Accidents - Step stools - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,112
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Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL AT HOME AND INJURED HIP DX// LEFT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
FELL ABOUT 2FT OFF OF A STEP STOOL IN KITCHEN HIT HEAD AND LANDED ON ( R) ARM DX- HIP CONT CHI WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
WAS STANDING ON STEP STOOL IN KITCHEN LOST BALANCE FELL C/O HIP PAIN DX- PELVIS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL LANDING ONTO LEFT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools
PT TRIPPED OVER FOOT STOOL 6 DAYS AGO C/O HIP/BACK PAIN. DX:LOW BACK PA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL BACKWARDS, SPRAIN OF LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools
PT FELL BACKWARDS OFF STEP STOOLDX: ACUTE BACK INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
FELL FROM STEP STOOL AT HOME. DX HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools, Refrigerators
FELL OFF STEP STOOL TRYING TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM TOP OF REFRIGERATOR AT PERSONAL CARE HOME, UNABLE TO WALK AFTERWARDS. DX-HIP FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT AT THE *** STANDING ON A STEP STOOL TAKING DOWN THE FLA G AND FELL FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT FELL BACKWARD OFF STEP STOOL AND LANDED ON HIP. D: HIP FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools
PT C/O BACKPAIN AFTER SHE FELL FROM A STEP STOOL AT HOME DX BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL SUNDAY,C/O PAIN TO R HIP-RADIATES DOWN LEG AREA DX R HIP FRACTURE,HX HYPERTENSION,DM,CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STOOL GETTING INTO CAR HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
52 YOF FELL FROM A STEP STOOL SUSTAINING A CONTUSION TO LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
FRACTURE HIP - 87 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT HIP PAIN FROM TRIP AND F ALL AT HOME - TRIPPED OVER STEP STOOL - TRANS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL LANDING ONTO BUTTOCKS SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEPSTOOL. DX- FRACTURE PELVIS #
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT FELL ABOUT FOUR FEET OFF A STEP STOOL ONTO RIGHT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEP STOOL R HIP PAIN DX; HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
MISSED STEP ON STEP STOOL, HURT BACK. DX LUMBAR COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools, Beds or bedframes
GOT OUT OF BED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, LOST BALANCE ON A STEP STOOL&FELL >>HIP/FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools
OT FELL OFF FOLDING STOOL AND INJUREDE BACK DX// BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
83YOF WAS AT HOME ON A STEP STOOL,SLIPPED ,MISSED THE LAST STEP,HITTING HIP;HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEP STOOL, HURT HIP DX HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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