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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 939
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Date: 12/30/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
51 YO HOLDING WOODEN BANISTER GOT SPLINTER IN HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SPLINTER R HAND AT INSIDE BASE OF THUMB, CAME OFF RAILING AT HOME WHILE HOLDING TO THE RAILING. DX. LAC R HAND, FB REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AND JABBED HAND INTO HANDRAIL INJURING HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FEMALE PT STATE HAND PAIN AFTER CAUGHT IN STAIRWELL RAIL 5TH METACARPAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON RAILING, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON BANISTER - LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL BACKWARDS- HOLDING ONTO RAIL - RIGHT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT FRACTURED HER HAND WHEN SHE FELL AND HER HAND CAUGHT IN RAILING .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2004Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
90 YOF HAD HAND ON HANDRAIL OF PORCH; ANOTHER PERSON FELL ON PT'S HAND AND CUT HAND. LACERATION OF RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2004Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON A STAIR RAIL DX; RT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON A BANISTER AT HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
L HAND FX/51YOF FELL AT 1:30P TODAY AT HOME AND HIT HAND ON STAIRPOST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Containers
PT GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BOX AND HANDRAIL; CRUSH HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT SCHOOL WHEN GOT WOOD SLIVER FROM RAILING. DX; F.B. RT .HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND ON RAILING - FRACTURE RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SLIDING HAND DOWN BANISTER AND SLID HAND OVER A PROTRUDING NAIL DX: L HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2004Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LACERATION HAND - 72 YOM LACERATED HIS LEFT HAND ON A WOODEN RAILING LA ST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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