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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 877
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT SLIPPED ON WET PORCH AND HAS BACK PX. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/11/2005 | Age: 22 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL 10 FT OFF BALCONY. DX: CHEST/ABDOMINAL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 24 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL OFF PORCH AND CONTUSED UPPER CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT INJURED LIFTING DECK BOARDS; CHEST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF 2ND STORY BALCONY ONTO CONCRETE. DX: ATE, BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/17/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT SLIPPED ON SLIPPERY DECK AND HAS BACK PX. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 25 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT REPORTS HE FELL OFF DECK AT HOME - PT ADMITS TO BEING VERY DRUNK - ALSO HAS KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Dancing |
| PT AT A CONCERT AND JUMPED OFF THE STAGE INTO A MOSH PIT CONTUSION CHES T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 17 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: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| T12 COMPRESSION FX: JUMPED 1-2 FT OFF PORCH LAST NIGHT, LANDED FLAT ON BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 22 YO - DX: CONTUSED RIBS - PUSHED OFF PORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF HIS THIRD FLOOR BALCONY AT A HOTEL ROOM SUSTAINED IOI CHEST WITH RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| DORSAL STRAIN - 17 YOM C/O BACK PAIN ONE WEEK AFTER HEAVY LIFTING DONE WHILE HELPING BUILD A DECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2005 | Age: 24 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL 12 FT OFF SECOND STORY DECK. DX: BACK CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2005 | Age: 17 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: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| CHEST PAIN: SITTING ON PORCH LAUGHING , SUDDEN ONSET CRUSHING CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2005 | Age: 21 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF PORCH; RIB CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2005 | Age: 24 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL OFF DECK DX RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps |
| STATES ICE ON PORCH SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN STEPS LANDED ON MID BACK ACU TE THORAXIC PAIN 2ND TO CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 24 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS APARTMENT HE ESCAPED BY JUMPING OUT OFF OF BALCO NY DX CONTUSION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF A SECOND STORY BALCONY SUSTAINED INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO HEAD AN CHEST DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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