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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,087
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN FELL AND STRUCK CHEST ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 74 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL INTO A HANDRAIL. DX RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS RUNNING TO CATCH THE SUBWAY AND FELL ONTO THE RAIL. DX; CHEST PA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT R RIBS ON RAIL DX: FX 11TH RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 76 YOM FELL YESTERDAY AT HOME AGAINST STAIR RAILING FRACTURE RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 85YOM AT HOME SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A RAILING,STRIKING RIBS; RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS BLOW OVER BY WIND, HIT HEAD/CHEST ON IRON RAILING, RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 61 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT HAD RAILING BREAK-FELL BACKWARDS DOWN STAIRS-BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIPPED&FELL HITTING SIDE OF CHEST WALL AGAINST RAILING >>MUSCLE STRAIN/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL OVER STAIR RAILING FROM SECOND FLOOR, LANDED BELOW ON COUCH/ LT PNEUMOTHORAX, MULT RIB FXS/ CONCUSSION W/LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 80YOM WAS BENDING OVER A RAILING 5 DAYS AGO,HEARD A POP,HAS HAD PAIN SINCE THEN;RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 61 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT TRIPPED INTO A STAIR RAILING, COMPLAIN OF RIB PAIN, RIB CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT LOST EQUILIBRIUM, FELL BACKWARDS IN FRONT OF HOUSE, DURING FALL FELL AGAINST SOME RAILINGS, C/O PAIN. DX-RT RIB FRX-7,8,9 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 52 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO CHEST AFTER FALLING AND LANDING ON BANISTER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 54YOM BENDING OVER THE RAILING AT HOME PICKING UP A HEAVY OBJECT,FELT A POP IN RIB AREA;RIB STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 61 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIPPED&FELL HITTING LOWER POSTERIOR RIG CAGE AGAINST THE HANDRAILING >>RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| MULTIPLE RIB FX. PT FELL INTO A STAIR RAILING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RIGHT RIB STR. PT FELL OVER A RAILING INJURING RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 62 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT.INJ.RIBS AT HOME WHEN FELL AGAINST RAILING. DX; CONTUSION RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| C/O INJURIED CHEST WALL LEANING AGAINST VERSUS FALLING ONTO HANDRAILS >>CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS, TRIPPED HELD ONTO BANNISTER, HAND SLIPPED, P T FELL ON STEP, CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS LEANING OVER A RAILING AND FELT A POP. DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AND HIT CHEST ON WOODEN RAILING CAUSING CHEST WALL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL OVER RAIL WHILE GOING UP STAIRSDX: LT 7TH RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 52 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: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT STANDING ON A DECK LEANING AGAINT THE RAILING AND THE RAILING GAVE WAY FELL ABOUT TEN FEET FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLIPPED FELL AGAINST RAILING AT HOME, FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 79 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LEFT CHEST WALL CONT. PT SLIPPED AND FELL INTO A BANISTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 89 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX RIB CONTU: TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST RAILING ON PORCH STRIKING R SIDE OF CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 51 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL A FEW DAYS AGO STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A RAILING SUS TAINED A RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT IS HAVING A COUGH AND HAS INCREASING SHORTNESS OF BREATH. FELL 1 WEE K AGO AND STRUCK STERNUM ON A STAIR RAIL. D: COPD EXACERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CHEST CT-HIT RAILING-@ CHURCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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