Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Year 2002 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,035
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	43
6-15 years old:	489
16-25 years old:	520
26-50 years old:	516
50+ years old:	465

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX;CONTUSION RIGHT HAND AFTER PT HIT HAND ON IRON RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT HIT RIGHT HAND ON STAIR RAILING WHILE WALKING YESTERDAY. D: FRACTU RE LEFT HAND 3RD METACARPAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GOT SPLINTER IN PALM FROM A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT GOT HAND CAUGHT AGAINST THE RAILING AT HOME - PAIN AND SWELLING TO H AND SINCE. D: TRAUMA RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON STAIR RAIL PREVIOUS DAY CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAND SPRAIN - 21 YOM SLIPPED YESTERDAY AND HIT BANISTER WITH RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FB R HAND; RUNNING HAND DOWN BANISTER AND GOT A SLIVER IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL OVER A RAILING CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HER LT HAND AND A CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND AGAINST BANISTER DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC (L) HAND, PT SUST INJURY WITH A SHARP EDGES OF THE RAILING AT THE SUBWAY STATION, C/O MILD PAIN, SOME BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RT PALM FB-SPLINTER FROM HANDRAIL AT NEIGHBOR HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT WITH HAND SWELLING AFTER HITTING RAILING ON FRIDAY. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, In-line skating
*** ON CITY HALL STEPS AND HIT HAND ON A RAILING CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FRACTURED HAND WHEN FELL ON RAILING AT CHURCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CUT HAND ON RAILING DX. HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
ABRASION LEFT HAND-PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE REACHING FOR HANDRAIL. HAS I NJ TO LEFT HAND. NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HOLDING ONTO METAL RAIL WHEN POKEDDX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT PALM +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
12-YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS HAND AS A RESULT OF A RAILING GIVIN G WAY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT HAND FX. PT HIT HAND AGAINST A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LACERATION TO HAND FROM METAL ON RAILING...HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Water slides
PLAYING ON A WATERSLIDE IN THE PARK AND LAC HAND ON A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CUT HAND ON RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT CUT RT HAND ON BANISTER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT CAUGHT HAND IN A HANDRAIL AND INJURED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUSION LEFT HAND-SUS INJ TO LEFT HAND AFTER STRIKING IT ON METAL HAN DRAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT DX HAND LACERATION - S/P CUT BY HANDRAIL THAT STICK OUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT STRUCK HAND ON RAILING. DX: R HAND STRAIN/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND ON BANNISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Fences or fence posts
CONTUSION (L) HAND, PT SUST INJURY WITH A RAILING ON A FENCE, C/O PAIN, NO DEFORMITY OR SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT GRABBED RAIL AND FELL ON BACK PORCH. DX: SPRAIN/CONT L HAND/WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DIABETIC STRUCK HAND ON BANISTER DEVELOPING CELLULITIS NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON BANNISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Swimming pools
PT STATES HIT THE METAL RAILING ON A SWIMMING POOL, INJURING HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
BURNED HAND ON RAILING THAT WAS HOT FROM SUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT CUT HAND ON A METAL RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FELL GOING UP STEPS, HIT HAND ON RAILING. DX: CONTUSION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GOT SPLINTER IN HAND FROM RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT STATES HE PUNCHED A BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPED & CUT HAND ON HAND STAIR RAILDX: LACERATION LT. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FALLING TRIED TO CATCH SELF AND CUGHT HAND ON METAL BRACKET ONBANIST ER DX HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STARTED TO FALL, CAUGHT SELF ON HAND RAILING AND TWISTED LEFT HAND, SPR AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WALKING AND CAUGHT HAND IN RAILING AND FELL OVER FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CUT HAND ON RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND ON RAILING,HEMATOMA TO TOP OF L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AGAINST THE RAILING OF A WALKWAY GOING INTO A RESTAURANT LACERA TION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
SLIPPED ON STAIRS AND HIT RIGHT AHDN AGAINST METAL HANDRAIL, BROKEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON BANNISTER - CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PATIENT STRUCK HAND AGAINST BANISTER WHEN GOING UP STAIRS AT HOME; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
THIS PM, HIT BANNISTER WITH RIGHT HAND, PAIN AND FINGERS NUMB. LEFT WI THOUT BEING SEEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
$PW LEFT HAND WITH FB.PT RECEIVED A SPLINTER FROM A WOODEN RAILING IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
51 Y/O M INJURED L HAND WHEN GOT SPLINTER FROM RAILING AT HOME. DX; SPLINTER, L PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
34 YO M HAND HIT BANISTER CAUSING PUNCTURE TO HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAND INFECTION- PT. GOT A SPLINTER IN HIS HAND FROM A BANNISTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH HIS TEENAGE SONS AND HIT HIS HAND ON A RAIL. DX-CONTUSION LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HAD SLPINTER IN HAND FROM RAILING, FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
WALKING UP STAIRS AT SCHOOL AND BENT FINGER BACK ON HAND RAIL.R 5TH MET ACARPAL FX $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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