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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,178
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Artificial Christmas trees |
| PT STANDING ON A STEP LADDER GETTING HIS ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMASS TREE OUT OF THE ATTIC AND FELL STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL 4-5 FT FROM STEPLADDER. DX: SDH W/2CM L SHIFT & DOWNWARD HERNIATION, R TEMPORAL BONE FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/07/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stepladders |
| FELL OFF 2ND STEP OF STEPLADDER AT HOME WHILE CLEANING; HIT HEAD, HAS HEADACHE, NECK PAIN. DX: QUESTIONABLE SYNCOPE, HEAD, NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/26/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL FROM A STEP LADDER WHILE WORKING ON THE HOUSE STRUCK HEAD SUSTA INED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY POSITIVE LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| ~PT WAS CLIMBING A TREE STEP LADDER WHEN SHE FELL, LOSE CONCIOUSNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM STEPLADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL 4 FT FROM STEP LADDER. DX: SAH. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/18/2006 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| CHI WHEN STEPLADDER FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL 2-3 FT FROM STEPLADDER. DX: CONCUSSION, HEAD LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| TRAUMA HEAD.PT.REFERS DOWN FROM STEP LADDER,WHILE WASHING WINDOWS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| CHI, HIT WITH STEPLADDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OFF STEPLADDER, CAUSING MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY, RT SHOULDER PAIN POST FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| TRAUMA HEAD.PT.WAS BOUGHT TO THE ER,DUE TO A FALL FROM STEPLADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL 4 FEET OFF OF STEP LADDER LANDING ON HEAD, CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Stepladders |
| FELL OFF STEPLADDER, HITTING OCCIPIT " SDH" +" OCCIPIT SKULL FXS" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - STEPLADDER HIT HER HEAD IN THE STORE X5 DAYS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL OFF STEP LADDER PUNCTURING BICEPES ON A NAIL ON THE WALL WHILE ETO H INTOX' BAC=0.218" " CHI" +" BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJ" , ARM PW |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/01/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stepladders, Tables |
| PT WAS ON A STEPLADDER AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON A COFFEE TABLE LACERATION TO HEAD BEHIND R EAR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stepladders, Knives |
| PT. MOVED STEP LADDER AND WALLPAPER SCRAPER WHICH WAS ON THE TOP OF THE LADDER FELL STRIKING HER HEAD. LACERATION, TOP OF HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| FELL 3 FEET OFF A STEPLADDER AT HOME SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL 5-7 FT FROM STEP LADDER DX: CHI. HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stepladders |
| FELL OFF STEP LADDER AT HOME HITTING HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX: LACERATIONS TO SCALP. CONTUSION TO CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| FALL FROM STEPLADDER DX SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/09/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL OFF OF 3' STEP LADDER ONTO TILED FLOOR. DX: HEMATOMA HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| CHI, PT FELL OFF A STEPLADDER HITTING HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2006 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL OFF OF A STEP LADDER AND INJURED HEAD.DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| AT DAYCARE AND FELL OFF SMALL STEP LADDER AND HIT HEAD CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Stepladders, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF STEP LADDER 2 NIGHTS & HIT HEAD ON CEMENT FLOOR. HAD BATH LAST NIGHT PARENTS NOTICED BOGGY AREA L PARIETAL LOBE-NONDISPLACED SKULL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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