Accidents - Unattached appliance or lamp cords - Year 2002 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 128
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	60
50+ years old:	67

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Unattached appliance or lamp cords, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER ELECTRICAL CORD AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX: CONTUSION TO LEFT KNEE, RIGHT ANKLE, AND RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Unattached appliance or lamp cords, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TRIPPED OVER CORD HIT INTO DRY WALL SCREW - LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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