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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,800
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/31/2010 | 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: Other fireplaces |
54 YOM STUMBLED ACROSS BRICKS IN FIREPLACE HEARTH AT HOME. DX-FX 2 RIBS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
80YOM LOST BALANCE, HITTING FIREPLACE C/O BACK PAIN DX;* RIB FX |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/15/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
DX CONTU L CHEST WALL: FELL BACKWARD ONTO FREESTAND'G FIREPLACE X 2HRS. STRUCK RIBS ON A FIREPLACE EDGE W PAIN W LIFT'G/INC W DEEP INSPIRAT'N |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 68 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: Other fireplaces |
DX RX RIBS: TRIPPED ON HEARTH OF FIREPLACE AND FELL AGAINST IT W INJ TO RIBS WHILE LOOKING FOR PUPPY. NO FIRE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH SINCE BEING EXPOSED TO SOME SMOKE FROM HER FIREPLACE 2 WEEKS AGO. D:PULMONARY EMBOLI, ACS. ADMIT. |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 12/13/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT TRIPPED AND FELL LAST WEEK HITTING CHEST ON FIREPLACE DX: LT CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL BACK INTO FIREPLACE. DX: THORACIC STRAIN/CONT. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/12/2007 | Age: 86 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: Other fireplaces |
FELL INTO FIREPLACE TRYING TO HELP DAUGHTER WHO ALSO FELL RIB CONTUSION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/15/2006 | 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: Other fireplaces |
PUTTING LOGS IN FIREPLACE, CHEST PAIN DX CHEST PAIN |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 10/26/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF FIREPLACE AND SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE. + FD. DX: BURNS PARTIAL THICKNESS OVER ENTIRE BACK 13%. |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 04/05/2006 | Age: 77 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: Hematoma |
Product: Other fireplaces |
BACK HEMATOMA - FELL,HITTING BACK ON FIREPLACE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/20/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
RIB FX. PT FELL AGAINST THE EDGE OF A FIREPLACE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 82 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: Other fireplaces |
PT PASSED OUT AND LANDED ON THE HEARTH OF THE FIREPLACE/ CONTUSION TO B ACK AND RIBS |
Disposition: Held for observation |
Date: 10/26/2005 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT. TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE HEARTH DIAGNOSIS;; FRACTURED RIBS. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/17/2005 | Age: 53 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: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A FIREPLACE CONTUSION RIBS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 83 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: Other fireplaces |
L 10TH RIB FX - FELL HITTING EDGE OF FIREPLACE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
Product: Other fireplaces |
FELL COUPLE DAYS AGO, HIT FIREPLACE @ HOME DX L PNEUMOTHORAX |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 58 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: Other fireplaces |
PT HAD SEIZURE AND FELL HITTING FIREPLACE HEARTH. DX: CONT CHEST/HIP. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
DX RIGHT RIB CONTUSION: FELL AND HIT CHEST ON FIREPLACE AT HOME. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 59 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: Other fireplaces |
PT. STATES WAS PUTTING WOOD IN FIREPLACE AT 5:30 AM FELL OVER AND HIT L SIDE OF BACK ON FIREPLACE. DX. CONT CHEST. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/06/2005 | Age: 85 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: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL STRIKING FIREPLACE LEDGE. DX: L CHEST WALL CONT. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/30/2004 | Age: 58 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: Other fireplaces |
PT WAS TRYING TO START FIRE AND FELL INTO FIREPLACE. DX: R CHEST CONT. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/20/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
FELL AGAINST FIREPLACE AT HOME HITTING L SIDE OF RIBS DX FX L 8TH 9TH RIBS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/26/2004 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL HITTING CHEST ON FIREPLACE. DX: MULT RIB FX'S, HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX. |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 01/16/2004 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL OVER FREESTANDING FIREPLACE. DX: L FIFTH/SIXTH RIB FX/CONT. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/15/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL AND HIT BACK ON FIREPLACE. DX: INTRACTABLE BACK PX, VOMITING, RENAL INSUFF. |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 62 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: Other fireplaces, Tables |
62YOF-FRACTURE LEFT RIBS-FELL AT HOME WHILE STANDING OVER FIREPLACE-LOS T BALANCE FELL ON TABLE |
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT FELL WHILE STACKING WOOD LANDING ON A LOG IN THE FIREPLACE FRACTURE 7TH RIBS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 81 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces, Crutches, canes or walkers |
DX LEFT RIB CONTUSION: TRIPPED OVER CANE AND LANDED ONTO FIREPLACE MANTLE AT HOME. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/08/2003 | Age: 100 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PT. FELL, HIT L ELBOW, L LAT CHEST ON BRICK HEARTH. DX. L RIB FX, LAC L ELBOW, CONT CHEST. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/26/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Other fireplaces, Day wear |
PT STATES SITTING IN FRONT OF FIREPLACE, SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX:1ST A ND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BACK AND L ARM. NS IF FD INVOLVED. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/20/2003 | 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: Other fireplaces |
CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN FELL AND STRUCK FIREPLACE AT HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/11/2002 | 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: Other fireplaces |
FRACTURE RIBS - PATIENT REPORTS TRIPPING OVER FAMILY DOG AND FALLING AG AINST FIREPLACE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
PATIENT FELL AND HIT THE FIREPLACE AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE 1OTH RIB, CONTUSION RIGHT FLANK. NO FIRE INVOLVEMENT DOCUMENTED. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/15/2001 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/22/2001 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/29/2001 | Age: 83 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: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 06/28/2000 | 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: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/02/1999 | Age: 85 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/29/1998 | Age: 84 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/14/1998 | Age: 68 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: Other |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/28/1997 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/10/1997 | Age: 72 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: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/07/1997 | Age: 94 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Other fireplaces |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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