Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,163
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Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 85 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 DRESSER. DX: ACUTE COMPRESSION FX'S T12-L5.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 80 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
CONTUS L RIBS; FELL WHILE GETTING UP FROMFLOOR ON KNEES. FELL SIDEWAYS HITTING L SIDE ON METAL DRAWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 78 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
FRACTURE HUMERUS: ON ONE STEP WOODEN STOOL, STEPPING ONTO CEDAR CHEST HANGING CURTAIN, FELL 2 FT FROM CHEST, LT SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 LIVES IN GROUP HOME AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING BACK ON A DRESSER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2005	Age: 83 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
83 YOM FRACTURES RIB WHEN FELL INTO A DRESSER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	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 WAS AT HOME FELL LOST BALANCE STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A DRESSER FRACT URED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 52 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
FELL, HIT BACK ON BUREAU DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
BACK PAIN-FELL-HIT A DRESSER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 91 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 INTO CHEST OF DRAWERS DX: BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA,RIB CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	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 FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A DESK AT THE NURSING HOME FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 51 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
NON-CARDIAC CHEST PAIN/51YOM STS WHILE SITTING AT DESK TODAY AT 2:30P, HAD R CHEST PAIN WHICH SEEMED TO BE WORSE WITH DEEP BREATH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 AGAINST DRESSER AND INJURED RIB, PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	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
CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 62 YOF C/O LEFT SIDE CHEST PAIN AFTER FALLING AG AINST A CREDENZA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL, HITTING CHEST ON DRESSER. DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	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
PATIENT FELL AT HOME AGAINST DRESSER; FRACTURE OF LEFT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 94 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: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL INTO DRESSER DX: MID BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2005	Age: 53 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
DRESSER FELL ON NECK DX BACK /NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2005	Age: 72 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
FELL INTO A DRESSER CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HAD BACK PX MOVING DRESSER YESTERDAY. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/12/2005	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, Beds or bedframes
FELL WHILE MAKING BED AND HIT BACK ON DRESSER. DX. RIB CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2005	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
PT. FELL AND HIT CHEST ON DRESSER. DX. FX STERNAL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 94 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 IN BEDROOM HIT DRESSOR ON LEFT SIDE,LEFT ARM AND HAND DX RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 69 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AGAINST A DESK, CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/31/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT MOVED HEAVY DRESSER TODAY. DX: RIB PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	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, Beds or bedframes
PT GETTING OUT OF BED AND FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST THE DRESSER FRACT URED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 52 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
PT FELL FROM STANDING ONTO DRESSER. DX: RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	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
87 Y/O F EXPERIENCED L SIDED CHEST PAIN AFTER MOVING HEAVY DRESSER AT H OME. DX; CHEST WALL STRAIN.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 75 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 BACKWARDS AGAINST CHEST C/O PAIN LEFT RIBS LEFT RIB MULTIPLE FR ACTURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2005	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
LEFT CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A DRESSER AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 95 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
STUMBLED AFTER PULLING OUT A DRAWER. DX- FRACTURE L RIB AND ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	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
PT C/O FALL. PT LOST BALANCE. THERE WAS LAUNDARY ON THE FLOOR LEANING O VER FELL AND HIT DESK . DX CONT TO UPPER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL & HIT CORNER OF DRESSER. ACUTE FALL W/ RIB INJURY, NO FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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, Floors or flooring materials
FELL AGAINST DESK, THEN TO FLOOR DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2005	Age: 85 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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
85 YR OLD FEMALE FELL STRIKING DRESSER CONTUSION UPPER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2005	Age: 93 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 LOST BALANCE AND FELL, HIT CHEST ON DRESSER, CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 55 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 HAD A SEIZURE AND FELL ONTO A DESK INJURING RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2005	Age: 77 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
PATIENT FELL AND HIT DRESSER AT NURSING HOME. DX: FRACTURE TO RIB AND LACERATION TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 57 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
57 Y/O W/M BRUISED CHEST WHEN HIT CHEST ON DESK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2005	Age: 72 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 AND STRUCK CHEST ON DRESSER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2005	Age: 53 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
53 YO TRIPPED FELL AGAINST DRESSER STRIKING CHEST AGAINST IT CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/31/2005	Age: 75 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 AT HOME STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A CHEST OF DRAWERS FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2005	Age: 84 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
PAIN IN THE LEFT RIB AREA AFTER FALLING INTO THE CHEST OF DRAWERSAT HOM E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 51 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
PATIENT FELL WHILE MOVING DRESSER AT HOME. ETOH INVOLVED. DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION/ALCHOL ABUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL INTO DRESSER 2 DAYS AGO W/ LT SIDE. CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 90 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 OPENING A DRESSER WHEN HE FELL AGAINST IT STRIKING CHEST FRACTURED R IB WITH IOI CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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