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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,068
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CLEANING GUTTER ON SECOND STORY ROOF AND SLIPPED. DX: R DISTAL TIB/FIB FX, R PROXIMAL FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/04/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FELL ON DRAIN DX. KNEE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 55 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT WAS CLEANING HIS GUTTERS OUT & FELL 8-10 FT ON TO WOODEN DECK. PT ADM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FINGER LAC-GOT CUT WHILE CLEANING OUT A SEWER DRAIN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| GREAT TOE LAC-CUT ON A DRAIN PIPE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| PT.REPORTED CUT TO RT.HAND INDEX FINGER WHILE WORKING ON GUTTERS & FELL FROM LADDER. DX-LACERATION RT.INDEX FINGER FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT FELL BETWEEN SIDEWALK AND GUTTER ON THE STREET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| CLEANING OUT GUTTERS, FELL OFF LADDER, LANDED ON ROCK SCALP HEMATOMA, CONCUSSION, SCAPULAR CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| BEE STING ON RT HAND-WHILE CLEANING GUTTER-W HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER DOWN SPOUT AND LANDED ON RIGHT ELBOW DX: CONTUSION RIGHT ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FX L WRIST; TRIPPED OVER DRAINPIPE & FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CONTUSION HIP - 66 YOF FELL OFF A GUTTER ONTO LEFT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 75 YOM SCRATCHED WITH RUSTY GUTTER ABRASION R 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT STATES HE WAS CLEANING GUTTERS ON HOUSE AND FELL LANDING ON ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FX L HIP; REPLACING DOWNSPOUT AFTER LAWN WAS MOWED, LOST BALANCE & FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FACIAL CONTUSION,NASAL BONE FX - CAUGHT TOE ON DOWNSPOUT AND FELL FORWA RD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY RT EYE, REMOVING RAIN GUTTERS OFF OF HOUSE AT HIS HOME WHEN WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2003 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| HIP FX-TRIPPED-FELL OVER SOME RAIN GUTTERS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/01/2003 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| LT FOOT SPRAIN-CLEANING GUTTERS-AT HOME-FELL OFF LADDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| HIT HEAD ON GUTTER DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT IN YARD & TRIPPED ON PIECE OF RUSTY PIPE. LACERATED HAND BTW 2ND & 3 RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| CLEANING HIS GUTTERS WHEN LADDER FELL. PT. GRABBED ONTO GUTTERS WITH BO TH HANDS. DID NOT FALL TO GROUND. DX BILATERAL HAND LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 63 YOF WAS WALKING IN AN ALLEY IN THE DARK & TRIPPED ON A PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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