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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 159
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| PT WAS "LIFTING A HUMIDIFIER" AND FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN HIS LOWER BAC K DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 82 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: Humidifiers |
| RIB CONTUSION.PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC IN GARAGE AND FELL INTO A HUMIDIFIER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY WATER FROM HUMIDIFIER DX ACUTE THORACIC MYOFASCIAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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