Accidents - Computers - 50+ years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,140
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	708	Wrist:	500
Upper Trunk:	437	Head:	333
Foot:	304	Hand:	239
Toe:	221	Lower Leg:	211
Finger:	169	All Of Body:	161
Neck:	148	Face:	134
Knee:	119	Lower Arm:	105
Upper Arm:	94	Eyeball:	89
Upper Leg:	71	Mouth:	71
Shoulder:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING *** GAME AND INJURED CHESTDX// CHEST STRAIN DX// CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Refrigerators
PT TRIPPED OVER COMPUTER CORD & STRUCK HEAD ON CORNER OF A REFRIGERATOR AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 54 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
WAS ON THE COMPUTER WHEN SUDDENLY DEVELOPED LEFT SIDED NECK PAIN RADIAT ING DOWN TO THE CHEST&ARM>>CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT STATES WAS SITTING WITH LEGS CROSSED AND USING A LAP TOP COMPUTER AND DEVELOPED LEG PAIN WITH NUMBNESS DX: PAIN RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 51 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
STRAIN LOW BACK - 51 YO FEMALE REPORTS ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIF TING A COMPUTER THAT WAS TOO HEAVY YESTERDAY AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
64 YOF CHEST PAIN BEGAN AROUND 2 AM WEDNSDAY PATIENT WAS ROLLING AROUN ON COMPUTER CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
DX R SIDED WEAKNESS: STARTED W ON COMPUTER, NOTICED R SIDED ARM & LEG NUMBNESS/TINGL'G/WEAKNESS, GRIPS WEAKER TO R SIDE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT LIFTING A LAP TOP COMPUTER AND FEKLT A PULL IN LEFT WRIST STRAINED W RIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT STATES WAS ON COMPUTER FOR 5 HOURS, TO ER WITH TINGLING TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT TO ER WITH BACK PAIN AFTER USING THE *** AND RUNNING INPLACE, LOW BA CK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
CONTUSION TO HIP WHEN PLAYING THE *** GAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	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: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT WAS LOOKING AT A COMPUTER AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN NECK STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 64 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: Computers
PT DOING PHOTOSHOP AT HIS COMPUTER WHEN HAD ONSET OF COUGHING AND TIGHT NESS IN CHEST. D: PNEUMOTHORAX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT SITTING DOWN IN A CASINO PLAYING THE SLOTS AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
LEFT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN TYPING ON COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
DROPPED A COMPUTER ON FOOT/ FX RT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 52 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: Other
Product: Computers
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF HEART RACING/POUNDING WHILE HOME PLAYING VIDEO GAME >>PALPITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
51 Y/O WAS USING DAUGHTER'S NEW COM\PUTER AND HAD ONSET NECK PAIN. DX-STRAIN NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 70 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
PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES AND DEVELOPED ARM AND SHOULDER WEAKNESS,NUMBNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated
USES COMPUTER AT HOME & WORK, TAKES CLASSICAL GUITAR LESSON, WRIST PAIN DX: TENDINITIS WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 61 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 BENT OVER TO PICK UP COMPUTER AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Screwdrivers
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN HE WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER ON HIS LAPTO P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PLAYING *** HEARD A "POP" INJURY LEFT LOWER LEG INJURY LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 62 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: Computers
DX RIB CONTU: PT HERE W L CHEST WALL PAIN AND LOWER BACK PAIN X 1D. SLIPPED ON WET GRASS LAND'G ON EDGE OF HIS LAPTOP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	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: Nerve Damage
Product: Computers
PT SITTING USING HIS COMPUTER FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME USING THE MOUSE AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER ARM PINCHED NERVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING A *** VIDEO GAME- GOLF- AND WAS DOING ALOT OF BENDING AND TW ISTING STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT WAS CLIMBING ON COMPUTER TO HAND COMPUTER WIRE AND COVER SLIPPED & PT FELL. DX: PELVIC FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT TRIPPED OVER COMPUTER WIRE AND FELL INJURED FACE DX// NASAL BONE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Computers
SITTING AT COMPUTER, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF KNEE PAIN WHILE SITTING AT COMPUTER. D: KNEE ST RAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Computers, Alcohol
TRIPPED CARRYING A COMPUTER, +ETOH, DX; BHT, SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT SITTING AT HER COMPUTER, WENT TO STAND UP AND FELT PAIN IN HIP. COUL D NOT STAND. D: SEPTIC HIP. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OVER ***,LANDED IN FLOOR HURT HIP. DX HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT WAS ON HER COMPUTER FOR A LONG TIME AND DEVELOPED A STIFF NECK STRAI NED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT WITH HAND PAIN/SWELLING WHICH BEGAN SUDDENLY WHILE WORKING ON COMPUT ER. POOR HISTORIAN. D: HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	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: Other
Product: Computers
PRESENTS WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF SUBSTERNAL CHEST PAIN WITH SHORTNESS OF B REATH WHILE ON COMPUTER>> CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT HIT HAND ON COMPUTER SCREEN DX: RT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT WAS PLAYING A *** COMPUTER BOWLING GAME AND FELL STRAINED RIGHT WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
LEFT KNEE CONT. PT GOT FEET TANGLED UP IN COMPUTER WIRES AND FELL INJUR ING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
FACIAL LAC-FELL-HIT FACE ON VIDEO GAME-@ ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
DX EARLY CTS, RT/REPETITIVE STESS INJ/CONSIDER EARLY PARKINSONISM: NO INJ TO WRIST/HAND, USES COMPUTER ALOT, HAS NUMBNESS/TINGL'G TO F W RAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
REPORTS MECHANICAL FALL ONTO OUSTRETCHED HANDS&ALSO REPORTS USING THE C OMPUTER ALOT, NOW WITH WRIST PAIN >>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 66 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
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN SINCE LIFTING HEAVY FAX MACHINE 2 DAYS AGO. D: BA CK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PLAYING INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMES, COMPLAINS OF PAIN IN LEFT FOOT DX: CONTUSION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT WAS AT HOME, DROPPED A COMPUTER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO RT LWR LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT CUT FINGER ON COMPUTER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
USES LAPTOP COMPUTER - POSITIONS IT ON LEGS SUPERFICIAL PHLEBITIS LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT TRIPPED OVER COMPUTER AT HOME AND LANDED ON ARM DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
53 YOM LACERATED RIGHT THUMB ON SOMETHING METAL INSIDE OF COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT BANGED HAND ON COMPUTER TOWER. DX; HAND SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PAIN AFTER LIFTING COMPUTER DX: LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
DX LWBS: COMPUTER TOWWER FELL ON R FOOT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT SITTING AT COMPUTER TODAY AND HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF WRIST PAIN. D:DEGE NERATIVE JOINT DISEASE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
YESTERDAY, WAS PLAYIN *** BOWLING GAME WHEN SLIPPED&FELL HITTING EYEBRO W AGAINST THE CORNER OF ENTERTAINMENT CENTER >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	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: Other
Product: Computers
DX PSVT, RESOLVED/CH PAIN, RESOLVED: SUDDEN ONSET OF PALPITATIONS/CP AND SOB WHILE WORKING ON HIS COMPUTER AT HOME WHEN SX BEGAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Computers
DX ULNAR NERVE NEUROPRAXIA: C/O R WRIST PAIN FOR WKS, PAIN OVER ULNAR TUNNEL, STATES USEING COMPUTER MOUSE 1-2 HRS A DAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
SITTING ON FOOT WHILE WORKING ON THE COMPUTER, FOOT FELL ASLEEP, STOOD UP&SUDDENLY HEARD A SNAP IN THE FOOT>>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT DROPPED COMPUTER ON TOE AT HOME TODAY DX// FX LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 78 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
WAS AT COMPUTER AND HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE;ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT DROPPED COMPUTER PRINTER ONTO FOOT-CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Tables
PT TRIPPED OVER COMPUTER CORD AT HOME HITTING CHIN & JAW ON MARBLE TABLE. DX - CHIN CONTUSION, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 80 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: Other
Product: Computers
DX ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN: PRESENT S WITH CHEST PAIN WHILE WORKING AT HIS COMPUTER, WORSE WITH STRETCHING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Telephones or telephone accessories
PAIN TO R SIDE OF NECK, STARTED WHILE SITTING AT THE COMPUTER W/PHONE P LAYING ON R EAR, RESTING ON SHOULDER. DX. NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
80 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER LAP TOP COMPUTER CORD FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 67 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: Other
Product: Computers
DX POSS CVA/ABNORNAL EKG: APRROX 1 HR PTA PT WAS WORKING @ COMPUTER @ HOME THEN FELT L HAND GET NUMB, THEN L FACIAL NUMBNESS W L ARM NUMBNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Computers
PT CARRYING A COMPUTER AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A CLO SED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 83 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
DX VISUAL CHANGES RESOLVED/HA: ONSET OF BIL SCOTOMAS FOLLOWED BY FLASHING LIGHTS PT NOTICES WHILE ON COMPUTER, WITH HA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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
C/O LOWER BACK PAIN FOR 2 WEEKS AFTER PLAYING *** VIDEO GAME>> MUSCLE S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Computers
VOLTS ARCHED FROM COMPUTER, BURNED HAND. DX ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAN D
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
FX TOE WHEN A COMPUTER FELL ON TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
61 YO FEMALE HEARD SNAP WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE TONER ON PRINTER MALLET FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING A WI VIDEO GAME- BOWLING- AND STRUCK RIGHT GREAT TOE GOING T HROUHG THE MOTION FRACTURED TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers, Floors or flooring materials
PT FRACTURED FOOT WHEN TRIPPED ON COMPUTER CORD AT HOME AND FELL ONTO THE FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 51 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: Computers, Chairs
PASSED OUT WHILE SITTING INFRONT OF THE COMPUTER, FELL OFF THE CHAIR, N OW WITH CHEST PAIN >> SYNCOPE/CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
MOVING A COMPUTER LOW BACK PAIN SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Computers
PT USING COMPUTER ALOT SEVERAL HOURS A DAY OEVR THE LAST FEW WEEKS NOW WITH PAIN IN WRIST RADIATING INTO THUMB CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
LAC TO LIP, FELL @ HOME CARRYING A COMPUTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 62 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
PT PICKED UP A COMPUTER, RECIEVING LUMBAR SPRAIN, ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
66YO M FRACTURED WRIST PT LOST BALANCE AT HOME FELL INTO COMPUTER *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
WAS WORKING ON THE COMPUTER, FELT TIRED, WENT TO LIE DOWN & STARTED TO SEE LIGHT FLASHED>> EYE INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Computers
PT ON THE COMPUTER AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN WRIST AND UP INTO ELBOW CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT DROPPED A COMPUTER TOWER ON FOOT AT HOME DX// CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT WORKING ON A COMPUTER AND DEVELOPED A SEVERE DIZZY SENSATION TREATED FOR ACUTE DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 63 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
63YOM WAS AT HOME WORKING ON THE COMPUTER,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 64 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Computers
PT FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON A VIDEO GAME SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND LACERATION TO SCALP SLIPPED IN WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
59 YO FEMALE HAD LAPTOP FALL OFF SHELF AND HIT FACE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT WAS VERY ANXIOUS AT HOME AND HAVING VISUAL DISTURBANCES AND FELL FOR WARD STRIKING NOSE ON THE COMPUTER INJURY FACE/ANXIETY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
59 YOF C/O TROUBLE WITH VISION AFTER WORKING ON COMPUTER ALL DAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
USING A COMPUTER THUMB CLICKING TENOSYNOVITIS LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT TRIPPED OVER COMPUTER CORD, FELL ON L KNEE, CONTUSED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers, Handrails, railings or banisters
CARRYING A COMPUTRE DOWN STAIRS, COMPUTER FELL OFF &HAND PINNED B/T IT& HAND RAIL>> SPRAIN/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT STATED SITTING AT COMPUTER PLAYING A GAME, THINKS CRACKED A RIB ON R SIDE. DX. FX RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING WITH A *** VIDEO GAME AND STRUCK SELF IN THE HEAD SUSTAINED A SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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