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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,376
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Blankets |
| BLANKET CAUGHT FIRE - INHALED SMOKE 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND F D NOT RECORDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT LIFTED BLANKETS. DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN, L KNEE PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Blankets |
| TOE CAUGHT IN BLANKET AS SHE WAS GETTING UP TOE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT WALKING AT HOME CAUGHT LEFT GREAT TOE IN A BLANKET TWISTED IT STRAIN ED TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT GOT TANGLED IN BLANKET AND FELL ONTO COUCH. DX: CONT L HAND/KNEE, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT CAUGHT HAND IN BLANKET. DX: SPRAIN L HAND/INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Blankets |
| BURN KNEE - PATIENT AT HOME HAD PIECE OF BURNING BLANKET FALL ONTO KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Blankets, Light bulbs |
| SHAKING BLANKET, WRIST HIT LAMP BREAKING BULB AND CUTTING WRIST. DX: R IGHT WRIST LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Blankets |
| CAUGHT TOE IN BLANKET - FELL FRACTURE RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Blankets |
| ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT SCRATCHED LEFT EYE WHEN PULLING BLANKET OVER HER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets, Beds |
| PT THREW A BLANKET ON BED. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT STATES WHILE FOLDING A BLANKET RT SHOULDER DISLOCATED DX: RT SHOULDE R DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets, Stairs or steps |
| FOOT SPRAIN - CLIMBING OVER A BLANKET ON A STEP AND HYPEREXTENDED LEFTF OOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT WAS PUSHING A BLANKET IN HER TRUCK AND HEARD A POP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Blankets |
| MAZDA CAUGHT ON FIRE, TRY TO SMOTHER WITH BLANKETBURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Blankets |
| SHOOK BLANKET -SOMETHING IN EYECORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Blankets, Weight lifting |
| AT HOME SHE PULLED ON A BLANKET WHICH HAD WEIGHT ON IT, THIS AGGRAVATED HER CHRONIC BACK PAIN. DX SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT CUT CHIN WHEN TRIPPED OVER BLANKET AND LANDED ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Blankets |
| FACIAL RASH-SINCE HE GOT BLANKETS FROM THE ATTIC @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT TRIPPED ON BLANKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Blankets |
| RASH, ITCHING ALL OVER FROM BLANKET AT MISSION SCABIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Blankets |
| RASH FROM BLANKET AT MISSION SCABIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING HEAVY BLANKETS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT TRIPPED OVER BLANKET INJURING LOWER BACK C/O PAIN DX; STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Blankets |
| PATIENT SNAGGED TOE ON BLANKET. D: TOENAIL AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| =26YOF PULLED BLANKET UP WHILE PLAYING WITH CHILDREN AT HOME DX/NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials |
| 37 YOF TRIPPED OVER BLANKET FELL TO HARDWOOD FLOOR FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT CAUGHT FOOT ON BLANKET ON FLOOR. DX: SPRAIN L ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| KNEE SPRAIN - TRIPPED ON A BLANKET INJURING RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Blankets |
| PT TWISTED ANKLE 2 WEEKS AGO, WAS HEALING WHEN TRIPPED ON BLANKETS AND REINJURED ANKLE. DX: LEFT ANKLE STRAIN/SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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