Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,317
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Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 80 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, Sinks
80 YO - DX: RIB FRACTURE - LOST BALANCE AT HOME IN BATHROOM - FELL BAC KWARDS INTO SINK CABINET
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2004	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
BACK SPASM BEGAN WHILE CLEANING A HUTCH. DX. THORACIC SPINE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 77 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 WAS REACHING UP FOR SOMETHING IN A CABINET AND HEARD A CRACK THEN FELT SHARP PAIN,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	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
SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HEART AFTER FALLING ACROSS A CABINET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 60 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHEST PAIN, ANGINA, CLEANING OUT A CABINET AT HOME, ONSET OF CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 72 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 AND HIT BACK ON SHELVES DX: FX RT 7TH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 60 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 2 DAYS AGO, NOW VERY SOB, MOVED CABINET LAST PM, FELT SOMETHING SHIFT DX: CONTUSION L RIB CAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2004	Age: 73 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
73 YO FELL STRIKING SHELF CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2004	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL BACK INTO SHELF DX CHEST WALL CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2004	Age: 85 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 FELL, HIT CHEST ON CHINA CABINET, CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 77 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: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL AT MUSEUM, TRIPPED ON EXHIBIT PODIUM, FALL, CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 69 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 INTO THE CLOSET BACKWARDS, HIT SHOE RACK. DX-LEFT CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 59 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
LEFT LOWER RIB CONT. PT FELL HITTING CHEST ON A FILING CABINET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 82 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
PT FELL INTO ENTERTAINMENT CENTER DX: LT RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 79 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, Tables
S/P FALL; LEFT FLANK AND CHEST TRAUMA. PT WAS CROUCHING WHILE CLEANING A CABINET AND LOST FOOTING AND STRUCK CORNER OF TABLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 86 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
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL AND HIT A SHELF CAUSING FX TO HER RT 5TH A ND 6TH RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 84 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
PT HAD CHINA CABINET FALL ON HER C/O LEFT SIDED CHEST PAIN LEFT SIDED C HEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 55 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 C/O BOOKSHELVE FELL ONTO BACK C/O PAIN DX STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 90 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 FELL INTO A BOOK RACK DX: RT RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	Age: 72 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, Beds or bedframes
PT GETTING OUT OF BED AT HOME FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST AN ENTERTAINM ENT CENTER CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
70 Y/O B/FM RECEIVED BRUISED RIB WHEN FELL AND HIT CABINET DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 78 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
PT WAS VISITING AT HUMAN SERVICES AND A LARGE BOOKCASE FELL OVER AND STRUCK HER IN UPPER BACK AND BACK OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 85 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 AND HIT RIBS ON EDGE OF SHELF. DX: CLINICAL RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 91 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
STERNAL CONTUSION - LOST BALANCE,FELL INTO EDGE OF ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 69 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: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL BACKWARDS HIT CABINET DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2004	Age: 60 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
PATIENT FELL HITTING A BOOKCASE. DX-FRACTURE RIGHT LOWER RIBCAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	Age: 73 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
RIGHT RIB STR. PT WAS PUTTING SOMETHING UP ON A HIGH SHELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 55 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, Sinks
HIT RIB AREA ON A CABINET WHILE TRYING TO FIX SINK DX: RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 56 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SPRAINED HER UPPER BACK AS A RESULT OF THROWING AN ITEM TO THE BACK OF A CABINET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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