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Accidents - Portable food or beverage coolers - 50+ years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,100
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:346Lower Trunk:229
Toe:135Ankle:95
Head:88Lower Leg:71
Finger:68Shoulder:32
Wrist:15Upper Leg:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/28/2010Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
68YFC CARRYING A COOLER SLIPPED AND FELL COOLER FELL ONTO RIBS CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2010Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
A 63 YR OLD MALE C/O LUMBAR PAIN AFTER CARRYING HEAVY ICE CHEST DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
56YOM LIFTED AN ICE COOLER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2010Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Plastic bags
59YOM BEGAN TO HAVE CHEST PAIN AFTER PUTTING A BAG OF ICE IN COOLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2010Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
70 YP M LIFTING COOLER INJURED SHOULDER SPRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
53 Y/O/M LIFTED A HEAVY COOLER AT HOME AND HAS GROIN PAIN DX/ GROIN STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2010Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
^OPEN TUFT FX: 5 CM CIRCUMFERENTIAL LAC R 4TH FINGERTIP; 68YOM ACCID. CLOSED R 4TH FINGERTIP BETWEEN COOLER & TAILGATE, FX TIP R 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
60 Y/O/M DROPPED A FREEZER GEL PACK ON FOOT INJURED TOE DX/ RT GREAT TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Stairs or steps
58YOF WALKING DOWN THE STEPS WITH ICE COOLER GETTING READY FOR CAMP, MISSED A STEP TWISTING ANKLE;LT ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
PT WAS SITTING ON COOLER AND SLID OFF LEFT UPPER THIGH PAIN 74YOF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
ANKLE STR. 53 YOF FELL WHEN CARRYING A COOLER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
58 YOF WAS AT PARK AND LIFTED A COOLER SUSTAINING A SPRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2010Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
77 YOF, FX. RIBS, PT. STATES SAT DOWN ON COOLER, FELL TO SIDE, HITTING THE GROUND, FEES LIKE PULLED MUSCLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/27/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
64 YOM SPRAINED A LOWER LEG WHILE LIFTING A COOL FROM A B0AT AT THE MAR INA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
57YOM WAS PICKING UP COOLER AND FELT A POP IN SHOULDER DX RT SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2010Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
59 F, PT HIT TOE ON COOLER AT HOME. DX. TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
58 YOF, USED ICE PACK ON BACK, FROSTBITE BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2010Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers, Pipes
52 YOM C/O FOOT PAIN, FELL OFFICE CHEST WHILE HANGING ROD IN CLOSET. DX-SPRAIN ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
64 YOM WAS SITTING ON HIS COOLER OUTSIDE OF *** WHEN HE FELL ASLEEP AND FELL FWD HITTING HEAD. DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2010Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
55YOF BENT OVER A COOLER AT *** AND FELL INTO ITDX: CHEST PAIN DX: CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2010Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
80YOM SITTING ON COOLER ON BACK OF TRAILER, FELL OFF AND STRUCK HEAD/ CONCUSSION W/O LOC, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2010Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Portable food or beverage coolers
73YOF PASSED OUT PT STRUCK ICE BOX DX: SYNCOPE, HIP DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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