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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,022
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT GOT FINGER STUCK IN A PIPE DX: LEFT 4TH FINGER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| L ANLE PAIN, STEPPED IN DRAIN AND TWISTED DX: FX L FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT INJURED CLEANING OUT GUTTERS; SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 45YMC FELL AND CAUGHT SELF CUTTING HAND ON A ROOF GUTTER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| LACERATION EYEBROW - 42 YOM WORKING IN YARD, FELL HITTING LEFT EYEBROW ON A GUTTER SUSTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2005 | Age: 28 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: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TWISTED BACK, WHILE WORKING IN GUTTER DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| HAD DRIP EDGE ON BACK OF TRUCK TURNED AND HIT IN FACE DX LACERATION RIGHT SIDE OF FAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT INJURED LIFTING GUTTER; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| PATIENT WAS CLEANING GUTTERS, LADDER SLIPPED, PATIENT FELL A ON CONCRETE AT HOME. DX-LAC. FACE, CONTUSIONS HIP AND SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| LEFT THUMB LACERATION.PT WAS CLEANING OUT GUTTERS AND LACERATED THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Awls, chisels or planes |
| LEFT FOREARM FB. PT WAS POUNDING WITH A CHISEL WHEN PUTTING UP A GUTTER AND GOT FB IN ARM, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| RIGHT WRIST FX. PT TRIPPED OVER A DRAIN PIPE TO OUTSTRETCHED HAND AT HO ME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| LEFT LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN PLAYING FREEZE TAG AND TRIPPING OVER A GUTTER. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/23/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| STATES WAS CLEANING OUT GUTTERS AND FELL APPROX. 6 FT OFF OF THE LADDER C/O PAIN TO COCCYX AND LOW BACK. BACK PAIN-PT LEFT WITHOUT TO STAFF. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/16/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CLEANING GUTTERS LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS CUT ON METAL GUTTER. DX: L HAND PW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| WAS WORKING ON GUTTERING AT HOME; INJURED. RIGHT INDEX FINGER. AVULSIO N, TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CUT L HAND ON RUSTY SEWER PIPE DX: L HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| PT ON A 10 FFOT LADDER AND STARTED TO FALL REACHED OUT AND GRABBED THE GUTTER LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER RUN-OFF PIPE DX. FACIAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRAUMA CHEST.PT.REFERS WHILE WORKING WITH A PVC PIPE,BROKE HITTING CHES T. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CUT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF GUTTER DX: R HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| WORKING AT HOME ON GUTTER AND LACERATED THUMB ON GUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CUT FUT ON DRAIN GRATE DX. FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CONCUSSION - 45 YOM WAS UP ON THE ROOF CLEANING OUT GUTTERS WHEN HE FEL L HITTING HIS HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| LEFT SHIN LACERATION.PT LACERATED SHIN ON A RUSTY GUTTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| DX CONTUSION TO HEAD: CLIMBING GUTTER AT HOME, FELL 2 STORIES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| DX LEFT GREAT TOE LACERATION: TRIPPED OVER GUTTER DOWN SPOUT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT CUT HAND ON EDGE OF GUTTER WHILE CLEANING. DX: L HAND LAC 5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| PT WAS CLEANING GUTTERS AND FELL OFF LADDER. DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT CUT RT THUMB ON SHARP GUTTER EDGE C/O PAIN RT THUMB LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 39 YO FEMALE HAD GUTTER FALL OFF HOME AND HIT BACK OF HEAD AND NECK CONTUSION NECK AND SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT CUT LEFT LOWER ARM ON AN ALUMINUM GUTTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Rotary power lawn mowers |
| PT WAS CUTTING THE GRASS WITH A WALK BEHIND MOWER WHEN SHE STRUCK HER L EFT LOWER LEG AGAINST THE METAL DPWNSPOUT LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 41 YO HAMMERING GUTTER WHEN PIECE OF GUTTER BROKE OFF AND FLEW INTO EYE, F'BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A CAR CLEANING OUT GUTTER ON HOUSE AT HOME. DX. HIP STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CUT HAND ON GUTTER DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| LAC TO KNEE WHEN STRUCK ON A GUTTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON A DRAIN PIPE DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, House repair or construction materials |
| CLEANING GUTTERS TURNED AROUND AND FELL OFF HOUSE DX SPRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CORN ABR. PT GOT A PIECE OF ALUMINUM GUTTER IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT HAD PIPE FALL ON BACK; LUMBAR CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 49 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| STRUCK IN BACK BY A HOUSE GUTTER FULL OF ICE WHEN ITFELL OFF HOUSE AND RECEIVED BLUNT TRAUMA TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, House repair or construction materials |
| CLEANING GUTTER SLID OFF ONE STORY ROOF ACUTE C SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT STRUCK WITH GUTTER; LAC FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT INJURED LIFTING GUTTER OVER HEAD; THORASIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TWISTED FOOT TRIPPED WALKING ON DRAIN PIPE DX: FOOT STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT. FELL LAST NIGHT AND LANDED IN STORM DRAIN ON STREET. DX. ABRAS/CON TS LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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