Accidents - Refrigerators - Year 2004 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 684
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	99
16-25 years old:	69
26-50 years old:	297
50+ years old:	217

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 60 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: Refrigerators
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN REFRIGERATOR FELL ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 66 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: Refrigerators, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
PATIENT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AT HOME, CUT LEFT FOREARM ON A DOLLY. DX-MULTIPLE ABRASIONS LEFT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Carts
CONT L FOREARM; MOVING REFRIGERATOR ON CART & IT FELL ACROSS ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND HIT RT ARM ON SMALL REFRIGERATOR DX: CHIP FX RT ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AND SCRAPED HIS ARM ON THE CORNER DX: LACERATION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT BUMPED ARM ON REFRIGERATOR CAUSING SKIN TEAR. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/13/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS MOVING HIS REFRIGERATOR AND NOW HAS A LARGE HEMATOMA ON HIS FORE ARM/ HEMATOMA TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 39 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: Refrigerators, Ceilings and walls
REFRIGERATOR FELL ON L FA LAST NIGHT AT 1 AM. WAS PULLING REFRIGERATOR FROM WALL AND IT FELL. DX. CONT L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	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: Refrigerators
CAUGHT L. ARM ON SHARP EDGE OF REFRIGERATOR WHILE MOVING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 44 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: Refrigerators
REFRIGERATOR FELL ON PATIENT'S FOREARM - NO OTHER INFO GIVEN CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 86 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: Refrigerators
PT. HIT FOREARM AGAINST REFRIGERATOR TONIGHT. DX. CONT L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT CUT FOREARM ON SHARP PIECE FROM REFRIGERATOR C/OACTIVE BLEEDING DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT CUT FOREARM ONTO REFRIGERATOR DOOR C/O BLEEDING DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS OPENING HIS REFRIGERATOR DOOR AT HOME, HEARD A "POP." DX-LEFT RADIUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 59 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: Refrigerators
PT MOVING REFRIGERATOR FELL ONTO FOREARM C.O PAIN WITH SOME SWELLING DX CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2004	Age: 63 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: Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS MOVING A REFRIGERATOR WHEN IT FELL ON HER. DX-CONTUSION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Refrigerators
PT SLID INTO REFRIGERATOR. DX: R FOREARM LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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