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Accidents - Glass bathtub or shower enclosures - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 292
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:174Wrist:88
Finger:29

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO SHOWER ENCLOSURE AT HOME DX: SKIN AVULSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND ON A GLASSS SHOWER DOOR, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL INTO A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A RIGHT HAN D LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
DX R THUMB LAC/L LEG LAC: CUT THUMB AND LEG AFTER GLASS SHOWER DOOR SHATTERED ON HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RT TOE & RT 5TH FINGER WHEN GLASS SHOWER DOOR BROKE WHILE GETTING INTO SHOWER TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PATIENT HAD AN ACCIDENTAL FALL THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER DOOR INJURING THE BACK AND LEFT WRIST. DX-LEFT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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