Accidents - Elevators or other lifts - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,389
See also: Lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	66
Year 1998:	109
Year 1999:	266
Year 2000:	56
Year 2001:	106
Year 2002:	137
Year 2003:	85
Year 2004:	86
Year 2005:	89
Year 2006:	88
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	189
Year 2009:	46
Year 2010:	47

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	90
6-15 years old:	110
16-25 years old:	33
26-50 years old:	109
50+ years old:	1,044

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
82YOF, LEGS GAVE OUT WHILE COMING OUT OF THE ELEVATER&FELL ONTO KNEE >>FEMUR FX/ UTI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/29/2010	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
84YOM, REACHING OUT TO PRESS BUTTON ON ELEVATOR, LOST BLANCE&FELL >>HIP/THIGH CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Floors or flooring materials
59 YOM WALKING TO ELEVATOR IN HOSPITAL AND FELT A POP IN THIGH AND FELL TO FLOOR. RUPTURE QUADRICEPS TENDON
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
DX FX FEMUR NECK (R); 86YOF WALK'G TO APPT IN UROGYN CLINIC TODAY, CAME OUT OF ELEVATOR & SLIP'D, FALL ON ON R HIP.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT AND STUCK THERE FOR TWO HOURS WITH FX ELBOW,FX T12,L1,L2,L3,FX FEMUR AND FX SINUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
TRIPPED&FELL WHILE EXITING THE ELEVATOR TODAY >FEMUR/HUMRUS FXS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
FRACTURE FEMUR - 80 YO FEMALE PRESENTS FROM HOME VIA AMBULANCE - FELL F ROM CHAIR LIFT AT SECOND STEP - TRANS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT COMING OFF ELEVATOR, TRIPPED LANDING ON RT HIP. DX: RIGHT FEMUR FRA CTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Beds or bedframes
PATIENT WAS REFERRED FROM AN OUTSIDE FACILITY WHEN SHE WAS DROPPED FROM A LIFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO PLACE HER IN THE BED. DX-LT DISTAL FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR DOORS SUSTAINED DEGLOVING INJURY TO UPP ER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT FELL ON A ELAVAOR AND FX HER UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
TRIPPED ON THE ELEVATOR, WHEN JUMPED AS HE EXITES, FELL ONTO THIGH " FEMUR FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts
STRAINS UPPER LEG FALLING THROUGH ELEVATOR SHAFT. LOCATION UNKNOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION RT THIGH,SPRAIN RT ANKLE - FELL WHEN ELEVATOR ON DECK DROPPED 10 FT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT FELL 9 FEET WHEN HAY ELEVATOR FELL. DX: FX FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
80 YO FEMALE FELL WHILE EXITING ELEVATOR FRACTURE FEMUR
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
STEPPING OUT OF ELEVATOR AND FELL FORWARD SUBCAPITAL FEMUR FX 2ND TO GROUND LEVEL FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT EXITING OUT OF ELEVATOR BACKWARDS TRIPPED AND FELL AND LANDED ON HIP DX FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Wheelchairs
BEING PUSHED IN WHEELCHAIR BY FAMILY AND INJURED LEG ON ELEVATOR. DX. L LEG PAIN, PROBABLE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Floors or flooring materials
69 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR ON ELEVATOR AT HOTEL CONTUSION LEG - CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Crutches, canes or walkers
AMBULATES WITH WALKER, SLIPPED, TRIPPED GETTING OUT OF ELEVATOR, KNOCKE D DOWN BY ELEVATOR DOOR. IMPACTED FRACTURE RIGHT FEMORAL NECK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
SLID AGAINST LIFT IN NURSING HOME - FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2001	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2001	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2001	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2001	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2001	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2000	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2000	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/1999	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/19/1999	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/1999	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/31/1999	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/1999	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/1999	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/1998	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts, Car seats
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/1998	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/1997	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Elevators or other lifts
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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