Accidents - Wallpaper - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 819
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	12
16-25 years old:	135
26-50 years old:	297
50+ years old:	373

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	171	Finger:	124
Eyeball:	98	Lower Arm:	85
All Of Body:	70	Hand:	69
Wrist:	53	Lower Trunk:	37
Neck:	35	Foot:	31
Shoulder:	15	Unkown:	15
Knee:	6	Head:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wallpaper
54 YO FEMALE, HANGING WALLPAPER AT HOME. DX ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wallpaper
TAKING OFF WALLPAPER LAC WRIST AND WHEN HE SAW BLOOD,FAINTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wallpaper
PT TOOK DOWN WALLPAPER 6 DAYS AGO. DX: NECK/THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wallpaper
PT WAS WALLPAPERING, FELL BACKWARDS, BENDING (R) WRIST BACK, PAIN DX ;# FX (R) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wallpaper, Knives with replaceable blades
WAS REMOVING WALLPAPER WITH UTILITY KNIFE AND CUT R FOREARM DX- LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wallpaper
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO A ROLL OF WALLPAPER - HURT KNEE. D: LEFT KNE E STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wallpaper, Knives
PT HAS BACK PAIN AFTER STRIPPING WALL PAPER DX;* LOWER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 58 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wallpaper
MUSCLE STR L UPPER BACK;EXTREMETIES/58YOF STS WAS HANGING WALLPAPER LAS T NIGHT THEN THIS AM WOKE WITH BACK & L ARM PAIN.L BACK/RIB PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wallpaper
PT CUT (L) POINTER FINGER WHEN WALLPAPERING DX;* (L) INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wallpaper
WAS HANGING WALLPAPER IN BATHROOM AT HOME SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Wallpaper
FINGER FB-GOT A SPLINTER UNDER FINGERNAIL WHILE SCRAPING WALLPAPER-@ HO ME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wallpaper
PT HANGING WALLPAPER TWO DAYS AGO AND NOW HANDS BROKE OUT IN A RASH FRO M THE WALL PAPER ADHESIVE DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wallpaper, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS PUTTING UP WALLPAPER IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON TUB. DX: L 4TH METATARSAL FX, POSS L 3RD MET FX, R 4TH FINGER FX, HEAD CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wallpaper
PT WITH UNK INJURIES, FELL WHILE TRYING TO PUT UP WALLPAPER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wallpaper, Ceilings and walls
PT STATES WAS WALLPAPERING WALL & A PC OF DRYWALL FELL INTO EYE DX: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2009	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: Other
Product: Wallpaper, Knives
CHEST MUSCLE PAIN/53YOF MON WHILE WORKING AROUND THE HOUSE C/O CHEST TI GHTNESS.DID SCRAPE WALLPAPER ON SUNDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wallpaper, Knives
ACC HIT SLEF INTO EYE WITH WALL PAPER SCRAPER WHIEL WORKING @ HOME >>SCLERAL LAC/RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/24/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wallpaper
FINGER PAIN-STARTED WHILE REMOVING WALLPAPER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wallpaper
PT WAS REDECORATING AT HOME HANGING WALLPAPER AND INHALED THE FUMES F ROM THE WALLPAPER ROLL AND DEVELOPED A HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wallpaper
PUSHED INTO DOOR;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wallpaper, Counters or countertops
PT WAS REMOVING WALLPAPER AND STEPPED DOWN OFF OF COUNTER ONTO A BENCH CAUSING FALL. DX: CHEST CONT, REINJURY RIB FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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