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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 205
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| RT UPPER ARM CONTUSION-SUS INJ TO RT UPPER ARM AFTER REACHING FOR HER N EWSPAPER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT WAS GOING OUT TO GET THE NEWSPAPER AND FELL ON THE PORCH. DX-HUMERUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT WENT TO COLLECT NEWSPAPER OFF THE DRIVEWAY AT HOME FELL ONTO LEFT UP PER ARM FRACTURED HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT C/O LFT ARM INJURY. PT TRIPPED OVER SOME NEWSPAPERS. DX BANKHART FRA CT LFT GLENOID. SHOULDER CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2004 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WALKING INTO HER HOUSE READING HER MAIL NOT PAYING ATTENTION SLIPPED ON THE THRESHOLD TO THE FLOOR FRACTRED RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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