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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 112
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Ceilings and walls |
| HOLDING ONTO A RAILING THAT FELL OFF A WALL ONTO CHEST LEFT UPPER ARM CONTUSION STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2005 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL AT NURSING HOME AND GRABBED RAILING. DX: L HUMERAL FX, L FACIAL LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Toilets |
| PATIENT WAS SITTING ON THE TOILET & HIT RT ARM BECAME CAUGHT IN HANDI- CAP HANDRAILING DEVELOPING PAIN & DEFORMITY. DX - RT HUMERUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/11/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL FROM BANNISTER, 3 FEET TO CARPETED FLOOR. DX: FX SUPRACONDYLAR HUMERUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX UPPER RIGHT ARM STRAIN: SLIPPED AND CAUGHT SELF ON RAILING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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