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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 882
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RIGHT KNEE CONT. PT HIT KNEE AGAINST A BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE HOSPITAL FELL LEFT KNEE STRUCK A METAL RAI LING CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2004 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLID DOWN BANNISTER AT CHURCH AND LANDED ON KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 33 YO FELL ON PORCH-- CAUGHT RAILING;UNABLETO HOLD ON RAILING HE FELL FROM 2 STORY BUILDING......FX KNEE CLOSED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LAST WED, PT FELL ON WOOD RAILING AROUND PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL & HAD KNEE PAIN. BUMPED KNEE AGAIN YESTERDAY AT PICNIC. DX: BURSITIS KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/20/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT BUMPED KNEE ON AN IRON RAILING CAUSING INJ DX:KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| A CAR BACKED INTO A RAILING AND THE RAILING FELL ONTO KNEE. DX. L KNEE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL ANDHIT KNEE ON PORCH RAILING AT HOME YESTERDAY, REFUSING TO BEAR W T; RT KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONT L KNEE, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A METAL RAILING IN THE SUBWAY STAT ION, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, LIMITED ROM MEDIAL PATELLA, NO SOB OR DIZZ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| WALKED INTO A BANISTER. DX. R KNEE / PRE-PATELLAR CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 29 YOM CLIMBING OVER RAILING FELL CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIED TO JUMP OVER STAIRRAIL. DX. CONTUSION AND SPRAIN R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| 19 YOM SPRAINED AND HAS CONTUSIONS ON RIGHT KNEE FROM KNEE HITTING META L BANNISTER WHILE GOING UP STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| KNEE FRACTURE FELL OVER RAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2004 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONTUSION L KNEE, VIA EMS, PT SLIPPED, STRUCK A RAILING & SUST INJURY A T HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNES, ROM ABNORMAL, NO DEFORMITY OR LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT HIT KNEE ON METAL RAILING; KNEE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO KNEE HIT ON BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| R KNEE PAIN/24YOF STRUCK R KNEE ON BANNISTER AT HOME TODAY. PAIN RADIAT ES TO R CALF. HURTS TO EXTEND LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT DESCENDING STAIRS AND SLIPPED STRIKING RIGHT KNEE AGAINST A RAILING CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HIT LEG AGAINST RAIL, GOT SPLINTER DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| STATES HE JUMPED FROM RAILINGS AND INJURED KNEE DX LT KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL,TWISTED LT KNEE AGAINST RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| @ SCHOOL AND TRIED JUMPING OVER A RAILLING DX KNEE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/20/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials |
| YESTERDAY PT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH BAG AND FELL AGST A RAILING THEN TO T HE FLOOR,KNEE SPRAIN, LEG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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