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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,459
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| FELL ON ICE AND HIT (R) FOREARM ON A WOODEN CRATE DX- ABRA/ CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| WOODEN CRATES FELL ON LEFT THIGH AT GROCERY STORE CONTUSION LT THIGH * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT WITH BACK STRAIN FROM LIFTING HEAVY PALLET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| LEFT KNEE CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON A SKID AT STORE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| 40 YO M CONTUSION TO SHIN AFTER FALLING IN HIS SHOP AND HIT LEG ON WOOD SKID* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF A HAND BY HAND CAUGHT IN A PALLET WHILE THROWING IT ONTO A CONTAIN FIRE OUT SIDE AT HOME. (NO FD) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| TRIPPED AND FELL OVER PALLET AT HOME SUST INJ TO FEET AND ANKLE S DX BILATERAL FEET AND ANKLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT HIT HEAD ON WOODEN BOX. DX: 8 CM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| DX EXTENSOR TENDON DISRUPTION/TUFT FX OF THE DISTAL OF THE L 3RD F/PROX INTERARTICULAR FX DISTAL L 3RD PHALANX: LAUCHED OFF PALLET, LANDED SIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| INCREASING KNEE PAIN WHILE MOVING PALLETS. LT KNEE INTERNAL DERANGEM ENT/SPRAIN. C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| TRIPPED OVER A CRATE AND FRACTURED TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT STATES INJURED BACK LIFTING A PALLET DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PATIENT FELL ON WOODEN PALLET 3 DAYS AGO, C/O RIGHT KNEE PAIN, THINKS HE HYPEREXTENDED KNEE. DX-SPRIAN RIGHT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT HIT IN LEG/ANKLE WITH PALLET AT STORE, SPRAINED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| DROPPED PALLET ON FOOT LT FOOT CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wooden containers, Cardboard products |
| C.H.I.:HYPOXIA;MENTAL STATUS CHANGES:HEAD LAC 3 CM:FELL AT HOME TODAY, STRUCK HEAD ON WOODEN VS CARDBOARD BOX, FOUND ONE HOUR LATER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| HIT FOOT ON PALLET, PAINFUL NOW. DX FOOT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| RT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED ON A SKID IN *** AND FELL ON SHOULDER. DER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| DROPPED A SKID ON LEFT FOOT AT HOME. HEMATOMA, LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT FELL FORWARD CARRYING A LARGE WOODEN BIN. DX: HEAD INJURY, 1.5 CM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| CLAVICLE FX-FELL-HIT A WOODEN BASKET-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE FELLON A WOODEN PALLET/ DX L SHIN CONTUSION AND ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FINGER CT-SMASHED FINGER ON A PALLET & DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| PTS BROTHER ACCIDENTALLY THREW PALLET, HITTING PT IN HEAD, LACERTION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| WAS HIT ON THE TOP OF THE HAND WITH A WOODEN *** CASE BY HIS SON.CONTUS ION TO LT HAND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| DX LWBS: NECK PAIN, PUSHING PALLETS X 3 DAYS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| AT HOME A PALLET FELL OVER ON PT'S FACE,NLOC LACERATION TO FORHEAD & BESIDE L EYE,DX FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| DROPPED PALLETT ON FOOT. DX CONTUSION L 2ND TOE# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| CLEANING THE YARD, PRESENT WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF SHARP LOWER BACK PAIN A TTEMPTING TO LEFT A PALLET >>MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| 40YOM WAS HOME DROPPED A PALLET ON LEFT FOOT,DEVELOPED PAIN; LEFT FOOT FRACTURE,SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers, Motor vehicles or parts |
| L ANKLE SPRAIN/CONT: HELPING HUSBAND LOAD SKIDS ONTO PICKUP TRUCK AT IMI PACKING,SKID LANDED ON ANKLE,WT 40-50#, NOT COMP, HUSBAND UNEMP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN A PALLET FELL ON IT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| 45 YO M L SHOULDER PAIN A/C JOINT STRAIN INJURED WHILE YANKING ON A SKID AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| 27 YO M CELLULITIS TO FACE HIT BY FALLING WOOD BOX 1 WEEK AGO* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wooden containers |
| LIFTING PALLETS 3 DAYS PRIOR LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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