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Accidents - Beach chairs or folding chairs - 50+ years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,602
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:414Lower Leg:326
Lower Trunk:201Upper Trunk:150
Foot:136Head:135
Face:91Wrist:83
Upper Leg:15Hand:15
Neck:15Toe:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT C/O CUT FINGER. PT CAUGHT FINGER IN FOLDING CHAIR. DX FRACT PHALANX #4 TUFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 93 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
LACERATION HAND - 93 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT HAND ON A METAL FOLDING CHA IR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT GETTING OUT OF A LAWN CHAIR AT HOME AND SLIPPED STRAINED LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT C/O HURT FOOT. PT CAUGHT FOOT IN FOLD OUT CHAIR. DX CONT TO LFT FOOT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
SITTING IN LOUNGE CHAIR ON GRASS THAT WAS SLOPED - FELL HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
INJURED ON FOLDING CHAIR AT THE COUNTRY CLUB; AVULSION, LEFT INDEX FING ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT WAS SITTING ON A PLASTIC LAWN CHAIR AND KIDS WERE PLAYING AND BUMPED INTO HER AND SHE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON CEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2005Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
TRIPPED OVER LAWN CHAIR/ RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2005Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT WAS SITTING ON A LAWN CHAIR AND THE LEGS FOLDED CAUSING HER TO FALL. DX: MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS, ARMS, HEAD, NECK, LEGS, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
71YOF-FRACTURE NASAL BONE-TURNED OVER IN BEACH CHAIR-HIT NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs, Built-in swimming pools
PT FRACTURED A FINGER IN A FOLDING CHAIR AT THE POOL OF THE AQUATIC CEN TER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
R WRIST CONTUSION AND SPRAIN: SITTING ON LAWN CHAIR WITH 40# DOG ON A LEASH,DOG SAW CAT,CHASED UNDER CHAIR,CHAIR BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PATIO CHAIR COLLAPSED ON FINGER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2005Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT AT A COMMUNITY POOL WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A META L FOLDING CHAIR LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
GOT LT LEG CAUGHT IN FOLDING CHAIR DX CONTUSION LT TIB / FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2005Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO BACK AFTER FALLING ON A FOLDING CHAIR AT CHURC H
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT AT THE BEACH WENT TO SIT DOWN ON A FOLDING CHAIR AND IT COLLAPSED ST RAINED RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
TRAUMA RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE IN THE PATIO HIT LEG WITH PATIO CHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
FACE AB-FELL FROM LAWN CHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
THORACIC PAIN-SINCE LIFTING LAWN CHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT. WAS STANDING ON A FOLDING CHAIR AND LEG SLIPPED THROUGH THE BACK OF THE CHAIR. CONTUSION OF LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
FX L HIP/80YOM WAS TRYING TO COLLAPSE A FOLDING CHAIR AND FELL ONTO L S IDE. PAIN IN L HIP. UNABLE TO EXTEND LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT SMASHED HER RIGHT FOURTH FINGER IN A FOLDING PATIO CHAIR FRACTURED F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
WHILE SITTING IN LAWN CHAIR LEGS OF CHAIR BENT AND PT. FELL BACKWARDS O N CONCRETE AT *** STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
PT HIT TOE ON FOLDING CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
FRACTURE WRIST - 55 YOM WAS STANDING ON A FOLDING CHAIR TRYING TO FIX S OMETHING HIGHER UP WHEN HE FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
CAUGHT FINGER IN FOLDING CHAIR AT CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs, Light bulbs
PT STANDING ON A FOLDING CHAIR TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB WHEN IT FOLDED UP ON HIM FELL CONTUSION LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beach chairs or folding chairs
FX R FIBULA; WAS ON TOP OF FOLDING CHAIR & IT SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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