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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 386
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT DX LT LEG FX - PT FELL DOWN STAIRWAY LANDING ON BANISTER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT INJURED LEG SLIDING DOWN A BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WITH PAIN, SWELLING TO LOWER LEG AFTER HITTING IT AGAINST RAIL 3 DAY S AGO. D: CELLULITIS WITH SEROUS BLISTER, LOWER EXTREMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 37 YO MALE TRIPPED AND HIT KNEE ON RAILING ON BOARDWALK CONTUSION TIB/FIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2005 | Age: 27 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 |
| BUMPED LEG AGAINST A RAIL LEFT SHIN CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Bicycles or accessories |
| RAN INTO RAILING ON BIKE DX. LOWER LEG ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FELL WHILE WALKING, USING HANDRAIL, R HIP. LOWER LEG PAIN DX: R TIB/FIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| FELL AGAINST RAILING DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SITTING ON RAILING CATCHING LT SHIN IN SIDE BAR OF RAILING, HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL OVER A BANNISTER AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX LOWER LEG FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| TIBIA FX-FELL DOWN STEPS-HIT RAILING-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION, CUT ON HANDRAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| FATHER FELL AGAINST RAILING WHILE CARRYING PT DOWN STAIRS THIS AM. NOT PT WITH L LEG PAIN. DX: FX TIBIA CLOSED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION, FELL ON HANDRAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Snow skiing |
| PT WAS SKIING AND WAS RIDING THE RAILS IN *** AND LACERATED BOTH LOWER LEGS ON THE RAILS. DX BILATERAL TIBIA LACERATIONS, 1-1.5 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT ACCD TRIPPED @ SCHOOL TODAY FALLING HITTING LT SHIN AGAINST METAL RA ILING, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT JUMPED OFF OF A RAILING ANDINJURED LOWER LEG. DX LOWER LEG SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT HIT A LOW RAIL WHILE HE WAS CROSSING (NOTHING SPECIFIED)DX: R SHIN C ONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| PATIENT FELL 6-8 FT FROM SPIRAL STAIRWELL RAILING AT HOME, CUT SHIN ON CLAY POT THAT BROKE; LEG LAC., NOSE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 8 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 |
| PT FELL INTO A RAILING AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2005 | Age: 39 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 |
| CONTUSION LOWER LEG - 39 YOM STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG ON A RAILING WHI LE CLIMBING OVER IT ONE WEEK AGO, NOW STILL SWOLLEN, RED AND PAINFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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