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PATIENT FELL AND LACERATED SCALP ON FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT RECEIVED CHEST WALL PAIN WHEN FELL ONTO CEMENT FIREPLACE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces, Batteries
STANDING NEXT TO THE FIREPLACE WHEN A SMALL BATTERY ACC THROWN C THE TR ASH INTO FIREPLACE&EXPLODED INTO PT'S HAND " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PUTTING FIREWOOD IN THE FIREPLACE, WOOD SLIPPED CUTTING HAND " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING FOREHEAD ON A BRICK FIREPLACE AT HOME SUST AINED A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Built-in fireplaces
CHI - 79 YOF FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HER HEAD ON STONE FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	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: Built-in fireplaces
FELL LANDING ON FIREPLACE AND HIT HEAD RESULTING IN BLUMNT HEAD TRAUMA AND CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
94 Y/O W/FM CUT BACK OF HEAD WHEN FELL AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON BRICK FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Built-in fireplaces
62 Y/O M INJURED LOWER BACK WHEN BENDING OVER TO PUT WOOD IN FIREPLACE AT HOME. DX; LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
FELL ONTO STONE FIREPLACE - CONTUSION SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Built-in fireplaces
L FRONTAL HEMATOMA, SEVERE ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIS, HYPOKALEMIA, HYPOOSMOLALITY, FELL AT HOME INTO TILE OF FRONT OF FIREPLACE (FIREPLAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
KNELT ON BRICK FIREPLACE HEARTH KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2000	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2000	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2000	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Built-in fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/1998	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Built-in fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/1998	Age: 61 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: Built-in fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/1998	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in fireplaces, Doorsills or frames
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/1997	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Built-in fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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