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Accidents - Counters or countertops - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 370
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Date: 11/12/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
LEFT KNEE CONT. PT WAS COMING DOWN FROM ATTIC AND HIT KNEE ON COUNTERTO P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Counters or countertops
STANDING AT THE BAR, TURNED AND DISLOCATED KNEE. DX; KNEE DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
HIT KNEE ON COUNTER AT STORE DX: CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Ashtrays, not electric or not battery operated
ASHTRAY FELL FROM COUNTER AND LAC LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Counters or countertops, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT CLIMBING ON COUNTER TO REACH UPPER SHELVES WHEN HIT KNEE ON CABINET. D: KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2003Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops, Wallpaper
STATES SHE WAS STANDING ON THE COUNTERTOP HANGING WALLPAPER AND COUNTERTOP BROKE INJURING HER LEFT KNEE. COMPLEX COMMUNITED FX BOTH KNE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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