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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 404
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 25YOF WAS CHASING NEPHEW AROUND HOUSE,SLIPPED FELL HIT HEAD ON RAILING;CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS MOVING INTO HIS NEW APT & HIT HEAD ON A STEEL RAILING. DX: CONTU SION,CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO HEAD FROM A FALLING RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS THROWING UP OVER BALCONY AND FELL 12 FT OVER RAILING. DX: MULT FACIAL FX'S, PNEUMOCEPHALUS, MULT FACIAL LACS, DISPLACED TEET |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON METAL RAILING IN BATHROOM. DX; HEAD ACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT SUS CONCUSSION AFTER SITTING ON A BANISTER AND FALLING OFF AND DOWN STAIRS% |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS WALKING AND BANNISTER GAVE WAY & FELL ONTO GROUND AT HOME DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Alcohol |
| C/O PERSISTENT HEADACHE STATUS POST ON FRIDAY HIT HEAD ON RAILING WHILE ETOH INTOXICATED >> POST CONCUSSION SYDROME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| FELL FROM A BANISTER AT SCHOOL ONTO STEPS AND THEN ONTO FLOOR HIT HEAD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT DX HEAD HEMATOMA/CONTUSION - S/P PT TRIPPED/SLIPPED/LOST BALANCE FELL OVER 2ND FLOOR RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL FROM BANISTER FROM 30 FT OF 3RD FLOOR TO 1ST FLOOR AT SCHOP; SEIZU RE-LIKE ACTIVITY, BECAME UNRESPONSIVE IN ED; HEAD INJ, WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL 15 FT OFF RAILING AT JAIL. DX: SDH, HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| RUNNING UP STEPS AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING. DX FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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