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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,840
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 39 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 3 DAYS AGO, PT TRIPPED OVER CAT AND STRUCK CHEST ON METAL RAILING OF STAIRCASE. CONTINUED PAIN. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION, LUNG NODULE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Skateboards |
| 15 YO M FELL AGAINST RAILING ON STAIRS WHILE SKATEBOARDING. DX CONTUSIO N TO L RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT STATES HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT BANNISTER AND STRUCK RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2002 | Age: 20 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| MID/UPPER BACK STR/20YOF FELL 3 DAYS AGO AND HURT HER BACK ON A RAILING WHILE AT GRANDFATHERS HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX:L RIB CONTUSION. WAS LEANING ON GUARDRAIL THEN PAIN BEGAN AFTERWARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 7 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONTUSED CHEST WHEN FELL ON RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 39 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL INTO RAIL AT HOME. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 50 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AGAINST "HANDICAP" RAIL CONT TO CHEST , L ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 8 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: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| CHILD FELL FROM BANISTER AND STAIRS APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET. D: BACK CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIPPED & HIT HEAD ON A METAL RAIL LEFT RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 34 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUST. CONT. TO CHEST ON BANISTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN 4 STEPS AND HIT HER BACK AGST RAILING, SUPERFICIAL ABRASIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT REACHED TO GRAB STAIR RAIL. DX: CHEST WALL PX, R SHOULDER PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX T8,T6-7, T6 BELOW FRACTURES: PT FELL FROM 3RD FLOOR BANISTER DOWN AND INJURED BACK, TRANSFERED AND ADMITTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 58 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: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| CLIMBING BASEMENT STEPS AND LOST HOLD OF RAILING AND FELL FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 42 YO MALE FELL AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HEAD ON RAILING CERVICAL SPINE DJD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 6 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: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX CHEST CONTUSION: FELL FROM RAILING AT HOME, STRUCK CHEST ON FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 34 YO MALE BENT OVER RAILING STRAIN LEFT RIB CAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 50 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT STATES HE TRIPPED AND HIT CHEST ON A RAILING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 84 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON A BANISTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 80 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RIGHT RIB CONT. PT HIT RIBS ON A BED RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT DESCENDING STAIRS STRUCK CHEST AGAINST THE RAILING FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 2 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| BACK CT-AT HOME-FELL OFF BANISTER 4-5 FEET ONTO GRASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL FROM RAILING ON FERRY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT JUMPED OVER A RAILING AT CONCERT. DX: CHEST WALL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FRACTURE RIBS - 66 YOF FELL STRIKING HER CHEST ON A STAIR RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 32 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL 2 DAYS AGO ON RAILING INJURY TO RIBS. DX: RIGHT 11TH RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL OFF BOAT, HIT SIDE AGAINST RAILING DX: FRACTURE LT,. 8TH RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 49 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL HITTING CHEST ON RAILING DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 44 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT CAME OUT OF BATHROOM AFTER SMOKING CRACK ALL NIGHT AND HIT RAILING. DX: CHEST WALL CONT, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 46 YR OLD MALE LEANED OVER RAIL OF BEAM PULLING ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SIDE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| FELL AGAINST METAL RAILING, HIT R RIBS AT GOLF COURSE, SLIPPED ON STEPS . DX. CONT CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AGAINST A METAL RAILING YESTERDAY. DX. FX. R 6TH AND 7TH RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| 43 Y/O M C/O FALL - HANDRAIL BROKE, FELL ON STEPS. DX: CHEST CONTUSION, RIB FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 6 months | 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PTS DAD FELL WHILE HOLDING PT AND HIT CHEST OFF OF A RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Swimming pools |
| PT OUT ON POOL DECK, SLIPPED ON WATER AND FELL HITTING RAILING, RT RIBF X |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 44 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX RIB CONTUSION: FELL ONTO RAILING AT HOME, INJURED RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONTUSED LIVER WHEN FELL ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Cardboard products |
| PT INJURED BACK WHILE CARRYING HEAVY BOXES THEN HIT BACK ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 38 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIPPED OVER DOG AND FELL AND HIT CHEST ON BANISTER CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT RAN INTO BANISTER HITTING NIPPLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT WAS PUSHED AGAINST RAILING CONTUSION LEFT SIDE CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| BUMPED RIGHT BREAST ON RAILING SOFT TISSUE INJURY RIGHT BREAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL HITTING CHEST ON BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 41 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS DRINKING AND FELL 5FT OFF A RAIL AND LANDED ON HIS BACK AND NECK. DX RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL INTO A BANNISTER, CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 57 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: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN STAIRS AND HIT RAIL, CONTUSION CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | Age: 41 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL WHILE RUNNING IN SNOW AND HIT METAL RAIL. DX: R CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RIB FRACTURES - FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING LEFT SIDE RIBS ON BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2002 | Age: 52 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| R CHEST;FLANK CONT/52YOBM C/O R PAIN AFTER FALLING ON RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 29 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: Handrails, railings or banisters, Christmas tree lights |
| TAKING X-MAS LIGHTS DOWN AND FELL OFF DECK RAILING AT HOME INJURIN G CHEST. DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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