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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,210
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 56 YOF LACERATED RIGHT FOREARM ON EDGE OF A MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 88 YOF MIRROR FELL ON HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT DROPPED A HEAVY MIRROR ON HER FOOT AT HOME DX// LEFT FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| MIRROR FELL ON HEAD. DX. HEAD INJURY, SHOULDER CONTUSION, CONCUSSION SY NDROME.* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT KICKED A MIRROR. DX: 4 CM L FOOT LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT CUT ANKLE ON A MIRROR AT HOME DX// LEFT ANKLE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT CUT FINGER ON MIRROR AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Razors or shavers |
| PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN SINCE LEANING CLOSER TO MIRROR WHILE SHAVING ONE WEEK AGO. D: LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT DROPPED 35 LB. MIRROR ON FOOT 2 WEEKS AGO. CONTINUED PAIN. D: CONTUS ION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| DROPPED A MIRROR. DX- MULTIPLEHAND AND FACIAL CONTUSIONS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT FELL IN BATHROOM HITTING ARM ON CORNER OF MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 64 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: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 64 YO FELL INTO MIRROR LAC TO ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LOOKING IN MIRROR, FELT DIZZY AND FELL AND HIT FACE WITH POSSIBLE ANEUR ISM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 51 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: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PER PT, HEAVY "ANTIQUE" MIRROR FELL ON HEAD, TO ER WITH HEAD INJURY, OC CURED 3 DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| TRIPPED AT SON S HOME FALLING INTO MIRROR SUST LAC TO R KNEE DX R KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| TAKING DOWN MIRROR AT DAUGHTER'S HOUSE WHICH BROKE LACERATING WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT HAD A MIRROR FALL ON FINGER, LACERATION TO LEFT 2ND DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT FELL AND HIT ARM ON EDGE OF MIRROR. DX: R ARM LAC 12 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN LIFTING HEAVY MIRROR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT MIRROR SLIPPED AND CUT PTS ARM DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| DX POSS NASAL FX: PT'S HUSBAND WAS MOV'G AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER W THE MIRROR PART (WT'G 120LBS) FELL ON PT'S FACE & CRUSHED HER NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| CUT WRIST WITH GLASS MIRROR, DX; WRIST LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| THUMB STRAIN-20-25# MIRROR FELL ON HAND-TRIED TO GRAB WHILE FALLING IN THE RIVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls |
| PT PULLED MIRROR OFF WALL AND IT FELL. DX: 3 CM NECK LAC, 3 MM L SHIN LAC, 5 MM R WRIST SKIN TEAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PATIENT DROPPED MIRROR AND CUT THIGH. DX; 15 CM LACERATION TO LEFT TH IGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Doors |
| 91YFC IN BATHROOM MIRROR ON DOOR FELL OFF CUTTING ANKLE/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 80 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A SMALL MIRROR SCRAPING LOWER LEG >> SKIN TEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| LACERATION SCROTUM-LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE IN THE BATHROOM & FELL KNOCKI NG DOWN MIRROR WHICH CUT HIS SCROTUM. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 53 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: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT FELL INTO A MIRROR DX: CHI , LAC LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Alcohol |
| ETOH =0.192 INTOXICATED, TRIPPED&FELL PUTTING HAND THRU A MIRROR THAT B ROKE CUTTING HAND >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 73YOF ACCIDENTLY CUT THUMB ON A MIRROR WHILE AT HOME; THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT SUS LACERATION TO HAND AFTER PUNCHING A MIRROR% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT TRIPPED OVER MIRROR AT DEPARTMENT STORE YESTERDAY AND INJURED KNEE. D: KNEE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| STRESS FX R FOOT/64YOF DROPPED A MIRROR ON R FOOT 1 WEEK AGO AND PAIN I S UNCHANGED. HAPPENED AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| CUT TO LEG HIT WITH FALLING MIRROR DX: LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| CUT TO HAND FELL ONTO BROKEN MIRROR GLASS DX: LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FOREARM LAC-FELL AGAINST A MIRROR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 55 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: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| 55 YO INJURED HAND ON BROKEN MIRROR LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PATIENT DROPPED A MIRROR ON TOE AT HOME DX: FRACTURE LT 5TH TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 81 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: Other |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Footwear |
| FELL TWICE ONCE LOCKING TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD WITH A MIRROR&ANOTHER T IME WHILE GETTING UP TO GET THE SLIPPERS, C/O RIB PAIN >> RIB PAIN S/P |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 65 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: Mirrors or mirror glass, Nightwear |
| PT SUSTAINED A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA BY FALLING AGAINST A MIRROR WHILE DRES SING INTO PAJAMAS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| FELL ONTO A MIRROR. DX. HEAD INJURY, IP INJURY, BACK STRAIN, LEG LACERA TIN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT WAS TRYING TO LOOK IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKIN G WRIST AGAINST A TOILET PAPER STAND FRACTURED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass |
| HEAVY WALL MIRROR FELL ON HIS HAND. DX. FINGER FX., LACERATION AND SUBU NGUAL HEMATOMA. * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls |
| TAKING A MIRROR DOWN OFF WALL AND IT SLIPPED. DX. HAND ABRASION, HAND C ONTUSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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