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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 827
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FELL 20' FROM ROOF DX R RADIAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/11/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Ladders |
| BOARD FELL OFF LADDER AND LACERATED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL FROM 2ND FLOOR ROOF OF HOUSE. DX: ARM FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/29/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| C/O PT STATES WAS BUILDING A PORCH AND ROOF CAVED IN AND WAS CUT ON A NAIL DX RT LOWER ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON SHEET METAL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT C/O WRIST PAIN, FELL OFF THE ROOF. DX-FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 40YOM WHILE AT HOME REPAIRING THE ROOF,INJURED FOREARM ON ROOF TILES; FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT FOREARM FB. PT WAS UP ON A ROOF AND GOT A SPLINTER IN FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LACERATION LEFT FOREARM-WAS WORKING IN BASEMENT AND A LARGE CINDER BLOC K FELL HITTING RT ARM AND WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT.INJ.RT.FOREARM AT COUSINS HOUSE WHEN WALKING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION FRAMING & HIT ARM ON METAL WALL PLATE. DX; RT.FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FELL OFF OF A ROOF FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Ladders |
| RIGHT RADIAL FX. PT FELL 15 FEET OFF A LADDER WHEN TRYING TO GET ONTO A ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT MOVING METAL STUD CUT R FOREARM - LAC R LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL OFF OF 9FT ROOF. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS FX, L ULNAR STYLOID FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT INJURED ARM WORKING W SHEETROCK IN THE ATTIC AT HOME DX: FOREARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL FROM THE ROOF AND FX ARM WHEN LANDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| KNOCKING OUT GARAGE TO REMODEL, CINDERBLOCK HIT ARM DX FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PATIENT C/O RIGHT ARM PAIN,TRYING TO CATCH SOMETHING ROLLING OFF HIS ROOF. DX-CONTUSION FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| LEFT FOREARM CONT. PT WAS UP ON ROOF AND SLIPPED INJURING ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FELL WHILE WORKING ON BROTHER'S HOUSE ON THE ROOF DX L FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS WORKING IN HIS BATHROOM TAKING DOWN SOME WIRE MESH AND SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives |
| PT STS WHILE STRIPPING COPPER WIRE, CUT R FOREARM WITH A KNIFE DX LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| SHINGLES FELL ON LT ARM AT HOME FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| AT HOME PT DROPPED A CINDER BLOCK ON R FOREARM,C/O PAIN DX ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INJURY R FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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