Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,520
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Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER AND INJURED C HEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RT RIB PAIN AFTER BENT OVER TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF CABINET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 64 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT LOST BALANCE IN BATHROOM AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO EDGE OF CABINET. D: THORACIC/LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL AND HIT CHIN ON CUPBOARD - CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 55 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT FELL AT HOME..HIT EDGE OF CABINET..LEFT MED TO HIGH BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LOST BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST BAKERS RACK/ RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
51 YO MALE PICKED UP RACK AT CASINO CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS AT A STORE WHEN SHE FELL AND HIT A DISPLAY CASE CAUSING A FX TO HER RT RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT. STATES SHE FEL AND HIT R POST RIB AREA ON CABINET. DX. R RIB FX, C ONT. R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL UP AGAINST A CABINET LAST EVENING FRACTURED RIGHT SEVENTH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
59 YOM FELL HIT SIDE ON BOOKCASE CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
THORACIC STRAIN-@ HOME-PUTTING IN A VANITY-SLIPPED-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT. FELL 2 WEEKS AGO, HAS BRUISE TO L HIP AND R BREAST, STRUCK L HIP ON CABINET. DX. FX RIB, CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 80 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
THORACIC SPINE FX-FELL INTO SOME METAL CABINETS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING ON THE TOP SHELF AT HOME FELT A PULL IN L EFT CHEST FRACTURED A RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT STUMBLED AND FELL INTO A CABINET AND INJURED CH EST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT. HAD CHEST PAINS WHILE STOOPING AND CLEANING UNDER CABINETS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL AND HIT RIBS ON CABINET DX: LT CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL AND HIT BOOKCASE-STERNUM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL ONTO WOODEN BOOKCASE 2 DAYS EARLIER PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO RIB FX'S-NO HYPOXIA FROM INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL IN KITCHEN AGAINST CABINET INJURING RIBS DX FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
63 Y/O M INJURED RIB CAGE WHEN HE FELL HITTING CABINET AT HOME. DX: CONTUSION RIB CAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
78 YO FEMALE HAD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER DOOR HIT LEFT BREAST CONTUSION LEFT BREAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT LOST BALANCE FELL AND HIT CABINET MULTPLE RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Floors or flooring materials
THORACIC STRAIN-FELL-HIT A CABINET & FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL IN KITCHEN WHEN REACHING FOR FOOD IN CABINET, CONTUSION TO RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
STANDING ON THE WALL UNIT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE SHELF / FELL DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LT CHEST CT-AT HOME-WAS FALLING-GRABBED A CABINET-HIT CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 75 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RIB FRACTURE, FELL AGAINST A SHELF AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT. FELL IN BATHROOM AT HOME AND HIT CABINET. DX. L 10TH RIB FX, CONT L HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
88 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT AND STRUCK RIBS ON CHINA CABINET CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SNAGGED A SKIN TAB ON A CABINET 3 DAYS PRIOR DX: CELLULITIS RT CHEST SKIN TAB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL IN HER KITCHEN HITTINGA CABINET DX: RT CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Doorsills or frames
STRUCK DOOR CASING WHILE CARRYING RACK CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
DX:COSTROCHONDRITIS. REACHING UP ON SHELF AND HIT IN CHEST BY SOMETHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL ON CABINET; CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LEFT RIB FX. PT TRIPPED OVER DOG AND FELL INTO A CABINET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
54 YOFC WAS LIFTING SOMETHING UP ONTO A SHELF AND NOTICED PAIN IN HER L . SHOULDER RADIATING DOWN ARM;NOW HAS PAIN CHEST/NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT LOST *** AND FELL ONTO CABINET. RECENTLY STARTED DURAGESIC PATCH. D: RIB CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL OFF 4IN WOODEN PALLETT/ MULT RIB FXS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STATES SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL INTO A GLASS SHELF IN HER BATHROOM, FRACTURING RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CONTUSION BACK - 67 YOF TOOK A STEP BACKWARD, IN A *** PHARMACY, INTO A PAPER RACK WHICH COLLAPSED AND RESULT WAS A FALL, C/O PAIN MID SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL IN KITCHEN ON 2/19, DIRECT BLOW TO POST CHEST WHEN FELL AGAINST CA BINETS WHEN FEET GOT TANGLED. DX. FALL, BACK INJURY, FX RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT FELL AND HIT RIBS ON CABINET. DX; CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Vacuum cleaners
MOVED TO FAST AND FELL INTO CUPBOARD AND VACUUM CLEANER/ LT FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RIB FXS-HIT EDGE OF A CHINA CABINET WHEN SHE FELL @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
INJ RT RIBS WHILE REACHING FOR SOMETHING ON SHELVE DX: RT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
67 YOM FELL AT WARECO CONVENIENCE STORE AND HIT CHEST ON SHELF. CONTUSI ON, LEFT CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
ONSET OF PAIN IN LEFT CHEST 2 DAYS AGO, HE WAS WORKING ALL DAY AT HOME BUILDING SHELVES & PAIN OCCURRED AFTERWARD. DX MUSCULOSKELETAL CP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SITTING @ DRS OFFICE WHEN PART OF CUBICLE FRAME FELL ONTO HEAD IN WA ITING ROOM NO LOC THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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