Hospital and Nursing Home Profiles  

Accidents - Elevators or other lifts - Year 2004 - Head

 



Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 815
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT IN GROCERY STORE SOMEHOW AND HAS INTERCRANIAL BLEED,ORBI\TAL AND SPINE FRACTURES,MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/19/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT FELL FROM LIFT CHAIR WHILE REACHING FOR SOMETHING. DX: SCALP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FELL WALKING OUT OF ELEVATOR AND HIT HEAD RESULTING IN A CLOSED HEAD IN J
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2004Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT HIT HEAD ON ELEVATOR DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2004Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Elevators or other lifts
CHI,RT HIP CONTUSION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL IN ELEVATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Elevators or other lifts
TRAUMA HEAD AND NECK,PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN IN THE ELEVATOR HITTING HEA D AND NECK .WITH THE DOOR OF THE ELEVATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
HEAD PAIN. PT WAS RIDING AN ELEVATOR AND SLIPPED HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2004Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
CUT HEAD FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF ELEVATOR DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - S/O STUCK IN ELEVATOR X1 HR 40 MINUTES,OT FEELS SHAKY,HIT HEAD ON ELEVATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS STANDING UNDER ELEVATOR DOOR, OPERATOR PRESSED BUTTON AND FREIGH T ELEVATOR DOOR CAME DOWN, HIT PTS HEAD WHILE AT BALLPARK, CONT. HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT GETTING ONTO AN ELEVATOR FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON THE METAL T RACK OF THE ELEVATOR LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2004Age: 101 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FELL ON ELEVATOR - CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2004Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
RAN INTO ELEVATOR WALL. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
HIT HEAD ON ELEVATOR DOOR IN APARTMENT. DX. 2.5 CM SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WITH HEAD PUSHED INTO BACK OF ELEVATOR DOOR DURING ALTERCATION WIT H ANOTHER STUDENT @SCHOOL TODAY, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2004Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS STUCK IN ELEVATOR - PASSED OUT - FOUND ON FLOOR - C/O HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2004Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FELL GETTING INTO ELEVATOR LAST PM. HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Laundry baskets
DX CONCUSSION: ENTERING ELEVATOR SIDEWAYS WITH LAUNDRY BASKET, DOOR CLOSED ON BACK OF HEAD/NECK AND PT HIT HEAD ON DOOR IN FRONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2004Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Doors
*** COMMING OUT OF A ELIVATOR WAS KNOCKED DOWNBY THE DOOR DX SCALP CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Elevators or other lifts
HEAD INJURY.PT.REFERS WENT GETTING ON THE ELEVATOR DOOR WAS CLOSING HIITTING HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2004Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WAITING FOR ELEVATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2004Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Elevators or other lifts
HIT HEAD ON A METAL OBJECT IN AN ELEVATOR ON 12/28, NOW WITH HEADACHE A ND BLURRY VISION. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA, MIGRAINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top




Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.  This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources.  Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.