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Accidents - Ladders - Year 2008 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 594
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:14
26-50 years old:283
50+ years old:296

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/29/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
FELL SIX FEET OFF LADDER AFTER BEING DIZZY, ADMIT FOR SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/03/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTSUONS.PT FEL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
PT WAS ON A LADDER ABOUT OUT 20 FT AND FELL BACK OFF THE LADDER DX:MULTISYSTEM TRUAMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 11/04/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER, DX; MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders, Foods
NS: SYNCOPE, FALL, ON LADDER PUTTING BUTTERNUTS ON ROOF TO "DRY OUT" BECAME DIZZY, PASSED OUT, FELL 6-8 FT, DENIES COMPLAINTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS..PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS/CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL FROM A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/23/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/18/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Ladders, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
37YOM WAS WORKING ON A LIGHT FIXTURE GOT ZAPPED BY 277 VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY FELL OFF LADDER;ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Ladders, Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters
28 YO MALE WAS ON LADDER AND TOUCHED ELECTRICAL PANEL WITH HAND ELECTRICAL INJURY RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders, Rope or string
PT HAS A FETISH IN WHICH HE SELF ASPHYXIATES FOR ORGASM AND WAS STANDIN G ON A LADDER WITH A ROPE AROUND NECK LADDER GAVE WAY HUNG SELF
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/25/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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