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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Year 2004 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,024
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Date: 12/29/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LUMBAR STR. PT STUMBLED AND ALMOST FELL OVER A RAILING INJURING BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2004Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT C/O PAIN TO RT FLANK - "I HIT MY RIBS ON THE BANISTER AND IT HURTS" PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/21/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HAS HIP PAIN AFTER FALL AGAINST RAIL LAST NIGHT. UNABLE TO WIGGLE TO ES OR FEEL FEET. D: RENAL FAILURE, SEPSIS. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/21/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
BUTTOCKS CT-FELL OFF RAILING-THEN TUMBLED DOWN STEPS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
FELL THRU BANISTER, LANDED ON BUTT ON TOP OF TV,STRIKING GLASS VASE DX: LACERATION TO BUTT, HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NO SPINDLES ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIPPED ON ICE & TWISTED, CAUGHT SELF W/ RAILING. ACUTE LUMBAR PARASPIN AL MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2004Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LUMBAR CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT BACK ON A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2004Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RIGHT HIP CONT. PT MISSED A HANDRAIL AND FELL TO HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/30/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIPPED & GRABBED RAILING, TWISTED BACK. ACUTE LOWER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AGAINST RAILING DX. LUMBAR CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT FELL IN ROOM, HIT RAILING. DX; CONTUSION TO BUTTOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL BACKWARDS FROM DECK WHEN RAILING BROKE LANDING ON GROUND ON LUM BAR BACK C/O PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AGAINST PORCH RAILING AND CONTUSED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2004Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPED, FELL OVER RAILING DX. ABDOMINAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2004Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
FELL AGAINST RAILING, THEN TO FLOOR DX. PELVIC FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/11/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
79 YO LOST BALANCE AND FELL HIT STOMACH ON HANDRAIL CONTUSION ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELLON A RAIL YESTERAY. NOW WITH ABDOMINAL/RIB PAIN, NAUSEA. LEFT PR IOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/10/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL HURT BACK 2 DAY AGO ON HANDRAIL @ HOSPTIAL DX ACUTE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2004Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT ATTEMPTED TO GRAB RAILING, MISSED AND FELL. DX: IMPACT CLOSED L INTERTROCHANTERIC FX, L ELBOW CONT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/04/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SLIPPED AND GRABBED RAIL 1 MO AGO. DX: SCIATICA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUSION BACK - PATIENT REPORTS WRESTLING WITH SON AND HUSBAND - STRUC K LOW BACK HARD ON RAILING AND HAS HAD LOW BACK PAIN SINCE - AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL FROM BANISTER ONTO THE GRASS DX CONTUSION LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIPPED AND FELL AT SUPERMARKET AND HIT RAILING. DX. MINOR HEAD INJURY, LUMBAR CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WASHING PORCH FLOOR SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING BACK ON RAILING C/O LO W BACK PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT ABDOMEN ON RAILING, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LUMBAR CONT/SPR; FOREARM CONT. PT FELL HITTING ARM ON A HANDRAIL AND ST RAINING BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2004Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL OFF A RAILING LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RESIDENT OF NURSING HOME FELL BACKWARD IN ROOM HITTING LOWER BACK ON RA ILING. DX LOW BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT ***FELL OVER THE RAILING ONTO A WOODEN FLOOR CONTUSION PELVIS ON PELVIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2004Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Bathtubs or showers
69 YEAR OLD FEMAL EFELL IN SHOWER STALL WHEN SAFETY BAR DETACHED AT *** - STRAIN RIGHT GROIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT CLIMBING ON THE RAILING AT A BOWLING ALLEY WHEN HE FELL OFF THE RAIL ING TO THE FLOOR STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2004Age: 93 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
HANDLE ON BANISTER BROKE WHEN PT GRABBED IT TO CLIMB STAIRS; PT FELL DX: RIGHT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2004Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT FELL ON A RAILING. DX: POSSIBLE COMPRESSION FX OF T 4 IN BACK/BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Bicycles or accessories
PT FELL 5 FT FROM COLLAPSING PORCH RAIL, LANDED ON TIMBER AND BIKE, ONL Y WEARING SHORTS, DX BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2004Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FRACTURE LUMBAR SPINE - 33 YOF HIT LOWER BACK ON BANISTER AFTER SUSTAIN ING A FALL DOWN SOME STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PREGNANT PT WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN STATUS POSTS WALKING INTO RAILING. D: A BDOMINAL PAIN, PREGNANCY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED ON STEPS, GRABBED HANDRAIL DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
56 YOF BACKED INTO A WOODEN PORCH RAIL & GOT SPLINTER IN BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUSION COCCYX,S/P FALL - FELL BACKWARDS OVER A RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUSED BACK WHEN FELL OFF HANDRAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LS STRAIN & ABDOMINAL WALL CT-FELL AGAINST OUTSIDE RAILING-@ BANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
50 YO FEMALE FELL INTO RAILING CONTUSION LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2004Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIDING DOWN BANISTERE AND FELL AND FX L3-AND L4 OF SPINE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/20/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL SIDEWAYS BANGING LEFT HIP ONTO RAILING FALLING TO FLOOR C/O PAI N LEFT HIP LEFT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Containers
PT WAS MOVING BOXES YESTERDAY AND HIT BANISTER. DX: POST TRAUMATIC LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN, ABDOMINAL PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2004Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONT LOW BACK/33YOM FELL AT HOME APPROX 11 HRS AGO. BROKE FALL BY HOLDI NG ONTO HAND RAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT HIS HISTORY OF SPLEENIC LAC., HAVING ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER HITTI NG AGAINST BANISTER LAST NIGHT, PAIN, PALE; ABDOMINAL TRAUMA/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
RAILING GAVE WAY ON STEPS AND FELL - INTRACTABLE HIP PAIN STATUS POST F ALL
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 01/02/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
50 YO FEMALE FELL INTO IRON RAILING ON NEW YEARS EVE RIGHT FLANK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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