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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 894
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2005 | Age: 72 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: Step stools, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| ON STEP STOOL, FELL HITTING HEAD ON A BUREAU " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL BHT, SCALP LAC. SHOULDER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2005 | Age: 64 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: Step stools |
| PATIENT WAS ON A STEP STOOL, FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HER HEAD ON THE CEMENT, WAS DAZED & HAD TINGLING IN EXTREMITIES. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Doors |
| PT FELL FROM SMALL STEPSTOOL, STANDING, AT HOME, HITTING HEAD ON BED- ROOM DOOR- NO LOC. DX: MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Step stools, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| PT SLIPPED OFF STEP STOOL ONTO FLOOR WHILE PUTTING UP CURTAINS. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2005 | Age: 13 months | 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: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL FROM SETP STOOL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL ON BACK OF HEAD WHILE STANDING ON STEP STOOL 1/2 HR AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2005 | Age: 24 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools |
| 24YOM-CLOSED HEAD INJURY-FELL FROM STEP STOOL-HIT HEAD ON DIRT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE AFTER SHE FELL OFF A STEP STOOL ONTO THE KITCHEN FLOOR. DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Beds or bedframes |
| 52 YOF FELL OFF STEP STOOL HIT HEAD ON HEADBOARD SKULL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL FROM BOTTOM STEP OF STEP STOOL- HITTING HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT TRIPPED OVER STEP STOOL. DX: 2 CM SCALP LAC/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AT HOME , + ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2005 | Age: 71 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT ON STEP STOOL AND LOST BALANCE, HIT HEAD ON TILE FLOOR, NO LOC DX: MILD HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Laundry hampers |
| 54 YO FEMALE FELL BACKWARDS OFF STEP STOOL AND HIT HEAD ON METAL HAMPER - LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR CLIMBING A STEP STOOL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL DX. CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT WAS ON STEP STOOL & FELL ABOUT 4.5 FT HITTING HEAD ON A SOFA INJURING HEAD & RT WRIST. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Step stools |
| PATIENT WAS PUTTING UP A POSTER & FELL OFF OF STEP-STOOL HITTING THE FRONT OF HER HEAD. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT STADING ON STEP STOOL BEHIND TRUCK AND FELL OFF STRIKING HEAD ON DRI VEWAY C/O PAIN SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools, Ceilings and walls |
| STANDING ON STOOL & BUMPED HEAD IN TO WOODEN STRIP ON CEILING HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools |
| CHI-FELL OFF STEPSTOOL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT. COMING DOWN FROM A STEP STOOL AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST A S HOVEL AND WAS HIT ON TOP OF HEAD BY HANDLE. DX. LAC SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Counters or countertops |
| PT STANDING ON A STEP STOOL AT HOME REACHING FOR HIS TOOTHBRUSH WHEN HE FELL OFF THE STOOL STRIKING HEAD ON THE COUNTER CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| DX LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD: FELL AND HIT HEAD ON STEP STOOL AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Chairs |
| WAS ON STEP STOOL,LOST BALANCE,FELL ON CHAIR-SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL TO FLOOR DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| 19 Y/O F INJURED HEAD WHEN TRIPPED AND FELL ON FOOTSTOOL AT HOME. DX; HEAD CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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