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Accidents - Containers - 50+ years old - Year 2010 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 862
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Date: 12/31/2010Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
ARM LAC-84YOF IN BEDROOM HANGING UP A T SHIRT WHEN A BOX FELL FROM A SHELF HITTING LEFT FOREARM AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
56YOWF PT REPORTS REACHING UP FOR A BOX LAST WEEK AND IT WAS TOO HEAVY , SINC HAS PAIN IN BILAT FOREARMS. DX. STRAIN FA AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
LOWER ARM STR. 52 YOF FELL OVER CHRISTMAS BOXES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
51 YOM LIFTED A HEAVY BOX. DX: L ARM STRAIN, PROBABLE TENDON TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
54 YOF SUS CONTUSION TO LOWER ARM WHILE MOVING BOXES%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
51 YOF FX ARM WHEN CARRYING A CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
60 YO F TRIPPED OVER BOXES FELL INJURED ARM FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2010Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
BOX FELL FRACTURE R RADIUS AND ULNA 81 YO F #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives
56 YOM-CUT SELF W/POCKET KNIFE WHILE OPENING A BOX ON FOREARM DX FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2010Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
90YOF CARRYING PACKAGES AND SLIPPED AND FELL FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Containers
53YOF CARRYING OLD BOXES FROM A ROOM AND DEVELOPED A RASH TO LOWER ARMS CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2010Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
75YOF FX LWR ARM- TRIPPED ON BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers, Beds or bedframes
85YOM INJURED LEFT FOREARM WHILE PULLING BOX OUT FROM UNDER BED AT HOME LOWER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2010Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
61YOF FELL BACKWARD AND INJ RT WRIST WHILE MOVING A BOX IN HER GARAGE DX: CLOSED FX DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
60 YO M, C/O RIGHT ARM PAIN, FELL DOWN 3 WEEKS IN A BODEGA AFTER BOXES FELL ON TOP OF HIM, DX FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Containers, Poles
74YOM-FOREARM SKIN TEAR-HIT ARM W/A STEEL POST WHILE PRYING A BARREL OP EN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
57YOF INJURED RIGHT ARM WHEN MOVING HEAVY BOXES, RIGHT FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
57YOF TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND PT'S ARM GRAZED AGAINST THE TOTE BOX C/O L EFT LOWER ARM TEARS&BRUISING.DX:SKIN TEARS,ABNORMAL BRUISING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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