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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,677
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Date: 12/30/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
BNAGED R. HAND AGAINST HANDRAIL. DX. R. HAND CONTUSION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX LEFT HAND CONTUSION: HIT HAND AGAINST RAILING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
39 YO MALE HAD WOOD CHIP BREAK OFF BANNISTER AND HURT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GOT A SPLINTER IN HAND FROM BANISTER DX: R HAND FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Gymnastics
HIT HAND ON RAILING DURING GYMNASTICS DX: R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING DOWN STEP USING HAND RAIL, FELT A SPLINTER GO INTO HAND, PULLED OUT, NOW C/O PAIN. CELLULITIS TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT CAUGHT IN HANDRAIL; FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
16 YOM WAS USING HANDRAIL AT SCHOOL AND A SCREW WAS STICKING OUT CAUSIN G LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A HANDRAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Refrigerators
CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RAILING AND REFRIGERATOR AT HOME. FRACTURE RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
INJURED HAND PRESSED AGAINST RAILING. RIGHT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
MC FX-ON STEPS-CAUGHT HAND ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LT HAND CONTUSION: FELL AT HOME STRIKING LT HAND ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2005Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON ?RAILING " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAND FB-WOODEN SPLINTER FROM DECK RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS, STRICKING HAND ON RAILING " FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT CUT LEFT HAND ON RAILING GOING DOWN STAIRS C/O PAIN LEFT HAND LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Clothing
STRUCK HAND ON BANISTER CARRYING LAUNDRY UPSTAIRS. " FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2005Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HAND FROM METAL RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FX L 5TH MET/39YOMSTS FELL OFF PORCH RAILING ONTO GROUND THIS MORNING A ROUND 8AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GOT WOODEN SPLINTER INTO HAND RUBBING HAND DOWN A BANISTER. " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT HAND LAC, PT INJURED HAND WHEN GRABBING A HANDRAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAND STRAIN-HIT HAND ON RAILING-@ CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT TRIPPED AND CAUGHT HAND ON WOOD RAILING. DX: L HAND LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON WOODEN RAILING. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT AT HOME GOT MAD AND PUNCHED A RAILING INJ HAND DX HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2005Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RESIDENT AT NH, STRUCK OUT AT ANOTHER RESIDENT, L HAND STRUCK A RAIL IN BATHROOM. DEMENTIA. DX. LAC, CONT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
15 YOM LACERATED RIGHT HAND ON A RAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT STRUCK HAND ON AN IRON RAILING. " HAND INJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT TRIPPED&FELL STRIKING HAND ON BANISTER, " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT DX RT HAND LACERATION - C/O "SPLINTER" RT HAND SINCE YESTERDAY.PT WAS HOLDING BANISTER AND FELT SPLINTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RT 5TH METACARPEL FRACTURE.PT WAS CARRYING GROCERIES AND FELL STRIKING HAND ON A METAL BANISTER RAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HOPPED OVER RAILING AND FELL ON LT HAND DX SALTER FX DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
12 YO FEMALE HIT HAND ON RAILING CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPEDE AND HIT FINGERS ON HAND RAIL FX IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
L HAND PAIN, HIT HAND RAIL DX: L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT SLIPPED ON STAIRS WHEN HANDRAIL BROKE; HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
METAL RAILING FELL ONTO HAND DX: CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT RUNNING HAND ALONG A WOOD RAILING & GOT A SPLINTER STUCK IN PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
JAMMED HAND ON A BANISTER LEFT HAND FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON WOOD RAILING DX: L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT ARM ON BANISTER; HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT GOT A SPLINTER INTO THE HAND FROM A WOODEN RAILING WHILE GOING UP ST AIRS, SUSTAINED"PALEM FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CONTUS R HAND; FELL 2 DAYS AGO, STRIKING RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON RAILING 2 DAYS AGO. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/03/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON METAL HANDRAIL - RIGHT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT GOT A WOODEN SPLINTER INTO THE HAND FROM A BANISTER, SUSTAINED "FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL, RT HAND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREIGN BODY, RUNNING HAND ALONG WOODEN RAILING OUTSIDE OF HOME, GOT SPLINTER L PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 96 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
3 CM. HAND LAC-CUT ON A RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 97 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND ON CHAIR RAIL. DX. L HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAND CT-HIT A WOODEN BALCONY RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREIGN BODY HAND - 77 YOM GOT A SPLINTER IN HIS LEFT HAND FROM A WOODE N RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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