Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,996
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Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 100 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
100 YO PT HIT LOWER (L) ARM ON A CABINET HAS ABRA TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HIT RT FOREARM ON CABINET DX: RT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
61YO WHITE FEMALE CUT L FOREARM ON CORNER OF CABINET DX FOREARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Runners, throw rugs or doormats
PT WAS AT HOME, SLIPPED ON A THROW RUG HITTING A CABINET CAUSING A RT FOREARM LACERATION AND CEPHALGIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL AGAINST A CABINET SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT HIT FOREARM ON A SHELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT FELL HITTING A METAL RACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
69 YO FELL HIT ARM ON SHELF CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT ARRIVES FM NH C/O R ARM PAIN & SWELLING S/P CABINET FALLING ON PT. FX DISTAL RADIUS, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Cookware
51YFC BOX OF FLOUR FELL OUT OF CABINET AND INTO PAN WITH FOOD COOKING IN IT AND GREASE HIT FOREARM/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
77YOM ACCIDENTLY BUMPED LT FOREARM ON A METAL CABINET AT HOME; FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HIT R FA ON EDGE OF VANITY AT HOME. DX. LAC, CONT R FA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
94 YO FEMALE SCRAPED ARM ON METAL SHELF LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREARM WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL SCRAPING HER FOREARM AGAINST A CABINET*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL HITTING A FILING CABINET, LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT LAC FOREARM ON METAL SHELF AT GAS STATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT TRIPPED AND FELL THROUGH GLASS HUTCH. DX: R FOREARM LAC 7 CM & 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
WAS PUTTING SOMETHING UP ON A SHELF IN GARAGE AND CUT (L) FOREARM ON A PIECE OF METAL DX- LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A METAL SHELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL AGAINST A METAL ROOM DIVIDER AND LACERATED LOWER ARM. DX: TWO EACH 1.5 CM. LACERATIONS ON THE RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Cabinet or door hardware
LG R ARM LAC/AVULSION:R HAND SKIN TEAR;SCALP CONT:FREQ.FALLS:FELL IN CORNER,6X10 F.A AVULSION-TYPE LAC.SKIN TEAR HAND,TORN ON CABINET W/KNOB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING ARM ON CABINET DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LEFT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN PUTTING THINGS IN CABINET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL IN BATHROOM, HIT ARM ON CABINET. DX FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREARM WHEN A SHELF FELL ON HIM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
BUMPED LOWER ARM ON BOOK SHELVES LAC TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS AT A STORE, RAN INTO A SHELF CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HIT ARM ON METAL SHELF HEMATOMA FOREARM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL, REACHING INTO CABINET DX: AVULSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Floors or flooring materials
ABRASION RT.FOREARM.PT.REFERS WHILE ORGANIZING KITCHEN CABINET FELL DOW N ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL IN BATHROOM, HIT CABINET/FOREARM CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Stools
PT CUT FOREARM WHEN FELL FROM STOOL AND HIT CABINET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT INJ LOWER ARM MOVING ENTERTAINMENT CENTER STRAIN LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HIT ARM ON SHELF DX: LT ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
KNEELING TO PUT SOMETHING IN CHINA CABINET AND FELL ONTO HAND DX: RADIAL NECK FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Grills
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND ON A SHELF THREE DAYS AGO GOT IN FECTED CELLULITIS HAND AND THERMAL BURN TO ARM FROM A GRILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CUT ARM ON CABINET AT HOME DX: FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT.INJ.RT.FOREARM AT SCHOOL WHEN IN LAB & FELL HITTING ARM ON A CABINET . DX; LAC.RT.FOREARM,.05 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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