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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 240
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Chimneys |
| PT WAS WORKING ON CHIMNEY TODAY WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL ON CEMENT AND HIT HEAD, HAS LAC TO SCALP DX: LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chimneys |
| THE CHIMNEY FELL ON PT, PINNING HIM TO A BUILDING. DX KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chimneys |
| 67 YOM WITH RIGHT ELBOW PAIN AFTER FALLING ON THE ROOF WHILE TRYING TO GET A BIRD OUT OF HIS CHIMNEY, DX; ELBOW CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Chimneys |
| PT WAS IN A ROOM WHEN THE CHIMNEY FELL FILLING THE ROOM WITH SMOKE DX. CO POISONING, FIRE OR SMOKE NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 55 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: Chimneys |
| PT FELL WHILE CLEANING CHIMNEY AND INJURED LOWER BACK. DX: LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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