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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 629
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO AND HAS PAIN DX// LEFT RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 90 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: Step stools |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OVER A STEP STOOL, CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO LT RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Tables |
| PT WAS STANDING ON STEP STOOL AND MISSED STEP FALLING AND STRIKING CHES T ON EDGE OF TABLE SUSTAINING 2 FRACTURED RIBS ON LT SIDE OF CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 73 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: Step stools |
| PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF A STEP STOOL STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL STRIKING CHEST ON THE SIDE OF THE BATHTUB CONT USION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FALL OFF STEP STOOL AND HIT CHEST ON FLOOR AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT. ON 2-3 FOOT STEPSTOOL, LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON L CHEST. DX. RIB F X, CONT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2006 | Age: 84 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: Step stools |
| 84YOM FELL OFF STEPSTOOL RIB FX CHEST CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2006 | Age: 51 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: Step stools |
| PT FELL OFF OF STEP STOOL HITTING CHEST, CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools, Tables |
| CONTUSION CHEST - 55 YOF FELL OFF A STEP STOOL ONTO A TABLE AND THEN FL OOR, C/O CHEST / RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools, Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELL FROM A STEP STOOL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A WALL CONTUSION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2006 | Age: 62 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: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEPSTOOL FROM ONE FOOT HEIGHT WHEN PIECE OF LUMBER LANDED ON GROUND. DX: S/P FALL WITH MULTIPLE RIGHT LOWER RIB FRACTURES ,LACERATIO |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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