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Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 917
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Televisions
PT CLIMBING A DRESSER ON WHICH THERE WAS A 25 INCH TV SET THAT FELL ONT O THIGH CONTUSION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS MOVING A DRESSER AND FELL ON LT LEG DX: THIGH INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Ceilings and walls
PT SITTING IN A DESK AT TARGET WHEN A UNIT FELL OFF THE WALL ONTO THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUSION LEFT THIGH-SUS INJ WHEN SHE BUMPED LEFT THIGH AGAINST A DRESS ER. HAS BRUISING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SCIATICA: LIFTED DRESSER YESTERDAY, PAIN BUTTOCK, DOWN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Bunk beds
KNOCKED OVER BY WIND/JUMPING OFF BUNK BEDS/DRESSERS PLAYING W/COUSINS A T AUNT'S HOUSE, FELL AGAIN AT ***S;PULLED LEG MUSCLE VS HEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WALKED INTO CORNER OF DESK, CONTUSION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL AGAINST DESK, DX; ABRASION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT CARRYING A LARGE PIECE OF TEMPERED GLASS FROM THE TOP OF THE DESK A ND IT BROKE SUSTAINED A THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Clocks
PT TRYING TO PLUG HER CLOCK INTO THE WALL BEHIND THE DRESSER AND FELL B ETWEEN THE WALL AND THE DRESSER FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/27/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
DX PAIN, THIGH, R: PRESENTS W ACUTE ONSET R KNEE PAIN. PAIN LOCATED ON POST ASPECT KNEE, W SITTING AT DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT STATES WAS MOVING DRESSER YESTERDAY,FELT SOMETHING PULL AROUND RT KN EE;TODAY UNABLE TO BEAR WT - SPRAIN HAMSTRING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
THIGH LAC-FELL AGAINST A DRESSER DRAWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HIT THIGH AGAINST DRESSER. DX: R QUAD HEMATOMA, POSS BLEEDING DISORDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WALKED INTO HER BATHROOM DRAWER AND CUT HER THIGH. D: THIGH LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
DX R MEDIAL THIGH PAIN/WEAKNESS: ONSET OF RLE CRAMPING WHILE SITTING AT DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT BUMPED INTO DESK AT HOME CAUSED HEMATOMA TO UPPER L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL AGAINST DESK/UPPER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
THIGH LAC-TRACK OF DRESSER DRAWER FELL ON PT'S LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2008Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
BUMPED THIGH AGAINST BUREAU TODAY, NOW WITH PAIN >> CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials
R THIGH LAC/2YOM AT HOME WAS PLAYING/JUMPING ON THE FLOOR ABOUT 5 MIN A GO W/BROTHER & BUMPED R SIDE AGAINST DRESSER CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HIT R UPPER LEG ON A DESK AT SCHOOL, HAS PAIN DOWN INTO KNEE, UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT. DX: CONTUSION TO UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT GOING TO THE BATHROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND BUMPED INTO A DRESSER FELL ONTO RIGHT HIP FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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