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Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - Year 2006 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 377
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Date: 12/02/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT TRIPPED ON VACUUM CORD AND FELL - LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
2ND DEGREE BURN & ABRASION DORSAL LT HAND: CAUGHT LT HAND IN RUNNING VACUUM CLEANER HOSE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, BURN/ABRASION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX RIGHT HAND ACUTE SKIN AVULSION: CAUGHT HAND IN VACUUM CLEANER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
TRIPPED&FELL CUTTING HAND ON SOMETHING WHILE VACUUMING " SKIN AVULSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
GOT HAND INSIDE VACUUM CLEANER, BURN W/BLISTERS-HAND 10-19%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
GRABBED HOT METAL PART OF VACUUM CLEANER DX: L HAND THERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2006Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
EXPOSED HAND TO THE SURFACE OF VACUUM CLEANER MACHINE BURNING IT ' BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT C/O CUT HAND. PT CUT HAND ON VACUUM. DX LAC LFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2006Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
MOM VACCUMING CAUGHT PT'S HAND IN VACCUM CLEANER ABRASION LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACUUM CLEANER FELL AND HIT PT.S HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2006Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners, Stairs or steps
PT WAS VACUUMING STAIRS AND THE PT STUCK HER HAND INT HE WAY AND CON IT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HAND SUCKED IN VACUUM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PATIENT STUCK HAND IN SWEEPER AT HOME, THERMAL BURN BY VACUUM BRUSHES; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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