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Accidents - Mirrors or mirror glass - 50+ years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,823
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:402Lower Leg:324
Head:213Hand:167
Foot:166Face:166
Lower Arm:145Ankle:68
Toe:59Wrist:46
Elbow:30Upper Trunk:15
Lower Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/29/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
60 YOM WAS LIFTING A MIRROR AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls
PT PUTTING UP A MIRROR ON HIS WALL AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION T O LEFT THIRD FINGER WHEN IT SHATTERED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls
PT HELPING HIS FATHER OUT UP A MIRROR ON A WALL WHEN IT BROKE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls
PT CAUGHT MIRROR FALLING FROM WALL. DX: 4 CM R PALM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON MIRROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
55 YO MALE CUT FOREHEAD ON GLASS MIRROR IN CASINO HALLWAY LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN DROPPING A HEAVY MIRROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Ceilings and walls
53 YO MALE WAS MOVING MIRROR FROM WALL AND CUT ARM LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2005Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE TILTING HEAD BACKWARD, IN THE BR, FELL HITTING HEAD ON A MIRROR " SYCOPE" +" HEAD INJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
STEPPED ON BROKEN MIRROR DX. FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT FINGERS ON A MIRROR DX; R INDEX & 3RD FINGER LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PATIENT WAS REMOVING SOME SQUARE MIRRORS & A PIECE BROKE CUTTING THE DORSUM OF HIS RT HAND. DX - RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LAC L EYELID, PT SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING MIRROR AT HOME, C/O BLEEDIN G, PAIN, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DROPPED A MIRROR ON FOOT AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
57 YO MALE RAN INTO MIRROR LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT SUS LAC TO FOREHEAD FROM A MIRROR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT WITH LACERATION AND BRUISE TO CHEEK, LEG AND WRIST AFTER MIRROR FELL ON HER. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2005Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT HAD A MIRROR FALL AND LACERATE LOWER LEG .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT C/O CUT ON LEG. PT CUT LEG ON BROKEN MIRROR. DX LAC RT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
MIRROR FELL ON LEG LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT MOVING A MIRROR AT HOME AND CAUGHT THE EDGE AGAINST LEFT FOOT LACERA TION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT CUT ARM ON A MIRROR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON MIRROR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT WAS CUT W/MIRROR ON 7/26. DX: R ELBOW LAC W/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT C/O SUSTAINED LACERATION LT OUTER LEG AN HOUR AGO S/P MIRROR FALL CUT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
WHILE AT HOME GOODS STORE, A WROUGHT IRON MIRROR FELL OFF A SHELF, LAND ING ON TOE. DX. R GREAT TOE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DROPPED A MIRROR ON WRIST. "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT FELL STRIKING UPPER CHEST AGAINST A MIRROR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT CUT WRIST ACCIDENTLY ON MIRROR. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
IN BATHROOM, FELL AGAINST MIRROR, CUT BILATERAL ANKLES ON BROKEN GLASS, DX; ANKLE LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT TO HEAD GOT HIT BY MIRROR DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LACERATION FOREARM - 77 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON A GLASS MIRR OR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
2.0 CM HAND LAC-CUT ON MIRROR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT ON GLASS MIRROR LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LACERATION FINGER - 57 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE AN D RING FINGERS WHEN MIRROR HE DROPPED BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
DROPPED A MIRROR ON LEG LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DX 1ST DEGREE CONTUSION TO SCALP - DUE TO DIRECT BLOW W/A FALLING MIRROR THAT HIT HER ON SIDE OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PATIENT SUSTAINED A PIECE OF GLASS FROM A MIRROR IN HER 3RD & 4TH FINGERS COMPLAINING OF PAIN. DX - POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass, Beds or bedframes
PT LAYING IN BED, MIRROR FELL OFF OF WALL HITTING HER IN HEAD, LAC SCAL P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LACERATION WRIST - 55 YOM WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEFLECT A FALLING MIRROR AN D SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT L LEG WITH BROKEN MIRROR, DX; LAC. LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
LAC R HAND, PT CLEANING A MIRROR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT HAD FALL ONE WEEK AGO AND HIT FOREHEAD ON MIRROR. SEVERE HEADACHE. D : HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2005Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT CUT LEFT THUMB ON A BROKEN MIRROR AT HOME LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2005Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT TRIPPED ON OXYGEN TUBING AT HOME AND FELL INTO MIRROR, NO LOC DX: COMPLEX LAC L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FELL AGAINST MIRROR DX. FOREHEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
56 YOF SAID SHE HAD ALCOHOLIC DRINKS EARLIER AND THEN TOOK ***, STARTED FEELING DIZZY AND CRACKER HER HEAD INTO MIRROR, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FINGER FX-DROPPED LARGE MIRROR ON FINGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
CUT FINGER ON MIRROR LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT HAD A MIRROR FALL ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT CUT FINGER ON A BROKEN MIRROR, SUSTAINED " FINGER LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
FELL AGAINST MIRROR DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mirrors or mirror glass
PT DROPPED MIRROR AND CUT THUMB. DX: LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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