Umbrellas

19YOM REPORTS HE WAS HOLDING AN UMBRELLA WHILE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS GETTING IN THE CAR HE HEARD THUNDER AND FELT A SHOCK GO DOWN HIS LEFT ARM DX: ELECTROCUTION

19YOF REPORTS SHE WAS GETTING IN HER CAR WHILE HER BOYFRIEND WAS HOLDING AN UMBRELLA OVER HER SHE HEARD A VERY LOUD THUNDER BOOM BUT DID NOT FEEL ANY SHOCK DX: LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN

29YOM STATES THAT HE WAS MOVING A LARGE HEAVY UMBRELLA WHEN HE DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK DX: STRAIN OF LUMBAR REGION

80YOF PATEINT WAS MOVING A LARGE TABLE UMBRELLA, WHEN SHE FELT A POP AND A PINCH IN HER BACK DX: T12 BURST FRACTURE, ACUTE LEFT SIDED LOW BACK PAIN WITHOUT SCIATICA, MUSCLE PAIN

60YOF WAS ON THE BEACH WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT A BEACH UMBRELLA AND LANDED ON HER HEAD DX:LAC FOREHEAD

42 YOM ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE FACE WITH THE TIP OF AN UMBRELLA CAUSING A LACERATION BELOW LEFT EYE AND NASAL BRIDGE. DX: LACERATION

30YOF,DIZZY,EATING AT RESTAURANT WHEN UMBRELLA FELL AN HIT HEAD,DX:CONCUSSION

46YOM PRESENTED TO THE ED AFTER A STEEL UMBRELLA FELL ON THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF HIS LEFT EAR INJURING HIS OCCIPITAL AREA AND NECK, WITH PAIN AND TENDERNESS IN THE INJURED AREA PATIENT. PT HAS NECK PAIN DX: HEAD INJURY

73YOF WAS TRYING TO CLOSE A UMBRELLA ON HER PORCH WHEN SHE FELL OFF STRIKING HER HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, WHIPLASH

8 YOF ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH AN UMBRELLA, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION

35 YOM PRESENTS FOR A RIGHT EYE INJURY. HE WEARS SCLERAL LENSES. HIS CHILD WAS SWINGING AN UMBRELLA AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE CRACKING THE SCLERAL LENS IN HALF. HE REMOVED SOME OF THE LENS BUT HAS A FOREIGN BODY SENSATION. DX CORNEAL ABRASION

8YOM PT OUTSIDE PLAYING & WAS STRUCK BY AN UMBRELLA TO RT EAR, EMBEDDED ON IT, PIECE IS NOTED DX; RT EAR FOREIGN BODY

Navarro Half-Round Outdoor Patio Umbrella Stand Color: Black, Size: NO SIZE, Qty: 1 SKU # 73915026 I bought 3 from Kohl's. We put outdoor umbrellas on them and they tipped over vase and all. Luckily, they landed in my flower garden but my concern is that they could have fallen on someone.

Most recently (8/2012) I was using the sun shade umbrella with a stand, Shade Buddy by Guerrilla Painter while outdoor oil painting. The wind was not aggressive but enough to pick up the umbrella and the stake. It flew up in the air 15 feet, and then quickly carried it 20 feet behind me. I dove out of the way and fortunately there were not people behind me. The stand is a heavy metal pole with a metal foot piece and a sharp metal, spear like point at the end. This is the 3rd occurrence. On a separate occasion, June 2012, I was sitting on the ground with my easel painting. My mom was standing next to me with her Shade Buddy. The wind changed directions, picking up her embrella with stake. She grabbed the umbrella handle to prevent it from flying away. With the top half secure, the bottom end (below the hinge) swung around very quickly and hit me. I contacted the company. They have not replied. We do not use our 2 ShadeBuddy umbrellas bc it is a hazard with potential to severely injure someone.

I was reaching over to the back pocket of the passenger seat in my [REDACTED] to get my Totes Compact Umbrella. I got some minor resistance from the mesh and the bottom handle of the umbrella was dislodged hard like a bullet. It hit me on my upper lip and my mouth bled on the inside and I got a nasty bruise on the outside. If it had hit my teeth, I would have lost teeth and if it would have hit my eye, there is no question I would have lost my vision. A three foot spring came out which I guess gave the force to the incident . I have pictures of lip and umbrella.

Hi, I was trying an umbrella at a travel store and when I tried to close the umbrella the spring was so strong that it broke my 5th metacarpel. I was in a splint for 6 weeks and hand therapy for 6 more weeks. My doctor said it will take a year to heal. The company says that because they had a hanging tag on the umbrella they don't have to care that I was injured. The company has a warning on their website that the umbrella can cause injury. Question: do you think a tag on an item as everyday as an umbrella is sufficient when it does not prevent you from opening the umbrella and trying it? Do you think if it is truly a dangerous product, which the company states it is on their website, that they should have some packaging that prevents it from being used without absolutely knowing that it is a hazard? The product is SHEDRAIN Umbrella.

Umbrella fails completely. fell on my child.

We had an unused plastic Nautica beach umbrella that we had purchased from Sam's Club on March 10, 2018. It was the second day of using it at the beach. There was a slight wind, but everyone's umbrellas on the beach were doing fine. We were relaxing under the umbrella when suddenly I felt the upper half of the umbrella wack my head and nose. The upper half of the umbrella had slid out of its "secured" holding position, held down by the traditional two tightening clips, and flown down with force upon my face. Three days later I still have a bruise on my head and still gives me a headache when I check that area or touch it too much. We observed the umbrella over the course of the next few days and observed that any wind at all would slowly pull it out of its secured holding position. We finally had to duck tape it to hold it in place so we wouldn't get clobbered again (This is shown in photo--sorry, unable to upload). The design is a potential hazard for other customers who have the same product and a definite hazard for us. I can literally pull the pole out of its holder even though it is "secured". It is also worth noting that after only 4 days of use the twist bottom shows signs of stress on the plastic, which indicates it could break rather soon, and potentially cause another hazard. And also around the screws of the tightening clips are stress marks. (These are shown in photos--sorry, unable to upload.) The product label says it is a Nautica Classic Teal distributed by Essex Mfg, Inc at 350 Fifth Ave NY NY 10118-3299 and the # below the barcode reads: 0-1265501926-9 (the 0 and 9 are before and after the barcode--not sure if they are applicable).

Razor sharp parts sliced my palm. Exposed sharp wire stabbed my thumb.

Plastic connector between arm of umbrella and canopy snapped in half and collapsed on my front porch.