Accidents - Refrigerators - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,265
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Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT MOVING A REFRIFERATOR STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
SUDDEN ONSET LBP LIFTING A FRIDGE " MS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
MOVED REFRIGERATOR TODAY LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT FELL AT HOME TRYING TO OPEN REFRIGERATOR, C/O LEG PAIN. DX-LEFT HIP FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR. DX: L SUBCAPITAL FEMORAL NECK FX, L EBOW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL AT HOME AND HIT HIP ON REFRIGERATOR. DX. HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
RT HIP FRACTURE.PT WAS GETTING INTO REFRIGERATOR AND FELL ON THE FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
MOVING A FRIDGE, LOST BALANCE&FELL HITTING BACK ON A CABINET DOOR " BACK MS/CONS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING A REFRIGERATOR AND IT FELL ON HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT RECEIVED HIP PAIN WHILE REMOVING REFRIGERATOR FROM BACK OF TRUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT WITH BACK PAIN WHILE PUTTING A SHELF INTO THE REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT WAS RUNNING AN ICEMAKER IN A REFRIGERATOR AND TWISTED BACK. DX: LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
FELL IN KITCHEN 1 WK. AGO WHILE CLEANING REFRIGERATOR LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT MOVING A REFRIGERATOR AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
77 YOF WAS OPENING HER REFRIGERATOR, HANDLE BROKE OFF, AND SHE FELL BAC KWARDS CAUSING CONTUSION TO RIGHT HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR IN KITCHEN AT HOME AFTER CLOSING REFRIGERATOR DOOR PELVIC FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT FRACTURED A HIP BY REACHING INTO THE REFRIGERATOR & FELL TO THE FLOO R AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
51 YO MOVING REFRIGERATOR INJURED BACK SPRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
ACUTE EXACERBATION OF BACK PAIN: HELPING FRIEND LIFT REFRIGERATOR, FELT "POP" IN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
PT FELL BACK WHILE TRYING TO PULL OPEN REFRIGERATOR. DX: LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Refrigerators
FELL AGAINST REFRIDGERATOR, C/O HIP PAIN, DX; HIP FX/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators
PATIENT HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE OPENING REFRIGERATOR DOOR, AT HOME INJURING HER BACK. DX - BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers
PT WAS MOVING REFRIGERATOR ON DOLLY DOWN STEPS AND HIT BRAKE AND FELL. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Refrigerators, Floors or flooring materials
PT GETTING ORANGE JUICE OUT OF REFRIGERATOR, SLIPPED AND FELL TO FLOOR, CONTUSION LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
PT BENT TO REACH SOMETHING IN REFRIGERATOR. DX: LOWER BACK SPASMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Refrigerators
LEFT HIP PAIN-FELL 2 WEEKS AGO STRIKING LEFT HIP ON REFRIGERATOR. CONTI UES TO HAVE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators, Bottles or jars
PT INJURED GETTING BOTTLE OUT OF REFRIDGE; LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
HELPING MOVE REFRIGERATOR AND PULLED LOWER BACK STRAINING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Refrigerators
LIFTING SMALL REFRIGERATOR DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	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: Refrigerators
LOW BACK PAIN/59YOF MOVED REFRIGERATOR THIS AM. BACK STARTED HURTING 2- 3 HOURS AFTERWARDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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