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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,318
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| LEFT RIB FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER PILLOW ON FLOOR AND INJURED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| FOOT CT-TRIPPED ON A PILLOW-FELL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2005 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Other fireplaces |
| PATIENT SLIPPED ON A PILLOW & FELL HITTING HER HEAD ON THE FIREPLACE CUTTING HER SCALP. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| 60 YO FEMALE CHANGED PILLOWS ON BED AT HOME TWO NIGHTS AGO ACUTE THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows, Stairs or steps |
| CARRYING PILLOWS DOWN HER STEPS AND FELL DOWN STEPS AND FELL ON FLOOR COMPRESSION FRACTURE LUMBAR SPINE ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pillows |
| WHILE DAUGHTER WAS PUTTING PILLOWS- PILLOWING HER DOWN SOMETHING IN EYE RETAINED FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE POSSIBLE RETINA TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows, Chairs |
| PILLOW SLIPPED OFF CHAIR AND PATIENT FELL AND STRUCK HEAD CLOSED HEAD I NJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| LEFT RADIAL FX. PT FELL OVER A PILLOW INJURING ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows |
| NECK PAIN AFTER STARTING SLEEPING ON AN EXTRA PILLOW. " TORTICOLLIS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT SLEPT AWKWARDLY ON A PILLOW WHEN HE AWOKE HE HAD PAIN IN NECK STRAIN ED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| LEFT 4TH FINGER DISLOCATION.PT TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW AND INJURED FINGER ON FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| COMMINUTED FX L RADIUS,ULNA,FX L HIP - LOST BALANCE WHEN CARRYING AN AR M FULL OF PILLOWS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| SPENT NIGHT AWAY FROM HOME--SLEPT ON EGG CRATE PILLOW DX CERVICAL MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Pillows |
| LEFT EYE HEMATOMA. PT GOT IN A PILLOW FIGHT WITH GRANDSON AND WAS HIT I N EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| 57 YOM STRAINS NECK AFTER SLEEPING WRONG ON BED ON PILLOW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows, Ceilings and walls |
| 57 YEAR OLD FEMALE SITTING ON PILLOW ON A WALL OUTSIDE FELT DIZZY AND FELL OFF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| DX LEFT LATERAL IRIS ABRASION: ADJUSTING PILLOW AND POKED OWN EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Televisions |
| SLEPT ON 2 PILLOWS WATCHING TV, NECK PAIN DX: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT TRIPPED OVER PILLOW. DX: HEAD/FACE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| FELL OVER PILLOWS @ HOME L WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2005 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| DISLOCATION HIP - 87 YOM HAD BEEN SLEEPING WITH A SPACE PILLOW BETWEEN HIS LEGS, AWOKE W/RIGHT HIP PAIN, DISLOCATED HIS HIP WHILE IN BED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| LEFT ANKLE SPR. PT TRIPPED OVER PILLOWS LAYING IN FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| 83 YO FEMALE PULLED PILLOWS TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT SPRAIN RIGHT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW ON FLOOR, HIT FACE ON CORNER OF WOODEN TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows, Furniture |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW, FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON A PIECE OF FUR NITURE SUSTAINED" SCALP CONTUSION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows |
| USING NEW PILLOW, C/O NECK PAIN DX NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| NECK STR. PT INJURED NECK FROM SLEEPING ON TOO MANY PILLOWS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED ON A PILLOW AT HOME, FELL HITTING RIGHT KNEE ON THE FLOOR. CONTUSION TO RT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| LEFT NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN SLEEPING WRONG ON A PILLOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT SPRAINED HIS NECK FROM LAYING ON A PILLOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows |
| NECK PAIN AFTER WAKING UP ON SOFT PILLOW/ACUTE NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| SITTING IN BED PUTTING ON SHOES, TRIPPED OVER PILLOW HITTING BACK ON BE D FRAME. DXL:ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN. AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| TRIPPED, FELL OVER PILLOW IN BEDROOM DX WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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