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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 518
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Date: 11/25/2002Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON RAILING IN BATHROOM AND FELL TO FLOOR AND LAY THERE FOR THRE E HOURS CONTUSING BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL HITTING HIP ON RAILING. DX: R HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2002Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
GOING DOWN STAIRS, MISSED LAST TWO STEPS THAT EXTENDED BEYOND HANDRAIL FELL, LANDED ON BUTTOCKS DX: HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WATERING PLANTS AT HOME, HANDS WET, GRABBED RAILING, SLIPPED PELVIC PAIN R/O OCCULT FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT MISSED HER HANDRAIL AND FELL. DX: L HIP FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT MISSED HANDRAIL AND FELL AT HOME. DX: L IMPACTED SUBCAPITAL FX, L SHOULDER CONT, TYPE 2 DIABETES.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIP ON RAILING NEXT TO DELI IN SUPERMARKET FX SUBRAPUBIC RAMI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/25/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OVER BANISTER DOWN 1 FLOOR ON TO HEAD WHILE SPRAYING FLOOR WITHWAT ER TREATMENT FX VERTEBRAE IN BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/23/2002Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL WHILE TRYING TO GRAB HAND RAIL IN BATHROOM/ RT HIP CONTUSION,INTRA CTABLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LUMBAR SPASM. PT FELL AND GRABBED A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2002Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
STRAIN OF ABD MUSCLES; STATES MISSED A RAILING WHILE WALKING LAST EVENING AND FELL ON THE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 99 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Windows or window glass
STUMBLED AND RABBED RAIL BY WINDOW AND LOST BALANCE STRAINING BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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