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Accidents - Fire escape devices - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 598
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:132Upper Trunk:130
Ankle:77Lower Trunk:70
Shoulder:62Knee:62
All Of Body:31Head:30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/18/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire escape devices
PT DX SPRAINS BACK - PT STATES "I JUMPED FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE" AT HOME PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire escape devices
SPRAIN LOW BACK - 35 YO MALE STATES HE FELL THROUGH FIRE ESCAPE PLATFOR M - 10 FEET TO PLATFORM BELOW - OUTSIDE HIS FRONT DOOR - ALSO WRIST PAI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire escape devices, Ceilings and walls
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - PT PUNCHED A FIRE ESCAPE AND SEVERAL WALLS AT HOME JUST PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire escape devices
L HAND LAC/20YOM CUT L HAND ON A METAL FIRE ESCAPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire escape devices
L FOOT ANKLE PAIN, JUMPED OFF FIRE ESCAPE, SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fire escape devices
FELL FROM FIRE ESCAPE LADDER. HAND FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/09/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire escape devices
PT JUMPED ABOUT 2 FEET OFF FIRE ESCAPE AND LANDED WITH KNEE BENT BACK.N OW WITH KNEE PAIN. DX:KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fire escape devices
PT DX RT ANKLE FX - S/P BIBEMS DUE TO ACCIDENTAL FALL FROM FIRE ESCAPE, JUMPED AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2009Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fire escape devices
PT FELL 10 FEET FROM FIRE ESCAPE CAUSING INJURIES DX: CHI, SHOULDER FX.....NO FIRE INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fire escape devices
PT DX RIB FX - FIRE ESCAPE LADDER SLID DOWN TO GROUND FLOOR,HIT LT CHEST AT HOME YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fire escape devices
FALLING OF FIRE ESCAPE. UPPER TRUNK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fire escape devices
PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE TRAUMA AFTER FALLING FROM THIRD FLOOR FIRE ESCAPE. PT HAS AOB*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/14/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire escape devices
PLAYING & JUMPING & HIT R SHOULDER ON FIRE ESCAPE LADDER. LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire escape devices
PT WAS IN A FIRE, HAD SOME SMOKE INHALATION, BUMPED RT LEG ON FIRE ESCAPE, FIRE DEPT WAS THERE. DX - SMOKE INHALATION, LWR EXTREMITY PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire escape devices
FELL 3 FLOORS OFF THE FIRE ESCAPE ( NO FIRE)---BACK CONTUSION / (L) THU MB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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