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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,122
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| 59 YOM FELL FROM EXTENSION LADDER AT HOME SUSTAINING FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL OFF LADDER AT HOME HAS NECK AND BACK PAIN SPRAIN LUMBAR, NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT WITH FRACTURE TO RIGHT RIBS AFTER FALLING OFF LADDER DX. FRACTURE RI GHT 6, 7, AND 8 RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL FROM LADDER-MULTIPLE RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT RECEIVED CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN FELL FROM EXTENSION LADDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders, Snow throwers/blowers |
| FRACTURE RIB - 35 YO MALE PRESENTS FROM HOME AFTER FALLING FROM A LADDE R LAST NIGHT - ABOUT 12' AND LANDED ON LADDER AND SNOW BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL 15 FT TO GROUND WHEN ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER BROKE IN MIDDLE. C/O STERNAL PAIN DX- RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL OFF LADDER-CONTUSION BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| FRACTURE RIBS - 44 YO MALE PRESENTS VIA AMBULANCE AFTER FALLING FROM A 5' LADDER AND STRIKING CHEST ON WAY DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | 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 Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| 49 YO M FRACTURED RIBS, MULITPLE CONTUSIONS FELL 10 FT OFF LADDER TRANSFERED TO TRAMUA UNIT* |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL OFF TOP OF LADDER-FX 5TH T6TH RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT STATES FELL APPROX 10 FT FROM FALLING LADDER LANDING ON HIS LEFT SID E DX FX LEFT 4TH 5TH AND 6TH RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT FELL FROM A LADDER THAT WAS APPROX. 23 FEET UP. PT INJURED WRIST, FACE, AND HAS RUPTURE AORTIC WITH HEMATOMA. DX: INTER INJURY, FX WRIST, |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT CLEANING OUT GUTTERS-FELL OFF LADDER-CONTUSION BACK-PELVIS AREAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT WAS COMING OFF THE ROOF AND THE LADDER SHIFTED CAUSING PT TO FALL, PT APPROX. 8 FEET, LANDING ON THE LADDE. DX: RIB FRACTURE, ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders, Doors |
| PT WAS STANDING ON LADDER & FELL B/C DOOR PUSHED IT, BACK PAIN, NECK PA IN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Extension or straight ladders |
| PT INJURED BACK WHEN HE FELL OFF A LADDER. DX: THORASIC PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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