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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,283
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2004 | Age: 86 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 |
| RIB CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A DRESSER AND INJURED CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2004 | Age: 65 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 |
| CONTUS R CHEST; FELL INTO DRESSER DRAWER (WAS FEELING DIZZY) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2004 | Age: 69 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 |
| FELL ON DRESSER HITTING CHEST CONTUSION CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2004 | Age: 83 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: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME WHERE SHE LIVES WHEN SHE FELL AND HIT A DRESSE R CAUSING FX TO HER RT 5TH AND 6TH RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 69 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 |
| THORACIC CT-FELL-HIT CORNER OF DESK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 85 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 |
| 85 YOM FELL AND HIT BACK ON DRESSER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2004 | Age: 84 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL LAST NIGHT AND HIT CHEST AGAINST DRESSER AT ASSISTED LIVING FAC ILITY. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 82 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AND STRUCK CHEST ON DESK - PNEUMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/23/2004 | Age: 51 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 |
| SLIP & FALL, HIT DRESSER THORACIC CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 75 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, Other containers |
| CHEST WALL CT-FELL AGAINST VANITY-@ HOME-TRYING TO CATCH A FALLING JEWELRY BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2004 | Age: 86 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WITH CHEST PAIN STATUS POST FALL ONTO CORNER OF DESK LAST WEEK. SOME SHORTNESS OF BREATH. D: HYPOXIA. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/16/2004 | Age: 69 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL ONTO CHEST, HIT FLOOR DX CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2004 | Age: 73 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 |
| RIGHT CHEST CONT. PT FELL OVER A DESK AND INUJURED CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2004 | Age: 82 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| DX CHEST CONTUSION: FELL AGAINST DESK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CONT. RIB AREA, PT STS FELL DOWN, STRUCK A DRESSER AT HOME, C/O SEVERE PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO LOC OR SOB, HX OF STRUCK WITH A CAR MIRROR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2004 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60 YO M LIFTED A DESK DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/19/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FX L 5, 6&7TH RIB, VIA EMS, PT STS GETTING UP, STRUCK A DRESSER, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO ACTIVE SOB OR DIZZINESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CHEST PAIN - CARRIED A HEAVY DRESSER A FEW DAYS AGO DX CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2004 | Age: 57 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER DOG FELL INTO DRESSER DX; CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2004 | Age: 75 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 |
| FELL AGAINST DRESSER DX. CHEST CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2004 | Age: 52 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: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT. HAD SEIZURE WHILE IN FURNITURE STORE, CHEST OF DRAWERS HIT PT IN C HEST. DX. SEIZURE, LOC, CHEST INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2004 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 63YOFC LIFTING HUSBAND FELL AND HIT RIBS AGAINST DRESSER/FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 70 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| CONTUSION OF STERNUM R/O FX, RAN INTO TALL DRESSER AT HOME, FELL BACK BUT DID NOT FALL DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 88 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 INTO WOODEN DRESSER STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF CHEST C/O PAIN AND DE EP BREATH PAIN LEFT SIDED RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/14/2004 | Age: 91 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT TWISTED ANKLE AND FELL 2 DAYS AGO HITTING BACK ON CHEST OF DRAWERS. D: CHEST WALL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2004 | Age: 78 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 AND HIT THE CORNER OF A DESK DX: CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2004 | Age: 82 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 THIS AM, HIT DRESSER DX MULTIPLE RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 89 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 |
| THORACIC FRACTURE - 89 YOF WAS BENDING OVER CLEANING OUT A DRESSER DRAW ER AND NOW C/O UPPER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2004 | Age: 82 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 WALKED INTO DRESSER AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO BACK THORACIC SPINE COMPRESSION FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| HIT CORNER OF DRESSER R SIDE PAIN DX: RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2004 | Age: 90 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| 90 YOF LIVES ALONE; SHE FELL AGAINST THE DRESSER AND THEN FELL TO THE F LOOR. MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES WITH PNEUMOTHORAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/07/2004 | Age: 53 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 |
| CONTUSION CHEST - 53 YOF C/O CHEST PAIN RIGHT SIDE AFTER FALLING INTO A DRESSER TWO DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2004 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AGAINST DESK AND C/O RIB PAIN. DX: LEFT RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2004 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT AT THE NURSIN HOME FELL BACKWARDS IN HER ROOM STRIKING CHEST ON THE DRESSER FRACTURED RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2004 | Age: 56 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 |
| DX LEFT 11TH RIB FRACTURE: FELL FROM DESK, 3 FT AND INJURED RIBS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| CONTUSION TO RIBS WHEN FELL AND STRUCK RIBS ON A DESK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | 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 |
| 71 YOF WAS AMBULATING IN HER HOME; LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST DR ESSER STRIKING UPPER TRUNK. FRACTURE, LEFT RIB CAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2004 | Age: 83 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 |
| TRIP & FALL ONTO DESK FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2004 | Age: 73 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 |
| PT FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A DRESSER THIA AM FRATURED RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2004 | Age: 86 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 |
| CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON A DRESSER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2004 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| FELL AT HOME STRIKING CHEST ON CHEST OF DRAWERS. DX; CONTUSION RIBS, B ACK, BILATERAL FOREARMS, MULTIPLE FALLS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 74 YO MALE FELL INTO DRESSER FRACTURE 4 RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/22/2004 | 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| LEFT CHEST CONTUSION-TRIPPED AND FELL INTO CEDAR CHEST AT HOME, STRIKIN G LEFT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 85 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 |
| REACHED FOR SOMETHING ON DRESSER AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX. MINOR H EAD TRAUMA, R POSTERIOR CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2004 | Age: 98 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 HIT RIBS ON DRESSER AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2004 | Age: 55 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 |
| CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON A DRESSER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2004 | Age: 90 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT FELL AND HIT DRESSER DX: FX RT 5TH AND 6TH RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/07/2004 | Age: 67 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, TRIPPED OVER CHEST, L SIDE CP, SOB DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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