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Accidents - Wallpaper - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 297
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:145Lower Arm:60
Lower Trunk:30All Of Body:16
Wrist:15Eyeball:15
Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/13/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wallpaper
CHEST PAIN - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH CHEST PAIN AFTER WALLPAPERING - STAT ES HAD HANDS OVER HEAD MUCH OF THE TIME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wallpaper
62 YO FEMALE INHALED FUMES FROM WALLPAPER AT CASINO INHALED FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wallpaper
CONTUSION CHEST AREA, PT HANGING WALL PAPER & SUST INJURY, C/O SEVERE PAIN, NO LOC, SENSATION INTACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wallpaper
PT HANGING WALL PAPER AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL FORWARD STRIKING CHEST CONT USION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wallpaper, Ceilings and walls
LEFT CIRNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS SCRAPPING WALLPAPER OFF WALL AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wallpaper
PT PUTTING UP WALL PAPER YESTERDAY, WOKE WITH STIFF NECK, STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wallpaper, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT BENT TO GET WALLPAPER AND HAS BEEN PAINTING ALL WEEKEND. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, INTRACTABLE BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wallpaper
STRIPPING WALLPAPER AND CUT RIGHT ARM. RIGHT WRIST LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wallpaper
RIGHT WRIST FX. PT WAS HANGING WALLPAPER AND FELL INJURING WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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