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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 385
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| PT PUTTING AWAY HURRICANE SHUTTERS AT HOME AND STRAINED CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| PT PUTTING UP HURRICANE SHUTTERS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS AND D EVELOPED CHEST PAIN ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| PT TAKING DOWN HURRICANE SHUTTERS AND FELT A PULL IN CHEST STRAINED CHE ST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| PT OUT IN THE HOT SUN LIFTING A HEAVY STACK OF HURRICANE SHUTTERS AND F ELT A PAIN IN CHEST WITH RADIATION INTO SHOULDER ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| FELL 4 DAYS PRIOR - HIT CHEST ON AWNING CABLE OF MOBILE HOME CONTUSION THORACIC CAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 78 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: Outdoor awnings or shutters |
| PT WAS CRANKING UP THE SHUTTERS ON HIS HOME WHEN HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE THEN THE DEFIBRILLATOR FIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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