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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,618
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 61 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: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| C/O LEFT SIDED RIB PAIN S/P FALLING&LANDING ONTO BACK WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS IN SETTING OF ETOH=0.159 INTOXICATION>>RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Footwear |
| PATIENT DRANK A PINT OF VODKA TODAY, TRIPPED OVER SHOELACES, FELL ONTO LEFT SIDE, C/O LT RIB PAIN. DX-LEFT RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 54 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: Alcohol, Chairs |
| PT SLIPPED ON RUG LANDING ON CHAIR WHILE AT HOME C/O RIB PAIN.PT DRANK 1/2 PINT OF VODKA TODAY. DX: LEFT RIB CONTUSION,KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PAIN TO CHEST FELL DOWN STAIRS WHILE DRUNK DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Toilets |
| PT HAD BEEN DRINKING WHEN PT FELL STRIKING RT RIBS ON TOILET BOWL. DX: NONE STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 60 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: Alcohol, Beds or bedframes |
| ETOH INTOXICATED, FELL OUT OF BED LANDING ONTO CHEST WALL, NOW WITH PAI N>> RIB FX/TRAUMATIC PNEUMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 55 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: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Glass bottles or jars |
| AT HOME DRINKING VODKA,FELL ONTO A GLASS BOTTLE,LACERATION TO MID-BACK DX BACK LACERATION,ALCOHOL INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | 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: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Ladders |
| PT FELL 6 FT OFF A LADDER, ADMITS TO ETOH. DX; RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT WAS ON THE BACK OF A FOUR WHEELED ATV DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FLIPPED OFF INTO A DITCH FRACTURED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 66 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH INTOXICATED, ?BAC, FELL DOWN 10 STEPS HITTING SHOULDER, ?LOC >> SHOULDER/FINGER&RIBS FXS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| DRINKING ETOH, FELL HIT CHEST ON TABLE, FELL IN FLOOR. DX RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL LAST NIGHT AND TRIPPED AND FELL AND LANDED ON A TABLE. C/O RIGHT SIDE PAIN D; RIB FX, PULMONARY CONTUSION, S/P FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 54 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH=0.189, FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS, ?HEAD TRAUMA/LOC, >>BILATERAL MULTI RIBS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 54 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Alcohol, Other ranges or ovens |
| +ETOH,PT ADMITS TO DRINKING ALOT OF ETOH,C/O ABD PAIN,BACKED INTO AN OVEN W/ MID BACK,DX ALCOHOLISM, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FELT DIZZY & PASSED OUT ON FLOOR ETHANOL LEVEL 95 DX THORACIC PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 69 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: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT C/O INABILITY TO DORSIFLEX HER WRIST, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE, FOUND ON FLR BY HUSBAND, +ETOH, ALSO SUSTAINED A BRUISE ON LT BREAST & LT ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT AND HAD A FEW DRINKNG OF ALCOHOL THEN JOINED A "***" AND FELL CHEST FIRST INTO A STAGE CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 59 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: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| LT 6TH RIB FX: HAD BEEN DRINKING, FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR IN THE BATH ROOM LT RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 75 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: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH INTOX, ?BAC, FELL DOWN 5-6 STAIRS C/O CW PAIN >>RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 78 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: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT, UNDER INFLUENCE OF ETOH, FELL ON FLOOR @ HOME - CONTUSED UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 58 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: Alcohol, Tables |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED, FELL, HIT RIBS ON TABLE 2 DAYS AGO, FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| WHILE AT A PARTY AT A NIGHTCLUB, PT SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN A FEW STAIRS, ETOH USE, FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| BACK COMPLEX LAC-FELL WHILE INTOXICATED-HIT BACK OF COFFEE TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB STRIKING CHEST ON THE EDGE OF THE TUB FRACTURED RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FALL FROM COUCH + ETOH DX CHEST PAIN +ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 66 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: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH INTOX, BAC=0386, FELL OUT OF CHAIR THEN DOWN ON BASEMENT STAIRS HI TTING CW " RIB FXS/HEMOTHORAX'' |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/10/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| 53 YOM PRESENTS DIAPHORETIC, C/O C/P, SOB, HAD A "FEW DRINKS" LAST NIGH T, FOUND ON FLOOR IN DOORWAY OF HOUSE, DX: MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 59 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH INTOX, BAC=0.121, FELL DOWN 2 STEPS "RIB PAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT PRESENTS WITH BACK AND RIB PAIN AFTER FALLING AT HOME.PT GOT UP TO A NSWER CELL PHONE.SMELLS OF ETOH.NOT SURE OF SYNCOPE.DX=FX RIB,CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED AND FELL ON A PLANTER & FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 72 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: Alcohol, Vacuum cleaners |
| PT WAS VACUUMING THE FLOOR AT HOME INTOXICATED AND FELL STRIKING CHEST SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2007 | Age: 55 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: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL DOWN ON FLOOR INTOXICATED & HAS CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 59 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| WIFE JUST DIED, STARTED ETOH BINGING, FELL DONW STAIRS, " RIB FX" +" ETOH INTOX" BAC=245 +SI" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 55 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: Alcohol, Electric baseboard heaters |
| 55 YOM, UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, FELL AGAINST BASEBOARD HEATER - CONTUSED UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2007 | Age: 76 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: Alcohol, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FOUND AT HOME ON COUCH. STATES" I FELL AT HOME". ADMITS TO DRINKING LARGE AMOUNTS OF WHISKEY. DX. RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/22/2006 | Age: 51 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: Alcohol, Chairs |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FELL BACKWARDS OUT OF A CHAIR INJURING UPPER BACK DX; CONTUSION TO UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Scales |
| PATIENT GOT UP TO GO TO RESTROOM IN EARLY A.M. & FELL AGAINST THE BATH- ROOM SCALE, HAD BEEN DRINKING THAT EVENING. DX - RIB FRACTURE, ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | Age: 86 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: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| HAVE LITTLE ETOH, BAC=0.005, PASSED OUT&FELL TO THE FLOOR, LANDED ON CW " SYNCOPE" +" RIBS FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/13/2006 | Age: 74 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ETOH INTOX, BAC=0.169, MISSED 3 STEP&FELL " KNEE SPRAIN" +" FINGER/RIB FXS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| HAD SEVERAL GLASSES OF WINE, SLIPPED ON STAIRS RIB FX, FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2006 | Age: 64 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: Puncture |
| Product: Alcohol, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| STUMBLED AND FELL INTO A GLASS FIGURINE, FIGURINE BROKE IN HALF. THE BA SE IMPALED THE LEFT SIDE OF CHEST. ETOH CONSUMPTION. DX:PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FELL ON THE FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Alcohol, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT RIDING AN ATV INTOXICATED BAC- 284 LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED OFF SUST AINED IOI CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/19/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED ON A BIKE AND FELL OFF SUSTAINED A COMPRESSION FRACT URE TO UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | Age: 65 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: Alcohol, Bottles or jars |
| FRACTURE RIBS - 65 YOM C/O RIB PAIN AFTER FALL, HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF VO DKA FOUND IN BACK PACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2006 | Age: 58 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Tables |
| CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH CONTUSION TO CHEST AFTER FALLIN G AGAINST THE CORNER OF A TABLE - ETOH ON BREATH - LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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