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Accidents - Generators or power plants - 50+ years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 757
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:581All Of Body:83
Hand:46Upper Trunk:30
Shoulder:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants, Portable gas or LP heaters
53YOM WORKING IN HOUSE W/ GENERATOR, PROPANE HEATER & KEROSENE HEATERRU NNING, DIZZY, LIGHT HEADED @ HOME DX;# CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/25/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
PT PULLED ON GENERATOR AND INJURED RT ARM, DX: SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
54YOM WAS LIFTING A GENERATOR AND STRAINED GROIN, HERNIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Generators or power plants
BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING GENERATOR AT HOME LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Generators or power plants
PT DROPPED A HEAVY GENERATOR ON HAND WHILE LIFTING IT INTO A TRUCK, FX TO HAND, OCCURED LAST WEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN LIFTING A GENERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS PUTTING AIR IN HIS GENERATOR TIRE WHEN IT POPPED DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Generators or power plants
LOW BACK INJURY FROM PICKING UP GENERATOR ONE MONTH AGO.DX-ACUTE LOW BA CK PAIN, RIGHT L5 RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
LOW BACK INJURY FROM LIFTING GENERATOR. DX-ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN, RIGHT LEG RADICULOPATHY, LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/02/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
LUMBAR INJURY FROM LIFTING GENERATOR. DX-ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN, RIGHT LEG RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
PT LIFTED A GENERATOR 4 DAYS AGO. DX: L GROIN STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Generators or power plants, House repair or construction materials
78 YOM WAS PULLING THE CORD TO START A GENERATOR AND HIT THE BACK SIDE OF HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST BRICK WALL OF HOME SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Generators or power plants, Stairs or steps
PT WAS MOVING PORTABLE GASOLINE GENERATOR DOWN STAIRS AND LOST CONTROL DX: L HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Generators or power plants
RIBS FXS-TRIPPED OVER GENERATOR-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Generators or power plants
52YO BLACK MALE AT BUS STOP WAITING FOR BUS,FELL ASLEEP AGAINST A GENERATOR,UPPER BACK BURN 4DAYS AGO,DX BURN WOUNDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM A FAULTY GENERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM A FAULTY GENERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Generators or power plants
PT TRYING TO START A GENERATOR WITH HER SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND FELT A PU LL IN LOWER BACK BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS EXPOSED TO CO FROM GENERATOR IN GARAGE. DX: CO POISONING.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 01/15/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Generators or power plants
LUMBAR PAIN-SINCE HE PULLED A GENERATOR CORD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Generators or power plants
PT WAS LIFTING A GENERATOR AT HOME AND INJURED BACK DX: ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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