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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 927
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL WHILE STANDING ON COUCH DX: LT DISTAL RADIUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| PATIENT FELL ONTO COUCH AT HOME INJURING RT FOREARM ON EDGE OF BOOK, C/O FOREARM PAIN. DX-RT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RIGHT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN FALLING INTO A COUCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT TRIED TO MOVE SOFA, TO ER WITH ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 65 YO F FOREARM AND LOW BACK PAIN ROLLED OFF COUCH * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Tables |
| GOT UP FROM SOFA AND WENT FLYING INTO TABLE. DX. FOOT INJURY, ARM CONTU SION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FX ARM- FELL SOFA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL AGAINST THE COUCH CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT LWR ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL ASLEEP ON SOFA AND AWOKE WITH ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| TINGLING IN LEFT 4TH & 5TH FINGERS, WAS LEANING ON COUCH AT HOME WHEN IT STARTED. DX-LEFT ULNAR NERVE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT FELL OFF A COUCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLEPT ON THE COUCH WITH LEFT ARM ABOVE HEAD NOW ARM IS NUMB AND TI NGLING ULNAR NERVE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL SOFA/ FX ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL AGAINST COUCH DX: ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT ACCIDENTLY HIT ARM ON CORNER OF COUCH DX RT LOWER ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RT FOREARM LACETRATION.PT WAS CARRYING A BROKEN SOFA AND LACERATED FORE ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL OFF COUCH FX LT RADIUS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| STANDING ON SOFA,TRYING TO PUT UP CURTAINS,SLIPPED & FELL,LANDED ON L HAND, DX L RADIUS FRACTURE, L HAND PAIN & SWELLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM BY FALLING AGAINST A SOFA AT HOM E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT GETTING UP FROM THE COUCH AND PASSED OUT STRICKING RIGHT ARM ON SOM ETHING ARM INJURY ADMITTED FOR PERIORBITAL CELLULITIS AND SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Chairs |
| GOT UP FROM COUCH LOST ASLANCE HIT LOWER ARM ON CHAIR CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS MOVING A SOFA AND INJ LT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A COUCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| COUCH FELL ON HAND AT HOME. DX FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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