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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 380
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Refrigerators, Ceilings and walls |
| 73YOF WAS PULLING FOOD OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR LOST BALANCE,FELL STRIKING LT KNEE ON A WALL;KNEE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| TWISTED KNEE WHILE MOVING REFRIGERTOR DX: KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| 51YOM WHILE HOME PICKING UP REFRIGERATOR DEVELOPED PAIN IN RT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| REACHING INTO OPENED REFRIGERATOR, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WRONG DX: SPRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| LIFTED A REFRIGERATOR 2 DAYS AGO AND HAS PAIN TO (L) KNEE DX- MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON A REFRIGERATOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Refrigerators |
| KNEE PAIN; HIT KNEE WITH REFRIGERATOR DOOR TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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