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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 880
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT FOREHEAD ON FIREPLACE DX: FACE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| TRIPPED ON SLATE LEDGE OF FIREPLACE&FELL SCRATCHING SHIN >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| CHI-SCALP LAC-FELL-HIT WOODEN FIREPLACE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT SUS LACERATION TO FACE AFTER TRIP AND FALL HITTING EDGE OF FIREPLACE % |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| LOST BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT C/O RIGHT BUTTOCK PAIN AFTER TRIPPING ON FIREPLACE LEDGE 12 DAYS AGO .CC/O INCREASING PAIN OF AREA. DX: PELVIC FRACTURE, ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| CHI. PT FELL INTO A FIREPLACE HITTING HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 54 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: Other fireplaces |
| DX CONTU L CHEST WALL: FELL BACKWARD ONTO FREESTAND'G FIREPLACE X 2HRS. STRUCK RIBS ON A FIREPLACE EDGE W PAIN W LIFT'G/INC W DEEP INSPIRAT'N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| FELL, HIT HEAD ON FIREPLACE TODAY DX; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| WAS WALKING IN HOUSE AND HIT (L) FOOT ON FIREPLACE DX- TOE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| DX PERONEUS TENDONITIS: STARTED THE DAY AFTER HE TRIPPED OVER A FIREPLACE LEDGE AT HOME; NO FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| HEAD INJURY FROM FALLING BACKWARD ONTO FIREPLACE, HITTING HEAD AND BACK. DX-LACERATION SCALP,LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| DX R DISTAL RADIUS FX: TRIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS INTO DORMANT FIREPLACE. C/O R WRIST PAIN/SWELL'G W SM ABRASION TO R ARM. NO FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| HIT FOOT ON FIREPLACE AT HOME. DX FOOT SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Other fireplaces, Paper products |
| FIREPLACE FIRE SPARKED NEWSPAPERS AND SPREAD & PT TRIED TO PUT OUT. FD NS. DX: BILAT HAND BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 68 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: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| DX RX RIBS: TRIPPED ON HEARTH OF FIREPLACE AND FELL AGAINST IT W INJ TO RIBS WHILE LOOKING FOR PUPPY. NO FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| FELL AT HOME, HIT HEAD ON FIREPLACE. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces, Day wear |
| PT REPORTS BEING ON KNEE CLEANING FIREPLACE, NOTICED THAT PANTS WERE GE TTING TIGHT AROUND KNEE. DX. CONT R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| TRIPPED&FELL HITTING SHOULDER ONTO THE FIREPLACE, H/O LUNG CA WITH METS TO THE LIVER&SPLEEN>>HUMRUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT RECEIVED LACERATION TO FACE WHEN FELL AND HIT BRICK FIREPLACE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH SINCE BEING EXPOSED TO SOME SMOKE FROM HER FIREPLACE 2 WEEKS AGO. D:PULMONARY EMBOLI, ACS. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON HEARTH. DX HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT TRIPPED FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE CAUSED LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| TURNED QUICK AND FELL LOSSING FOOTING AND HIT TEMPLE ON FIREPLACE BRUIS ING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| TRIPPED, FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE/WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| PT ACCIDENTLY HIT TOE ON FIREPLACE AND INJ IT DX: RT GREAT TOE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Other fireplaces |
| EYE FB-WHILE CLEANING OUT THE FIREPLACE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | 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: Other fireplaces |
| FELL INTO FIREPLACE INJURING HEAD WITH NOSE ECCHYMOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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