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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 880
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Date: 11/26/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
L BREAST HEMATOMA/60YOF@HM FOOT SLIPPED OFF LAST STEP&PT STRUCK L BREAS T ON BANISTER.HAPPENED A FEW HOURS AGO.C/O PAIN W/ACTIVITY,DEEP BREATHS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2009Age: 95 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GOING INTO BASEMENT AND TRIPPED AND GRABBED RAILING AND INJ ARM AND FEL L,HAD STROKE WITH CHEST MASS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/16/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AND HIT RIBS ON RAILING CHEST WALL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2009Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
83 YR OLD FELL AT HOME HIT BACK ON RAILING HAS PAIN DX// BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON STAIR RAILING. DX: RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEANING OVER A WOODEN RAILING ON A 10 FOOT ROOF AND FELL ONTO GRASS. DX . RIB AND THORACIC VERTEBRAL FX.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2009Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Ramps or landings
PT FELL GOING DOWN A RAMP, HIT RT RIBS & HIPS ON RAILING; C/O PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RT LATERAL RIB PAIN, FELL INTO RAILING 3 DAS AGO & STRUCK RT RIBS. DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT BACKED INTO HANDRAIL. DX: RIB PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2009Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED&FELL WALKING DOWN STAIRS HITTING RIBS AGAINST THE BANISTER THEN DOWN FEW STEPS>>RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
C/O PERSISTEN RIB PAIN S/P FALLING AGAINST BANISTER WHILE WALKING THE D OG A WK AGO>>RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HOMELESS C/O CHEST WALL PAIN AFTER FFELL HITTING CHEST AGAINST RAILING @ TRAIN STATION>>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX CHEST PAIN: R UPPER CP RAD DOWN RUE, TINGL'G TO R HAND, +RADIAL PULSE, STARTED W WORK'G IN YARD, PT DIZZY W LIFT'G CEDAR RAIL
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 08/15/2009Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WITH BASELINE UNSTEADY GAIT, WAS IN THE BATHROOM, SLIPPED&FELL HITTING CHEST ONTO SIDE RAILING>>CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2009Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
MULTIPLE RIB FXS.PT FELL INTO A BANISTER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/08/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
BACK CT-FELL OVER A RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
TRIPPING GOING DOWNSTAIRS AND HIT RIB ON RAILING RESULTING IN PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPED&FELL ON RAILING,?MECH, FROM 5FTH, LANDING ONTO BACK >>MS/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RUNNING FROM POLICE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP OVER RAILING&FELL >>CHES WALL/SHOULDER CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WITH CONTUSION TO CHEST AFTER FALLING AND HITTING RAIL. DX CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AGAINST RAILING 3 DAYS AGO, TO ER WITH RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT LEANED OVER A IRON RAILING AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN RIB DX: FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AGAINST HAND RAIL AT HOME HAS RIB PAIN FRACTURE RIB, CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SLID DOWN A BANISTER AND HIT THE BOTTOM POST/ CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT STUMBLED AND HIT STAIR RAILING DX: RIB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
SLIPPED AND HIT RIB AGAINST RAIL OF STEPS CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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