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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 962
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2005 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT LIFTING HEAVY PANELING BOARD AT HOME AND STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | Age: 71 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: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| SKIN TEAR TO HAND/LAC FROM WOOD PANELING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING THROUGH A RAFTER & THE PLYWOOD WAS NOT ATTACHED HE FELL THROUGH RAFTER WITH ALL HIS BODY WEIGHT. DX -BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/21/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT WAS PUTTING UP PLYWOOD AROUND HER WINDOWS TO PROTECT THEM AT HOME WH EN ONE FELL ONTO LEFT WRIST LACERATION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT HANGING PLYWOOD, PIECE SLID OVER RT FOREARM, PIECE EMBEDDED IN RT FO REARM, FB FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT GOT SPLINTER FROM PLYBOARD; FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| FELL WHILE HOLDING PIECE OF PANELING, C/O PAIN AND LIMITED MOVEMENT IN RIGHT SHOULDER/ARM DX: SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard, Bench or table saws |
| FOREARM CT-CUTTING PARTICLE BOARD W/ TABLE SAW-WOOD HIT ARM-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER SOME PLYWOOD YESTERDAY & DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT SUSTAINED A SLIVER IN A FINGER FROM A PIECE OF PLYWOOD WHILE WEARI NG A RUBBER FINGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WAS WORKING WITH A WOOD PANELING BOARD AT HOME AND GOT A SPLINTER IN HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD ON PIECE OF PLYWOOD LACERATING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| FINGER FB-SLIVER OF WOOD FROM PANELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LEANING OVER AND PICKING UP PLYWOOD, PAIN RA DIATES DOWN LEG DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PT WORKING W/ PLYWOOD AND GOT SPLINTERS IN R EYE, PT ABLE TO FLUSH SOME OUT BUT STILL FEELS SOMETHING IN EYE DX: R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| WIFE DROPPED A SHEET OF PLYWOOD ON TOP OF PT'S FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PARTICLE BOARD FELL ON L TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT HEAD WITH PLYWOOD DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 3RD FINGER FB-WOODEN SPLINTER FROM PANELING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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