Accidents - Step stools - Year 2006 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 750
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	59
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	45
50+ years old:	629

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO AND HAS PAIN DX// LEFT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 90 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: Step stools
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OVER A STEP STOOL, CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO LT RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools, Tables
PT WAS STANDING ON STEP STOOL AND MISSED STEP FALLING AND STRIKING CHES T ON EDGE OF TABLE SUSTAINING 2 FRACTURED RIBS ON LT SIDE OF CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2006	Age: 73 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: Step stools
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF A STEP STOOL STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL STRIKING CHEST ON THE SIDE OF THE BATHTUB CONT USION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
PT FALL OFF STEP STOOL AND HIT CHEST ON FLOOR AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT. ON 2-3 FOOT STEPSTOOL, LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON L CHEST. DX. RIB F X, CONT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 84 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: Step stools
84YOM FELL OFF STEPSTOOL RIB FX CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF OF STEP STOOL HITTING CHEST, CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 40 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: Step stools, Chairs
FELL FROM STEP STOOL ONTO CHAIR FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Refrigerators
CONTUSION BACK - 17 YOF FELL BACKWARDS OFF A STEP STOOL HITTING UPPER B ACK AGAINST REFRIGERATOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Tables
CONTUSION CHEST - 55 YOF FELL OFF A STEP STOOL ONTO A TABLE AND THEN FL OOR, C/O CHEST / RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Ceilings and walls
PT FELL FROM A STEP STOOL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A WALL CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2006	Age: 62 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: Step stools
FELL OFF STEPSTOOL FROM ONE FOOT HEIGHT WHEN PIECE OF LUMBER LANDED ON GROUND. DX: S/P FALL WITH MULTIPLE RIGHT LOWER RIB FRACTURES ,LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools
PT FELL FROM STEP STOOL. DX: L RENAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Step stools, Wooden containers
FELL OFF A STEP STOOL ONTO WOODEN CRATES AT SCHOOL THORACIC MUSCLE STRAIN LUMBOSACRAL MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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