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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 16-25 years old - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 613
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Date: 12/21/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC TO HEAD WHEN FELL AT A PARTY AND STRUCK HEAD ON A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL WHILE HOLDING ONTO RAILING. DX-HEAD CONTUSION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT. INJ.HEAD & NECK AT SCHOOL WHEN FELL OFF RAILING. DX; MINOR C.H.I. / CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
17 YOF HIT HEAD ON STAIR RAILING SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL, HIT HEAD ON RAIL AT SCHOOL, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Alcohol
FELL OVER RAIL ON DECK APPROX 12' + ETOH DX ETOH INTOXICATION, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
JUMPED OVER RAILING, FELL 3-4' BELOW ONTO DIRT W/ROCK, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WAS LEANINNG AGAINST RAIL, RAIL GAVE WAY, DX; CHI, NECK, LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL OFF RAILING AT FRIENDS HOUSE CONCUSSION,LIP LACERATION CH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
25 YO MALE JUMPED OVER RAILING AND FELL OPEN FRACTURE SKULL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/03/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
MINOR HEAD INJURY-FELL BACKWARDS-HIT RAILING-@ A PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2007Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL 3 DAYS AGO AT HOME,HIT HEAD ON RAILING CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
18 YO MALE FELL OFF BALCONY WHEN RAILING BROKE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/07/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL WHILE JUMPING OVER HAND RAIL, HIT HEAD DX; CONCUSSION W/O LOC, SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAD A DIZZY SPELL, FELL AGAINST RAILING/ THORACIC STRAIN, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL HIT HEAD ON BANISTER DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SITTING ON PORCH RAILING, FELL BACKWAARDS OVER RAILING APX 6' TO GRAVEL BELOW, SWELLING TOP OF HEAD/ABRASIONS, CHI, FOOT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OVER 3 FL BANNISTER ONTO WOODEN RAILING AND LANDED ON FLOOR SUFFERED SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/11/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Alcohol
~PT FELL HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON THE BANISTER AT A PARTY WHEN ETOH DRINKING SUBSTAINED INJ ... DX: SCALP LAC TO BACK OF DHEAD, HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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