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Accidents - Glass bathtub or shower enclosures - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,678
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:370Finger:205
Lower Arm:197Lower Leg:170
Foot:154Toe:146
Wrist:117Head:94
Upper Trunk:80Face:73
Elbow:45Knee:22

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/25/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT CUT TOE ON GLASS SHOWER DOOR AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT GREAT TOE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PRESNTS WITH MULTI FINGER&KNEE CUTS AFTER SHOWER GLASS DOOR BROKE&SHATT ERED>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures, Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER&FELL HITTING ELBOW AGAISNST A GLASS SHOWER DOOR >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
CLOSED GLASS SHOWER DOOR AND IT SHATTERED. DX- R FOOT LACERATION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
ACCIDENTALLY CUT WIRST ON A BROKEN GLASS FROM SHOWER DOOR >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
CUT WITH GLASS WHEN SHOWER DOOR BROKE;DX LACERATED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
SHOWER DOOR FELL ON ARM GLASS SHATTERED LACERATION LEFT HAND ABRASIONS MULTIPLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
SHOWER DOOR CLOSED ON FINGER. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
CUT TO CHEST ON GLASS SHOWER DOOR DX: CHEST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO SHOWER ENCLOSURE AT HOME DX: SKIN AVULSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT SLIPPED IN THE BATHROOM AND BROKE SHOWER GLASS DOOR, CUT RIGHT KNEE. D: LACERATION RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/16/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT HAD A SHOWER GLASS DOOR BREAK AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF THE GLASS F B FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL-HIT H EAD ON GLASS ENCLOSER TRACK TO TUB-FOREHEAD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
ACCIDENTALLY CUT HAND ON A GLASSS SHOWER DOOR, ?MECH >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE LACERATI ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
6 YOM FELL THROUGH GLASS SHOWER DOORAVULSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT FELL THROUGH A SHOWER GLASS DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL IN GLASS SHOWER RESULTING IN LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures, Alcohol
PT WAS INTOXICATED SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HER LEG ON A BROKEN GLASS S HOWER DOOR BAL 118 DX LT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
LEFT SHIN LAC, PT WAS INJURED BY A BROKEN GLASS SHOWER DOOR WHEN IT BRO KE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PATIENT WAS CHANGING THE SHOWER DOOR WHEN GLASS BROKE WITH METAL FRAME AND CUT LT HAND. DX-LEFT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL INTO A GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A RIGHT HAN D LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
FELL THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER DOOR. HAND / FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
ELBOW LACS-CUT ELBOW ON GLASS SHOWER DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
CONTUSION TOE - 19 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT FOOT TOE PAIN - GREAT A ND 2ND TOE - DROPPED A GLASS SHOWER DOOR ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT HIT HEAD ON SHOWER DOOR,FEELS DIZZY,EARS RINGING DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures, Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING HEAD AGAINST THE GLA SS SHOWER ENCLOSURE LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS SHOWER DOOR THAT SHATTERED DX// LAC RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
34YOM WAS HOME WHEN THE SHOWER DOOR BROKE LACERATED BOTH HANDS; AVULSION OF BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
DX R THUMB LAC/L LEG LAC: CUT THUMB AND LEG AFTER GLASS SHOWER DOOR SHATTERED ON HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures, Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS IN THE TUB WITH BROTHER WHEN THE SHOWER DOOR FELL IN CAUSING MULT. SMALL CUTS TO FEET & WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT HIT L WRIST ON SHOWER DOOR DX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
GLASS SHOWER DOOR SHATTERED TO FOREARM DX: FOREARM LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
RT ELBOW LACERATION.PT FELL INTO GLASS SHOWER DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RT TOE & RT 5TH FINGER WHEN GLASS SHOWER DOOR BROKE WHILE GETTING INTO SHOWER TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
AT HOME PT CUT L PINKY FINGER ON GLASS DOOR WHILE GETTING INTO SHOWER DX L 5TH DIGIT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PATIENT HAD AN ACCIDENTAL FALL THROUGH A GLASS SHOWER DOOR INJURING THE BACK AND LEFT WRIST. DX-LEFT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
RENOVATIONS IN HOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER GLASS SHOWER DOOR AND IT SHAT TERED AND DEEPLY LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PATIENT GOT HER RIGHT SMALL FINGERTIP IN THE SHOWER DOOR AS IT WAS CLO- SING SUFFERING INJURY TO FINGER. DX-TIP AMPUTATION, RT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
DROPPED GLASS SHOWER DOOR ONTO TOE >> FX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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