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Accidents - Toilets - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Wrist

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 685
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Date: 12/03/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT FELL HITTING ARM ON TOILET, RIGHT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Toilets
FELL AND SCRAPED WRIST ON COMMODE. DX. WRIST SKIN AVULSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT FELL YESTERDAY INJURING LEFT WRIST GETTING UP FROM A COMMODE IN BATH ROOM-LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
FELL OFF TOILET, R WRIST PAIN DX; WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2008Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
91 YOF SLIPPED OFF TOILET AND HIT WRIST ON TOILET PAPER DISPENSER DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
83 YOF FELL OFF TOILET LAST NIGHT AT NURSING HOME SUSTAINING A FRACTURE D WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT SLIPPED AND FALL WHILE GOING TO THE COMMODE AND INJURED WRIST DX// LEFT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT RECEIVED SEVERE LACERATION TO WRIST WHEN PULLING TOILET BOWL OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND IT BROKE CUTTING ARM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/22/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toilets
PT WAS ASSISTING HUSBAND TO CAMMODE AND STARTED HAVING WRIST PAIN DX: LT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OFF THE TOILET AND WAS FOUND ON FLOOR, COULD NOT RECALL EVENT, SUSTAINING INJURIES TO RT HIP & WRIST DX-RT WRIST FX, FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toilets
PT FELL OFF TOILET,C/O L WRIST PAIN DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toilets, Other manual workshop tools
74YOF WAS HOME USING A PLUNGER AGGRESSIVELY IN A CLOGGED COMMODE, NOTICED SWELLING IN WRIST THE NEXT DAY;WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2008Age: 94 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
FELL OFF TOILET AT NURSING HOME AND FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT HURT WRIST WHILE MOVING POTTY CHAIR AT HOME FX RT WRIST DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls
67 YO MALE WAS CARRYING PORT A POTTY AND HIT RIGHT WRIST AGAINST WALL CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF TOILET, LANDED ON WRIST, FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2008Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
SLIPPED OFF THE TOILET, FOOSH >> WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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