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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 667
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS LEANING AGAINST A RAILING ON PORCH AND RAILING LET GO & PT FELL OFF PORCH DX: LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| ABD WALL CT-FELL 20 FEET ONTO WOODEN RAILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 45YO WHITE MALE FELL AGAINST RAILING HIT LOWER R RIBS,ECCHYMOSIS, R UPPER QUAD PAIN,ANXIETY , DX FLANK HEMATOMA - ANXIETY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT REPORTS FALLING WHEN STANDING ON PORCH, LEANED ON RAILING DX: LOW BACK PAIN, PROTRUSION OF C-SPINE, SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| 37YOF AT HOME FELL DOWN A FEW STEPS,GRABBED RAILING FELL BACKWARDS; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LEANING AGAINST A RAILING WHICH COLLAPSED&FELL OFF 5FEET HIGHT LANDING ONTO COCCYX/BUTTOCKS>>CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| LEANING ON RAILING AND FELL BACKWARD OFF PORCH WHEN IT BROKE INJ BACK W ITH CORD COMPRESSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LOW BACK PAIN AFTER JUMPING OVER RAILING DX: BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| BACK SPRAIN-SUS INJ WHILE LEANING AGAINST BANISTER AND IT BROKE. FELL B ACKWARDS HITTING BACK AND BUTTOCKS. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| ABDOMINAL CONTUSION.PT IS 23 WEEKS PREGNANT AND SLIPPED AND FELL INTO A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Fire escape devices |
| 45YOF HAD JUST MOVED INTO HER RESIDENCE,WAS CLIMBING WOODEN FIRE ESCAPE SLIPPED &FELL,STEP BROKE FELL 12 STEPS,HIT RAILING;SACCRUM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HIT BUTTOCK ON RAILING AND THEN DEVELOPED ABSCESS TO IT AFTER A WHILE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - 27 YO MALE REPORTS RUSHING OUT OF HIS APARTMENT AND S LIPPED AND GRABBED RAILING AND NOW LOW BACK KEEPS TIGHTENING UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HIP AFTER HANDRAIL BROKE CAUSING HER TO FALL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 50 YO FELL OFF BANISTER INJURED BACK CONTUSION BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| HIP CONTUSION.PT SLIPPED ON ICE AND HIT CORNER OF STAIR CASE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| STANDING ON WOODEN STAIR RAIL KNOCKING SNOW OFF ROOF PREVIOUS DAY CONT/ABR TO ABDOMEN, PELVIS AND THIGHS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Pet supplies |
| BACK CONT. PT FELL DOWN 4-5 FEET BACKWARD OVER A RAILING WHEN WALKING A DOG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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