Accidents - Hot tubs or home spas - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,072
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	66
Year 1998:	159
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	383
Year 2001:	193
Year 2002:	239
Year 2003:	239
Year 2004:	230
Year 2005:	143
Year 2006:	312
Year 2007:	100
Year 2008:	297
Year 2009:	261
Year 2010:	408

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/29/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
87YOM INJ.RT.SIDE RIBS AT HOME WHEN FELL GETTING INTO *** HOT TUB. DX; RT.SIDE RIB F.X.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2010	Age: 56 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
56YOF IN A HOT TUB AND DEVELOPED HIVES AND A RASH TO CHEST CONTACT DERM ATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
63 YOM CP AFTER BEING IN HOT TUB DX: CP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
55YOM RIB PAIN AFTER MOVING A HOT TUB*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
55 YOM, BACK STRAIN, PT. WITH SEVERE KIDNEY PAIN, STARTED AFTER GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB, CHILLS, SEVERE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2010	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: Hot tubs or home spas, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
67 YOM FELL GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB AT HOME, SLIPPED ON WET DECK DX: C HEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2010	Age: 51 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: Hot tubs or home spas
51YOM, SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB HITTING CHEST WALL >>RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
52YOF RIB PAIN WHILE CLEANING HOT TUB AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
70 YOM, IN A HOT TUB , BECAME SHORT OF BREATH, DYPENSIA CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2009	Age: 63 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: Hot tubs or home spas, Day wear
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB, PUTTING ON PANTS WHEN SLIPPED HITTING CHEST ON SIDE OF HOT TUB. DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT MOVING A HOT TUB AND DEVELOPED SEVERE CHEST PAIN ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
RIB FX.P.T FELL OUT OF A HOT TUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 77 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
DX CONTU CHEST WALL: C/O PAIN IN L SIDE RIBS AFTER FALL'G AGAINST HOT TUB TRY'G TO CLOSE CLOVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
LEFT SEVENTH ANTEROLATERAL RIB FRACTURE - TWISTING OVER HOT TUB RAILING AND FELT/HEARD POP IN LOWER RIB CAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS SITTING IN A HOT TUB AND PASSED OUT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH AND D EVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF *** DX: ACUTE RIB FX DX: ACUTE RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 66 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: Hot tubs or home spas
PT C/O R LEG GIVING OUT ON HER WHILE GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB CAUSING HER TO FALL & HIT R CHEST WALL ON HOT TUB EDGE. CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 58 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: Hot tubs or home spas
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB FELL ON (L) SIDE C/O SHOULDER AND CHES T PAIN DX- CHEST WALL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 61 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: Hot tubs or home spas
PT SLIPPED FELL AGAINST HOT TUB AT HOME GETTING OUT OF TUB CONTUSED CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
BACK BURNS-GOT BURNED WHILE LEANING AGAINST THE JETS OF A ***-@ HEALTH CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
RASH ON TRUNK-AFTER BEING IN HOT TUB-@ HEALTH CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
STRAINED CHEST WALL 3 WEEKS AGO CLEANING HOT TUB. DX; CHEST WALL STRAI N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
52 YO FEMALE FELL GETTTIN GOUT OF *** CONTUSION RIBS CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
SLIPPED IN GARDEN TUB,HIT UPPER BACK UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT IN A HOT TUB AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRUKING CHEST SUSTAINED A CONTUS ION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 74 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: Hot tubs or home spas, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT TRYING TO GET INTO HIS HOT TUB AND SLIPPED ON HIS POOL DECK STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION TO CHEST AND ABRASION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PATIENT FELL TONIGHT, HIT SIDE OF HOT TUB. DX-CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT STATES 2 DAYS AGO WAS IN *** HOT TUB AND BROKE OUT IN SKING RASH RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 54 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: Hot tubs or home spas
PT SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB FALLING OVER THE EDGE BILATERAL RIB FRACTURE THORATIC VERTEBRA #6 FRACTURE*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT RT SIDE ON HOT TUB DX: RT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 74 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: Hot tubs or home spas
RIB CONTUSION: INSIDE HOT TUB TRYING TO PUT A COVER ON IT, SLIPPED, FALLING AGAINST TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS EXITING A HOT TUB FELL ABOUT TWO FEET STRIKING CHEST ON THE HAND LE OF THE HOT TUB CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF HER HOT TUB FRACTURED RIBS WITH INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Other fireplaces
PT. FELL GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB, HIT RIBS ON FIREPLACE. DX. RIB FX L P OST, TRACE HEMATOMA, CONT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	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: Hot tubs or home spas
FELL GETTING OUT OF *** DX: RIB CONTUSION DX: RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
81 YO MALE FELL OUT OF HOT TUB FRACTURE RIGHT RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB AND SLIPPED STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
55 YOF STRAINED RIBS LEANING OVER A WHIRL POOL TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS LIGHT HEADED AFTER GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB. DX: A FIB RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
FIBROMYALGIA OUT OF CONTROL, T-SPINE PAIN, HURTS TO BREATHE. HOT TUB N OT PROVIDING RELIEF. DX: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	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: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
CARDIAC ARREST/56YOM FOUND IN HOT TUB BY WIFE SLUMPED OVER. OTHER COMME NT STS FOUND FLOATING. HAD NOT FELT WELL.TOOK BATH TO RELIEVE PAIN.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	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: Hot tubs or home spas
AT A HOTEL SITTING IN HOT TUB SLIPPED LANDED HITTING CHEST ON SIDE RIB CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL IN THE HOT TUB AT HOME STRIKING CHEST FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL GETTING INTO HOT TUB, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL WHILE CLEANING HOT TUB.DX: CHEST WALL PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 80 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: Hot tubs or home spas
PTS GIRLFRIEND STATES THEY WERE IN HOTTUB SHE GOT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS TO O HOT WENT TO CHECK ON PT & FOUND HIM NONRESPONSIVE DX; HEART ATTACK
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/31/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2001	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2001	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2000	Age: 60 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: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2000	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: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2000	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2000	Age: 87 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: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/12/2000	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/1999	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/1999	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/1998	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/1998	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/1998	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/1997	Age: 57 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: Hot tubs or home spas
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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