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Accidents - Counters or countertops - Year 2002 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 786
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Date: 12/31/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL STRIKING RIGHT FOREARM AGAINST THE CORNER OF A COUNTER SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2002Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL AGAINST COUNTER DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2002Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL OFF OF A COUNTER AND SUS A LOWER ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
3 YO F STRUCK LOWER ARM AGAINST COUNTER FX RADIUS AND ULNA CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
ULNAR FX. PT HIT ARM AGAINST A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Knives
PT FELL ONTO COUNTER WITH EXPOSED KNIFE AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL OFF KITCHEN COUNTER SHE WAS SITTING ON DX: FRACTURED LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
CUT FOREARM ON SALAD COUNTER AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
4 YOM FELL FROM COUNTER AT HOME INJURE ARM. DX RADIUS & ULNAR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FRACTURED FOREARM WHEN FELL OFF COUNTER TOP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL OFF BATHROOM COUNTER @ HOME AND INJURED LEFT FOREARM. DX CLOSED FX. LEFT RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL INTO COUNTER AT HOME. DX: PERIPHERAL ULNAR NEUROPATHY, CHRONIC NECK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
CONTUSED FOREARM WHEN FELL OFF KITCHEN COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Counters or countertops
DX RIGHT FOREARM STRAIN: FELL FROM COUNTER AT HOME, INJURED ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
FOREARM LAC-AT LOCAL BAR-CUT ON EDGE OF COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL YESTERDAY AND HIT FOREARM ON COUNTER, ACUTE SKIN TEAR FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL FROM KITCHEN COUNTER YESTERDAY. DX LEFT BUCKLE FX RADIUS/ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
DX LEFT LOWER ARM LACERATION: CUT ARM ON COUNTER EDGE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FRACTURED FOREARM WHEN FELL OFF COUNTER AT LAUNDRY MAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Counters or countertops, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHILD PULLED HOT CURLING IRON OFF COUNTER. D: FULL THICKNESS BURNS, FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FRACTURED FOREARM WHEN FELL OFF COUNTERTOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT.INJ.RT.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN IN KITCHEN & FELL INTO COUNTER. DX; RT.F OREARM CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
FOREARM LAC-HIT EDGE OF KITCHEN COUNTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
SWOLLEN ARM - PT FELL OFF COUNTER AND HIT FLOOR NOW C/O PAIN TO ARM. D : FRACTURE RADIUS / ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
LT FOREARM AB-FELL AT HOME-ARM HIT BATHROOM VANITY/COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Razors or shavers
FOREARM LACERATION - WAS WORKING IN HOME ON COUNTER TOP AND LACERATED L EFT FOREARM WITH A RAZOR BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL IN *** - HIT COUNTERAVULSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL FROM COUNTER TOP ADMITTED WITH FRACTURED LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
FELL 2 DAYS AGO, GETTING UP AT NIGHT AND RIPPED ARM ON COUNTER. DX. L F OREARM SUPERFICIAL ABRASION WITH NECROSIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT DX FX RT RADIUS - PT FELL OFF COUNTER AT HOME YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PFT FELL OFF COUNTER ONTO OUT STRETCHED HAND LEFT ARM. DX FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2002Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Counters or countertops
PATIENT GRABBED CUP OF COFFEE OFF KITCHEN COUNTER AT HOME; 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FOREARM AND ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WALKING IN KITCHEN AT HOME, LOST BALANCE AND FELL HITTING RT LOWER A RM ON COUNTER. LAC LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
RT FOREARM CT-JUMPED OFF COUNTER-OVER SISTER'S BACK-FELL TO THE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops
PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING LEFT LOWER ARM AGAINST THE CORNER OF A CO UNTER TOP LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
CLIMBED UP ON COUNTER TO GET SNACKS AND FELL;FX FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
RT DISTAL RADIUS FX-@ HOME-CLIMBING ON A COUNTER & FELL ABOUT 3 FE ET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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