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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 570
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT SUSTAINED WRIST SPRAIN FROM FALL FROM STEP STOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Step stools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| ON STEP STOOL ON PLATFORM APPROX. 4FT OFF GROUND, STEP OFF STOOL FELL TO GROUND. WRIST INJURY, ELBOW ABRASION, HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| FX WRIST WHEN FELL FROM STEP STOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| LEFT WRIST FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Toilets |
| LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT WAS STANDING ON A STEP STOOL AND FELL BACKWARDS A ND INJURED WRIST ON TOILET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL TO THE FLOOR AT HOME FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| R WRIST FX/85YOF WAS AT CHURCH FIXING CANDLES WHEN STEPSTOOL BROKE AND SHE LANDED ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND AT 7:15PM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| PATIENT FELL FROM A COLLAPSING STEP STOOL AT HOME, CAUGHT HERSELF W/ RIGHT ARM, HAS PAIN & DEFORMITY OF WRIST. DX FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| FX R WRIST, FELL OFF STEP STOOL ONTO TILE FLOOR. ATTEMPTED TO CATCH SELF ON KITCHEN SINK AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL FROM STEP STOOL, FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| 66 YOF FELL OFF STEP STOOL FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| LT WRIST FX-AT HOME-FELL OFF A STEP STOOL-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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