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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 201
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Date: 11/12/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS HOLDING HAND RAIL AND SLID DOWN ON HER BUTT DX: LUMBAR BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LOW BACK CONTUSION- SUSTAINED WHILE RIDING A BUS AND IT STOPPED SUDDEN LY AND HE STRUCK A RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING A GRANDCHILE AND CAUGHT ON A RAIL, PULLED BACK. DX-ACUTE LUMBAR PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
34 YO FEMALE LEANED AGAINST RAILING, RAILING BROKE FROM WALL AND PT FELL TO FLOOR FRACTURE L3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUST. CONT TO HIP ON RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
DX:ABDOMINAL ABRASIONS. PT FELL DOWN STAIRS AND STRUCK HEAD ON THE BANNISTER RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/10/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AGAINST A STEEL RAILING STRIKING BACK CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIP FX. PT WAS LEANING AGAINST A RAILING ON 2ND FLOOR AND IT BROKE CAUS ING PT TO FALL TO HIP.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/16/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WAS FALLING AT TRAIN STATION SO GRABBED RAIL AND STRAINED HIP IN DOING SO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPED ON RAIL LANDING ON BUTTOCKS. DX; LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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