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Accidents - Floor buffers or waxers - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 147
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:71Upper Arm:59
Head:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials
56 YO MALE SLIPPED WHILE BUFFING FLOOR THIS MORNING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Floors or flooring materials
PT USING BUFFING MACHINE ON FLOOR TODAY WHEN IT GOT AWAY FROM PT AND WR ENCHED ARM. D: MUSCLE STRAIN, ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Floor buffers or waxers, Stairs or steps
PT BUFFERING STEP AT HOME HAS FOREIGN BODY IN EYE RT EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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