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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,115
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2007 | Age: 74 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL OFF THE COUCH TWO DAYS AGO AND SUSTAINED A CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2007 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIB FX'S/52YOM C/O L CHEST PAIN RIB AREA AFTER FALLING LAST THURSDAY AN D LANDED AGAINST SOFA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 51 YEAR OLD MALE FELT PULL WHILE GETTING OFF OF COUCH ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURISM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 53 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH, AWOKE C CP >> MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 85YOF WAS FOUND ON THE COUCH AT HOME BY A NEIGHBOR,PAIN IN ABD, FELT DIZZY,DIED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM;CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/17/2007 | Age: 78 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OFF SOFA,HIT R SIDE ON SOFA DX RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| LEFT RIB FX. PT FELL HITTING FRAME OF COUCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 84 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| STOOD UP FROM COUCH AND FELL FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2007 | Age: 78 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL OFF THE COUCH AND STRUCK CHEST THREE DAYS AGO WORSENING DYSPNEA PNEUMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIB FX. PT FELL HITTING ARM OF SOFA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 77YOF WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH AT HOME,DEVELOPED SUDDEN RIGHT SIDE CHEST PRESSURE;CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 87 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL ONTO (L) SIDE AND STUCK COUCH C/O PAIN WITH MOVEMENT AND DEEP B REATHS DX- RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 71 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF OF COUCH ONTO FLOOR C/O BACK PAIN DX- T12 FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO ARM OF COUCH DX: RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT REPORTS SAT ON ARM ON LOVE SEAT AND FELL OFF. DX. RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | Age: 63 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIGHT RIB CONT. PT FELL AGAINST A COUCH INJURING RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 54 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WITH CHEST WALL CONTUSION IN FALL AGAINST SOFA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 87 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 87 YO F PAIN TO BACK AND CHEST MAY HAVE TWISTED GETTING UP FROM COUCH WITH WALKER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS MOVED A HEAVY COUCH WHEN HE FELT THROBBING, BURNING, SPASMS IN THE UPPER BACK AND ARM NUMBNESS X 1 WEEK. D: THORACIC BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2007 | Age: 61 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL OFF COUCH TO FLOOR @ HOME - CONTUSED UPPER BACK. ADMITTED FOR OTHER ISSUES. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 52 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT ROLLED OFF A COUCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL OFF COUCH. DX: ACUTE COMPRESSION FX T8. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2007 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL FROM AGAINS THE SOFA AND HAS RIB FX'S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2007 | Age: 86 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Tables |
| CONTUSION RIBS (L): GETTING OFF HIS COUCH, ROLLED OFF, HITTING RIBS OFF COFFEE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 54 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN LAYING ON SOFA CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIB FX. PT FELL OVER BACK OF COUCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 99 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL HIT CHEST ON COUCH ARM AT HOME DX// CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO RIBS AFTER FALLING OFF COUCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 76 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME HIT CHEST ON ARM OF COUCH DX// CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 72 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL AGAINST COUCH AAT HOME. RT. CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIGHT RIB STR. PT FELL AGAINST A WOODEN SLAB ON COUCH FRAME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 84 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| SLIP & FALL ONTO SOFA FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 58 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT WAS AT HOME, FELL HIT END OF COUCH LAST NIGHT. DX-CHEST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 63 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT HIT CHEST ON BACK OF COUCH AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO HAS RIB PAIN DX// CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL ACROSS ARM OF COUCH/RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 87 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 87YOF WHILE GETTING OFF COUCH MULTIPLE CONT UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 51 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS MOVING COUCH AT HOME AND FELL INJUIRNG CHEST DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 54 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT FELL ON ARM OF COUCH YESTERDAY, C/O CHEST AND ABDOMEN PAIN. DX-STRAIN ABDOMINAL WALL, C0NTUSION RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 55 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 55YOM HIT CHEST ON COUCH NO APPARENT INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS LIFTING A COUCH AT HOME AND INJURED UPPER BACK DX: UPPER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIB FX-PAIN WHILE REACHING BEHIND COUCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 76 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL INTO COUCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 52 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| ROLLED OFF COUCH WHILE ASLEEP & FELL TO FLOOR DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION , RIB & STERNAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2007 | Age: 53 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL ONTO COUCH CONTUSION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2007 | Age: 68 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT RECEIVED CHEST CONTUSION WHEN FELL FROM COUCH AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 59 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Containers |
| 59 YO FELL OFF SOFA STRIKING CHEST ON BOX CONTUSION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 54 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| TRIPPED HIT ARM ON SOFA NONDISPLACED FRACTURE RIGHT RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 86 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 86 YO FELL ON COUCH INJURED CHEST CONTUSION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 94 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PAIN TO CHEST FELL HITTING COUCH DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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