Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,283
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Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 86 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
RIB CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A DRESSER AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 65 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUS R CHEST; FELL INTO DRESSER DRAWER (WAS FEELING DIZZY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 69 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL ON DRESSER HITTING CHEST CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME WHERE SHE LIVES WHEN SHE FELL AND HIT A DRESSE R CAUSING FX TO HER RT 5TH AND 6TH RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 69 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
THORACIC CT-FELL-HIT CORNER OF DESK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
85 YOM FELL AND HIT BACK ON DRESSER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL LAST NIGHT AND HIT CHEST AGAINST DRESSER AT ASSISTED LIVING FAC ILITY. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AND STRUCK CHEST ON DESK - PNEUMOTHORAX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 51 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SLIP & FALL, HIT DRESSER THORACIC CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 75 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Other containers
CHEST WALL CT-FELL AGAINST VANITY-@ HOME-TRYING TO CATCH A FALLING JEWELRY BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WITH CHEST PAIN STATUS POST FALL ONTO CORNER OF DESK LAST WEEK. SOME SHORTNESS OF BREATH. D: HYPOXIA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 69 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ONTO CHEST, HIT FLOOR DX CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 73 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
RIGHT CHEST CONT. PT FELL OVER A DESK AND INUJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 82 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
DX CHEST CONTUSION: FELL AGAINST DESK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONT. RIB AREA, PT STS FELL DOWN, STRUCK A DRESSER AT HOME, C/O SEVERE PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO LOC OR SOB, HX OF STRUCK WITH A CAR MIRROR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2004	Age: 60 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
60 YO M LIFTED A DESK DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FX L 5, 6&7TH RIB, VIA EMS, PT STS GETTING UP, STRUCK A DRESSER, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO ACTIVE SOB OR DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CHEST PAIN - CARRIED A HEAVY DRESSER A FEW DAYS AGO DX CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 57 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
TRIPPED OVER DOG FELL INTO DRESSER DX; CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 75 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL AGAINST DRESSER DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT. HAD SEIZURE WHILE IN FURNITURE STORE, CHEST OF DRAWERS HIT PT IN C HEST. DX. SEIZURE, LOC, CHEST INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
63YOFC LIFTING HUSBAND FELL AND HIT RIBS AGAINST DRESSER/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 70 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUSION OF STERNUM R/O FX, RAN INTO TALL DRESSER AT HOME, FELL BACK BUT DID NOT FALL DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL INTO WOODEN DRESSER STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF CHEST C/O PAIN AND DE EP BREATH PAIN LEFT SIDED RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 91 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT TWISTED ANKLE AND FELL 2 DAYS AGO HITTING BACK ON CHEST OF DRAWERS. D: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 78 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AND HIT THE CORNER OF A DESK DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL THIS AM, HIT DRESSER DX MULTIPLE RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
THORACIC FRACTURE - 89 YOF WAS BENDING OVER CLEANING OUT A DRESSER DRAW ER AND NOW C/O UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WALKED INTO DRESSER AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO BACK THORACIC SPINE COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HIT CORNER OF DRESSER R SIDE PAIN DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2004	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials
90 YOF LIVES ALONE; SHE FELL AGAINST THE DRESSER AND THEN FELL TO THE F LOOR. MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES WITH PNEUMOTHORAX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2004	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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUSION CHEST - 53 YOF C/O CHEST PAIN RIGHT SIDE AFTER FALLING INTO A DRESSER TWO DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2004	Age: 62 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AGAINST DESK AND C/O RIB PAIN. DX: LEFT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT AT THE NURSIN HOME FELL BACKWARDS IN HER ROOM STRIKING CHEST ON THE DRESSER FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 56 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
DX LEFT 11TH RIB FRACTURE: FELL FROM DESK, 3 FT AND INJURED RIBS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUSION TO RIBS WHEN FELL AND STRUCK RIBS ON A DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
71 YOF WAS AMBULATING IN HER HOME; LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST DR ESSER STRIKING UPPER TRUNK. FRACTURE, LEFT RIB CAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
TRIP & FALL ONTO DESK FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A DRESSER THIA AM FRATURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON A DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2004	Age: 60 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL AT HOME STRIKING CHEST ON CHEST OF DRAWERS. DX; CONTUSION RIBS, B ACK, BILATERAL FOREARMS, MULTIPLE FALLS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
74 YO MALE FELL INTO DRESSER FRACTURE 4 RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 84 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
LEFT CHEST CONTUSION-TRIPPED AND FELL INTO CEDAR CHEST AT HOME, STRIKIN G LEFT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 85 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
REACHED FOR SOMETHING ON DRESSER AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX. MINOR H EAD TRAUMA, R POSTERIOR CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2004	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL HIT RIBS ON DRESSER AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2004	Age: 55 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON A DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2004	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AND HIT DRESSER DX: FX RT 5TH AND 6TH RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 67 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL, TRIPPED OVER CHEST, L SIDE CP, SOB DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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