Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,216
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	43
6-15 years old:	213
16-25 years old:	96
26-50 years old:	482
50+ years old:	381

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREARM ABR. PT STUMBLED HITTING ARM ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
MISSED A STEP & FELL AGAINST A BANISTER INJURING L FOREARM DX CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL ONTO HARDWOOD FLOOR WHEN SITTING ON RAILING, OUTREACHED CAUSING ARM INJ DX; RADIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC TO ARM WHEN STUCK ON A RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
17 YO MALE WAS HANGING ON A BANISTER AND FELL AND COUSIN STEPPED ON ARM DX CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FOREARM CT-ARM HIT RAILING WHILE RUNNING DOWN STEPS-51 Y/O F
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
42 YR OLD FELL AT HOME AND HIT ARM ON BANISTER GOT A SPLINTER DX// RIGHT FOREARM FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Furniture
RADIUS FX-FOREARM STRUCK DECK RAILING WHILE SCRUBBING DECK FURNITURE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AND HIT FOREARM IN RAILING AT HOME. DX: CONTUSION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL WHILE HOLDING ONTO A RAILING. DX: L ARM PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
JUMPED OVER A RAILING AND FELL;DX FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREARM SKIN TEAR-CAUGHT ARM ON HAND RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS SWINGING ON A RAILING WHEN HE FELL OFF AND LANDED ON HIS L FOREA RM. HAS PAIN, DEFORMITY TO ARM. DX L FOREARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT CUT ARM ON DECK RAILING. DX: L FOREARM LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
56YOF ACCIDENTLY STRUCK RT FOREARM ON BANISTER WHILE AT HOME; FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT RECEIVED SKIN TEAR TO LOWER ARM WHEN FELL AGAINST HANDRAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL HITTING ARM ON RAILING DX: LOWER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
43YOF, FELL TRYING TO CONTROL DOGS, HIT WRIST ON RAILING, STRAIN SPRAIN LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FOREARM INJURY FROM STABBING FOREARM INTO METAL BANISTER, FELL ON STAIRS. DX- RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND ARM HIT RAILING. DX ARM INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PATIENT FELL FROM 4-5 FT HIGH STAIRS/LANDING THRU RAILING ONTO BOX SPRI NGS AT HOME; FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF RAILING ON PORCH. DX RADIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ONTO THE DECK&STRUCK FOREARM AGAINST THE RAILING, +PAIN&SWELLIN G>>HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 77 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 Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS AT HOSPITAL VISITING WIFE, LOST BALANCE, HAD WEAKNESS & FELL STRIKING ARM AGAINST RAILING. DX-SKIN TEAR TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
C/O FOREARM PAIN AFTER HITTING IT AGAINST HANDRAIL @ HOME >>CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
GOING UP STAIRS AND RAILING BROKE;DX LACERATED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT DX CONTUSION OF RT FOREARM - S/P PT HIT HIS ARM AGAINST THE BANISTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND CUT HER ARM ON A BANISTER. DX FOREARM L AC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
32 YOM RAN IN TO BANISTER AND HURT FOREARM LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC TO L FOREARM, PT WAS CHASING HIS COUSIN AND TRIPPED AND FELL OVER RAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO ARM AFTER SHE LOST HER BALANCE WHILE WALKING IN HIGH HEELS DOWN THE STAIRS WHEN SHE BEGAN TO FALL & GRABBED RAILING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT STRUCK RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAINST A RAILING SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO AR M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Outerwear
PATIENT RUBBING ARM ALONG WOODEN STAIR RAIL AT SCHOOL, WOOD SPLINTER WE NT THRU JACKED INTO FOREARM; FB REMOVED, SKIN INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AT SCHOOL WHEN JUMPING OVER RAILING C/O HAND/FOREARM/WRIST PAIN . DX: BOTH BONE FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL ON RAILING;DX CONTUSED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL OFF OF HANDICAP RAILING ; HURT ARM WHEN FELL.D: NON DISPLACED FRACTURE TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR&FELL FOREWARDS SCRAPING THE FOREARM AGAINST RAILIN G>>SKIN AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
37YOF AT HOME SLIPPED DOWN SIX STEPS AT HOME,STRUCK FOREARM AGAINST RAILING;FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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