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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,513
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER RAIN GUTTER, FELL DX: RT. RADIAL FRACTURE RT. ULNAR STYLOID FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | 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 WORKING ON HIS GUTTER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND O N A PIECE OF METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2004 | Age: 76 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, Knives |
| LACERATED HAND WHILE TRYING TO CUT PLUMBING PIPE WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 73 YO TRIPPED OVER DOWN SPOUT LAC MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | 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, Eyeglasses |
| L CORNEAL ABRAS & FB UNDER UPPER LID/67YOF WAS GETTING LEAVES OUT OF GU TTER AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT APPROX 4P.WEARS GLASSES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG FROM A GUTTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 84 YOF STATES LOWER LEG PAIN AFTER TRIPPING ON METAL STORM DRAIN AT NUR SING HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| HEMARTHROSIS;DJD L ELBOW/81YOM AT HOME WAS CLEANING GUTTER ON FRIDAY AN D AFTER FINISHED NOTICED BRUISE INSIDE OF ELBOW. C/O PAIN THAT PM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CUT HAND ON GUTTER DX. HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT C/O PAIN IN LEFT 5TH FINGER TIP, METAL PIPE FELL ON HAND 1 DAY AGO. DX: LEFT 5TH DIGIT SUBFUNGAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| GUTTER FELL AND CUT PT'S FOREARM. DX: PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 63 YEAR OLD MALE CLEANING GUTTERS STUNG BY BEE ON HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| ACUTE LT HAND SWELLING AND EDEMA DUE TO MULTIPLE BEE STINGS, CLEANING OUT GUTTERS, REACHE DIN GUTTER, WAS STUNG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED AND HIT LEG ON PIPE IN YARD - LACERATION LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| L ANKLE SPRAIN - TRIPPED ON DRAIN AND TWISTED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| BEE STINGS - 55 YOM WAS CLEANING THE GUTTERS AND UPSET A NEST OF BEES A ND WAS STUNG MULTIPLE TIMES, C/O SWELLING, TROUBLE BREATHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2004 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 86 YOF AT HOME TRIPPED ON EAVETROUGH AND HIT FOREHEAD DX: LACERATION TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| KNEE AB-EYEBROW LAC-FELL OVER A DRAIN PIPE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Hammers |
| MC SPRAIN-INJURED WHILE WORKING ON GUTTERS W/A HAMMER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| GLASS IN EYE CLEANING GUTTERS LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2004 | Age: 74 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, House repair or construction materials |
| 74 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT WAS ON THE ROOF CLEANING OUT HIS GUTTERS & FEL L OFF. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/28/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CLEANING GUTTERS @ HOME, FELL 10' - 12' DX ACUTE SPRAIN L ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CAUGHT FOOT ON DRAIN AT *** AND FELL/ FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| ABRASION R ELBOW,FX R HUMERAL HEAD - TRIPPED ON DRAIN PIPE FROM DOWNSPO UT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER A PIPE AND HIT HEAD;CLOSED HEAD INJ NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PULLOING A STUCK PIPE AND STRAINED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT. FELL IN A DRAINPIPE, HURT HER WRIST SPRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| CLEANING GUTTERS AND SUBSTAINED A LAC ON SHARP PIECE OF METAL DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 54 YO M INJURED FINGER ON GUTTER LAC FINGER,COMPLICATED W/TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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