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Accidents - Step stools - Year 2003 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 178
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:22
26-50 years old:155

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/21/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
RT HAND AND KNEE CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AND INJURED HAND AN D KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEP STOOL-SOFT TISSUE INJURY LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT SUST CONTUSION TO HAND STEPSTOOL CLOSED ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
FRACTURED HAND WHEN FELL OFF STEP STOOL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/15/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
CONTUSION RT UPPER EXTREMITY, FELL OFF STEP STOOL YESTERDAY EVENING ONTO RT SIDE WITH ARM UNDER HIM, C/O PAIN HAND, FOREARM, AND ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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