Accidents - House repair or construction materials - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,130
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Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
RIGHT ARM INJ. PT INJURED ON A PIECE OF SHEET METAL AT HOME. LWOT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF, NO LOC. DX. FX. DISTAL RADIUS, LT. 5TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades
CUTTING SHEETMETAL BLADE SLIPPED LACERATION LEFT FOREARM 2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT WAS PULLING DOWN DRYWALL IN HIS BASEMENT AND L ACERATED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
75 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM ON PIECE OF SHEET METAL AT HOME. DX; L FORERM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL AT ALCO DIME STORE HITTING ARM ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD. SKIN TEARS T O RIGHT FOREARM. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT STAES SOME LUMBER FELL ON HIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT TRYING TO GET IN FROM OUT OF THE RAIN AT HOME TRIPPED OVER A BRICK F RACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
CONTUS R FOREARM/WRIST; 2X4 FELL FROM ROOF LANDING ON HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT AT *** WHEN A PIECE OF LUMBER FELL ONTO LEFT LOWER ARM LACERATION AR M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL ON SOME LUMBER- RESULTING IN A ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
58 YO M CUT LOWER ARM ON SIDING HANGING FROM HOUSE LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
PAIN WHILE LIFTING BRICK DX. FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL ON WET CONCRETE AT FUNERAL HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
79 Y/O W/F TRIPPED OVER CAT LACERATED ARM ON A PIECE OF SHEET METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PULLED / JERKED LOWER ARM THEN FELL ON BACK WHILE TYING SHEET METAL ATH OME. DX; FRACTURE ULNA, RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
WORKING ON TIN ROOF CUT ARMDX LACERATION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: House repair or construction materials
52-YOM SUSTAINED A SLIVER OF HIS FOREARM AS A RESULT OF A SHEET OF PLYW OOD FALLING ON HIM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Ladders
61YOM-FRCTURE RIGHT FOREARM-FELL OFF ROOF AT HOME-LADDER FELL ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT RECIEVED MYOFASCIAL TEAR LIFTING DRYWALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
ACCIDENTALLY CUT R ARM ON DRY WALL. R FOREARM LAC $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
60 Y F FELL OF ROOF ABOUT 14 FT DX: CONTUSIONS TO LEFT FOREARM AND NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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