Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,170
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Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Bicycles or accessories
FRACTURE RIB - 58 YOM WAS RIDING BIKE DOWN A PATH AND RAN INTO A WOODEN FENCE POST, C/O LEFT SIDED RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Horseback riding
PT STATES HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN A FENCE AND A HORSE AT HOME INJURINGRIB S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT LEANING AGAINST METAL FENCE WHEN HE FELL INTO CACTUS. THORNS IN BACK . D FOREIGN BODY CACTUS THORNS, HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
TRAUMA LT.SIDE OF CHEST.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN ON FENCE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT. STATES SHE STUMBLED OVER A GATE CAUSING PT TO FALL TO L SIDE. DX. FX 7TH RIB, L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fences or fence posts
THORACOLUMBAR STRAIN. TRIPPED OVER GATE ON WAY TO FOOTBALL GAME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS LEAVING A RESTAURANT WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING CHEST AG AINST A FENCE CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT. WAS WALKING ON SIDEWALK WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND GRABBED A FENCE POST AND FELL AGAINST FENCE POST FRACTURING RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
SITTING ON LOG FENCE AND RAIL GAVE WAY / FELL BACKWARDS DX: CHEST CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
RIB FXS-FELL 5-6 FEET-HIT A FENCE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
FELL HITTING LEFT SIDE ON METAL FENCE DX: LT. RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS HELPING HER BROTHER MOVE A WOODEN FENCE WHEN SHE HAD A SUDDEN ON SET OF CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
CLIMBING OVER FENCE FELL AND HIT BACK AGAINST BOULDER DX: FRACTURED 11TH RIGHT RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
WAS HELPING NEIGHBOR WITH HIS FENCE AND HURT HIS CHEST DX UPPER TRUNK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT FELL ONTO FENCE C/O RIB PAIN DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
TRIED TO CLIMB OVER GATE TO GET DOG DX: RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT C/O DOG BITE TO LT BACK WHILE STANDING AT A FENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
FELL ACROSS BARB WIRE FENCE, LANDED FACE DOWN HURTING LT SIDE OF CHEST. CHEST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
TURNED QUICKLY AND WALKED INTO A METAL POLE ON A WIRE FENCE AND WAS JAB BED BY PART OF PROTRUDING METAL. DX. CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
CHEST WALL PAIN. PT FELL OFF A FENCE AND HIT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fences or fence posts
54 YOM PINNED AGAINST FENCE GATE STRAIN CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
CLIMBING FENCE FELL 6 FEET DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION, SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT HURT FROM TAKING DOWN FENCE AND FENCE ROW. DX: MUSCLE SKELETAL STRAIN TO UPPER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
58 YO F TRIPED AND FELL OVER FENCE LANDING ON CHEST FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
FELL YESTERDAY AT HOME THRU FENCE. C/O RT. RIB PAIN. DX. RIB FX. 3,7,9 .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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