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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,909
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Footwear |
| CHEST WALL PAIN DUE TO TRAUMA-TRIPPED-CHEST HIT A DRESSER DRAWER-HER ORTHOPEDIC SHOE CAUSED HER TO TRIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 69 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME STRUCK A DRESSER W/ CHEST FELL TO FLOOR LANDIN G ON SIDE CHEST WALL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| CHEST CONT. PT FELL AGAINST A DESK INJURING CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT. FELL ON 12/1, HIT R LAT. CHEST ON DRESSER. DX. L COSTAL CARTILAGE INJURY, RIB FX, AND CONT CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 73 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHEST WALL STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE MOVING A DRESSER @ H OME. E9208 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2002 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| RT RIB FXS-PT HAD A SEIZURE-FELL ONTO CEDAR CHEST-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 55 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AGAINST DRESSER 1 WK AGO, RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 77 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL HITTING CHEST ON DESK CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| RT 5TH RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON THE SIDE OF A DESK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 51 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT C/O PAIN TO THE CHEST - S/P SHE BENT DOWN TO OPEN A DRAWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AND STRUCK SIDE OF DRESSER 7TH & 8TH RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 51 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Furniture |
| RIB FXS-A DRESSER FELL ON HER RT SIDE-AT HOME-WHILE MOVING FURNITURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| RIB FX. PT FELL INTO A DRESSER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2002 | Age: 86 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT TRIPPED AND HIT DESK PAIN IN LT KNEE AND RT RIBS DX: MECHANICAL FALL CHEST WALL AND KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | Age: 82 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| BACK PAIN-FELL AT NURSING HOME-HIT HEAD ON A DRESSER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PATIENT FELL AND HIT DRESSER AT NURSING HOME. DX: FRACTUE OF 10 & 11TH RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 52 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AGAINST THE CORNER OF A DRESSER RIGHT RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AGAINST DRESSER CAUSING A STERNAL-COSTAL SEPARATION AND POSSIBLE CARDIAC CONTUSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| LEFT RIB PAIN. PT FELL INTO A WOODEN DRESSER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 73-YOF FRACTURED HER RIBS AS A RESULT OF FALLING ON A DESK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 74 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AT HOME --HIT CHEST OF DRAWERS DX CONTUSION T-SPINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| SLIP AND FALL, HIT DRESSER FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 91 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL HIT DRESSER, MILD T SPINE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 92 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| ABRAS L THORACIC AREA; NSG HM RESIDENT FELL BACKWARD IN HER ROOM STRIK ING DRESSER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Male | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AGAINST DRESSED - RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 81 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| STRUCK CHEST ON DRESSER AT HOME, HEMATOMA TO CHEST. DX. CONT CHEST, HE MATOMA, THROMBOCYBOPENIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 93 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: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AND HIT RT CHEST AREA ON A DRESSER DX: MULT RIB FX 5TH, 6TH,7TH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL 2 DAYS AGO, INJURY TO CHEST, PASSED OUT AND HIT WICKER CHEST.SYNCO PE, RIB FRACTURES 5 AND 6I. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 79 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT LOST HER BALANCE & FELL UP AGAINST CHEST OF DRAWYERS. ACUTE CT RT CH EST WALL@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| GROUND LEVEL FALL, HIT RIB CAGE AGAINST DRESSER AT HOME. MULTIPLE RIBF XS, LG CHEST WALL HEMATOMA, ANEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 88 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AGAINST CORNER OF CEDAR CHEST DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT. TRIPPED AND FELL SATURDAY AGAINST DRESSER. DX. CONT BACK, R RIB FX S. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2002 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT. FELL SUNDAY AND HIT L SIDE ON DRESSER. DX. CONT L POST RIB, CHEST, CONT L ISCHEM, THORACIC VERTEBRAE FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FX RIB AREA, VIA EMS, PT FELL DOWN, STRUCK A DRESSER & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PATIENT FELL AGAINST THE DRESSER AT HOME. DX-BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 57 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT SMELLS OF ETOH, HIT HEAD ON DRESSER, DX CHEST PAIN, SHORT OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT. BENT OVER TO GET AN ITEM OUT OF CEDAR CHEST AND HAD PAIN IN CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| TRIPPED IN HOUSE/FELL AGAINST CEDAR CHEST.DX-R POSTERIOR CHEST WALL CON TUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| RT PERITHORACIC MUSCLE SPASM-@ HOME-WHILE PULLING OUT A DRAWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AND STRUCK DRESSER - FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials |
| 80-YOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER UPPER CHEST AS A RESULT OF FAL LING AGAINST A DRESSER & THEN THE FLOOR AT THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 88 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AGAINST A CORNER OF A CHEST DX: THORASIC BACK ST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 80 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL 2 DAYS AGO ONTO CEDAR CHEST/DRESSER AFTER TRIPPED. CONTUSION TO CHEST, LINEAR INFILTRATE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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