Accidents - Computers - 50+ years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,973
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	336	Lower Trunk:	275
Head:	231	Finger:	175
Foot:	173	Neck:	164
Eyeball:	139	Unkown:	86
Lower Leg:	74	Elbow:	69
Face:	69	All Of Body:	58
Ankle:	32	Shoulder:	32
Knee:	17	Hand:	16
Mouth:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT HAD ABRUPT ONSET OF BLURRY VISION WHILE SITTING AT COMPUTER TODAY. L ASTED 20 MINUTES. SAW SPOTS & LINES. D: ?TIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
CUT FINGER ON COMPUTER ABRASION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT DOES ALOT OF REPETITIVE MOTION ON THE COMPUTER DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIG HT SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT HIT FOOT ON COMPUTER; FOOT CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT WORKING ON COMPUTER AT HOME, SAW FLASHES OF LIGHT BEFORE EYES, RETIN AL DETACHMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Floors or flooring materials
PT SITTING AT COMPUTER WHEN THE NEXT THING HE KNEW HE WOKE UP ON FLOOR. CONFUSED. D: SYNCOPE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN WHICH BEGAN WHILE SITTING AT/WORKING ON COMPUTER. D: LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT DROPPED COMPUTER MONITOR ON HAND. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 57 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: Other
Product: Computers
SITTING AT COMPUTER STARTED HAVING BACK PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PAIN AFTER MOVING COMPUTER LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
61 YO FEMALE WAS USING COMPUTER AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE - HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
FX R ELBOW; TRIPPED ON COMPUTER & FELL - TRIED TO CATCH SELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
54 YOM WAS CLEANING COMPUTER CASE AND LACERATED RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Computers
DROPPED COMPUTER ON FOOT HAS PAIN AND SWELLING ...HEMATOMA TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT C/O COMPUTER FELL ON RT ANKLE THIS PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
61 Y/O F EXPERINCED CHEST PAIN WHILE SITTING AT COMPUTER AT HOME. DX; CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT OPENED PC CD ROM, TO SET IT UP, FORGOT IT OPEN, WALKEND INOT IT, SUS TIANED " RIGHT LEG LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
TRIPPED ON COMPUTER CORDS LACERATION RIGHT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
LIFTING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DX LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT WAS WALKING WITH A COMPUTER IN HER ARMS AT HOME DEVELOPED ACUTE ONSE T OF CHEST PAIN AND DYSPNEA ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED OVER A COMPUTER CORD AND FELL ON KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT LIFTED A COMPUTER TODAY STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
SHOULDER & NECK PAIN-SINCE LIFTING A COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT SITTING IN FRONT OF HIS COMPUTER AT HOME WHEN THE VISION IN RIGHT EY E BECAME BLURRY - VISION LOSS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
HIT W/ COMPUTER MONITOR D XLAC TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Ceilings and walls
LAC SCALP; TRIPPED ON COMPUTER CORD & FELL LANDING AGAINST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Computers
PT @ CASINO FELT DIZZY WHILE PLAYING SLOT MACHINE LOST BALANCE HITTING HEAD ON MACHINE DX; BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers, Chairs
ANKLE SPRAIN - 56 YOF GOT UP FROM SITTING IN CHAIR AT COMPUTER WITH LEG S CROSSED FOR 45 MINUTES, FELL INJURING HER LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
STATES OPENING A COMPUTER CASE THIS AM, HAND SLIPPED 1" LAC TO BASE OF L THUMB. DX. LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
MC FX-@ HOME-TRIPPED ON A CABLE-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	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: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT AT CASINO PLAYING VIDEO SLOTS AND HAD A SEIZURE DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2004	Age: 64 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: Computers
PT SUST CONTUSION TO FOOT HIT ON COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
51 Y/O M WITH NECK PAIN FROM WORKING AT COMPUTER ALOT AT HOME. DX; NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 62 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: Computers
COMPUTER FELL ONTO CHEST; CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
WORKING ON COMPUTER AT HOME WHEN DEVELOPED PAIN IN CHEST DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Tables
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER SOME COMPUTER WIRES AT HOME. SHE HIT A TABLE. DX. LACERATION TO EYE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
FELL WHILE CARRYING COMPUTER - LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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