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Accidents - Mirrors or mirror glass - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,839
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:443Hand:267
Foot:218Head:192
Eyeball:107Lower Arm:100
Lower Leg:98Wrist:91
Upper Trunk:84Toe:83
Ankle:83Face:67

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/28/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls
FOREARM LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHEN A MIRROR FELL OFF THE WALL AND CUT H IS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Beds
64 YO M STEPPED ON MIRROR WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED. DX LACERATION TO TO E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DROPPED A MIRROR AT HOME WHEN THE GLASS WENT INTO RIGHT FOOT FOREIGN BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FELL IN BATHROOM, CUT HAND ON METAL HANDLE OF MIRROR HAND LAC, HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FELL ONTO OAK FRAME OF MIRROR DX: HEMATOMA LT. BREAST (OP SURGERY)
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 11/03/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT SELF WITH MIRROR DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2002Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
MIRROR FELL ON LEG CONTUSION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
81YOF HAD A MIRROR FALL ONTO ARM WHILE CLEANING SOMEONE ELSE HOUSE DX: OPEN FX LT WRIST COMMNICATED IMPACLID DORSALLY DISPLACED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/20/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
HAD A MIRROR FALL ONTO HEAD. DX. LAC TO TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
HAND LACERATION- CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP PIECE OF THE MIRROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT CUT FINGER ON METAL OF MIRROR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
58 YO MALE CUT LEFT PINKY ON MIRROR GLASS LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT.C/O CUT TO LT.HAND WITH MODERATE BLEEDING SUSTAIN WHEN MIRROR FELL AT HOME. DX-LACERATION LT.HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FINGER LACERATION - 53 YOF WITH LACERATED RIGHT THUMB WHEN A MIRROR FEL L AND BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FELL OVER BACKWARD AND STRUCK MIRROR AND IT BROKE LA C HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT SCRATCHED EYE WITH MIRROR EDGE, CORNEAL ABRASION L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT. DROPPED A BROKEN MIRROR ON FOOT LACERATING FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT.INJ.L.ANKLE AT HOME WHEN DROPPED A LG.OAK MIRROR & HIT ANKLE. DX; CO NTUSION L.ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DROPPED MIRROR AT HOME CAUSING INJURY TO ANKLE DX:LAC TO LATERAL ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2002Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
MIRROR SHATTERED ON GROUND AND PIECE CUT PATIENT'S LEG DX:BACK OF LEG LACERATION (PT NOT AWARE OF HOW THIS HAPPENED)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
MIRROR FELL ON HEAD THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DROPPED A MIRROR ONTO RIGHT GREAT TOE FRACTURED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2002Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FINGER LACERATION- SUSTAINED ON A BROKEN MIRROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CONT L FOOT/54YOF INJURED WHEN MIRROR FELL ON FOOT AT 11:15PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT WAS CLEANING OUT A SHED AT HOME, WHEN A MIRROR FELL OFF A SHELF AND HIT HER HEAD. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ABRASION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
HAND LAC-A HEAVY MIRROR FELL ON PT'S HAND AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT HAD A MIRROR FALL HITTING PT IN THE FOREHEAD, LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT FINGER ON MIRRORLACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
55 YOM MIRROR FELL ON HAND CRUSHED HAND FX BONES AND LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
HIT HEAD ON MIRRORLACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT ON GLASS MIRROR-LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
TIBIAL FLAP LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHEN A MIRROR FELL ON HER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT FINGER ON BROKEN MIRROR GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT HANGING A MIRROR AT HOME, SHE DROPPED IT, LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A BROKEN MIRROR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CLEANING MIRROR AND IT BROKE CUTTING PT DX: 1.5 CM LACERATION L MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LACERATION TO FOREARM 64 YO BM CUT FOREARM ON MIRROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT C/O STEPPED ON A BROKEN MIRROR X3 DAYS AGO - C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN LT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LAC 4TH FINGER LT HAND AFTER MIRROR FELL ON FINGER. DX; 2 CM FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT LACERATED FINGERON GLASS FROM MIRROR, LACERATION R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT BROKE A MIRROR AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF THE MIRROR GLASS WENT INTO LE FT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FELL HIT HEAD AGAINST MIRROR DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls
CHI/SCALP LAC; FELL AGAINST A WALL MIRROR WHICH BROKE CUTTING HER HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FX LEFT MIDDLE INDEX FINGER- A MIRROR FELL ON PT FINGER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LAC (L) 3RD FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A MIRROR, C/O BLEEDING, LWBS..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
RT WRIST LAC-CUT WRIST ACCIDENTLY ON A BROKEN MIRROR @ HOME TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT MY HANDS WITH MIRROR DX: ACUTE 3.0 CM RIGHT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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