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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 530
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HIT LEG ON WOODEN BANISTER DX: CONTUSION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| SLIPPED AND LAC LOWER LEG ON A WROUGHT IRON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 49 YO FEMALE CUT RIGHT LEG ON RAILING TWO DAYS AGO LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONTUSED LEG WHEN CAUGHT IN RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SCRAPED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A WOODEN RAILING ON FRIDAY SUSTAINED AN A BRASION WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT. JUMPED OFF TOP RAIL OF DECK TONIGHT, ETOH. DX. BIL. LEG STRAINS, E TOH INTOX. DEPRESSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RAILING FELL ON LEG-LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 40 YO MALE WAS SITTING ON RAILING OF PORCH AND FELL BACKWARDS ABOUT 12' DOWN - SPIRAL FRACTURE FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL AND HIT FOOT ON DECK RAILING. DX: R DISTAL FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 44 YO MALE FELL OFF RAILING ON BOARDWALK TO BEACH CONTUSION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| A PORCH BANISTER FELL ON HER LEFT LEG AT HOME AT 1700. DX CONTUSIONS LEFT LOWER LEG AND LEFT FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 11 Y.O. W MALE W/FX TIBIA. PT INJ WHILE JUMPING OVER A RAIL @ THE ***. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RIGHT SHIN ABR. PT INJURED LEG WEN BRUSHING UP TO A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL ON ICE ON WALKWAY AND HIT CALF ON A RAILING CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL ON OUTDOOR STAIRS AND HIT SHIN ON RAILING 4 DAYS AGO. DX: L SHIN CONT, EARLY WOUND INFECTION, FLU LIKE ILLNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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