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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,681
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Christmas tree lights |
| FELL ON PORCH RAIL HANGING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. LUMBAR STRAIN, ELBOW STRA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PAIN TO BACK FELL BACKWARDS HITTING RAILING DX: CONTUSION TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Ramps or landings |
| 17 YO - DX: CONTUSION TO RT. ABDOMEN - WALKING DOWN RAMP - FELL AGAINST METAL RAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 38 YO FEMALE FELL INTO METAL RAILING BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL 8 FEET FROM SITTING ON RAILING AND HAS ABDOMINAL PX. DX: FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT'S HAND SLIPPED OFF RAIL AND SHE FELL. DX: L SUBCAPITAL HIP FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Bicycles or accessories |
| JUMPED OFF PORCH RAIL--HIT COOLER THEN FELL ON BIKE PEDDLE DX BLUNT TRAUMA ABD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 16 Y/O FEMALE AT CRITTENDON PSYCH FACILITY JUMPED OVER STAIR RAIL, FELL 15 FT & LANDED ON ARM OF COUCH. DX: FX LUMBAR SPINE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FX RT HIP-REACHED FOR RAILING AND MISSED AND FELL ON SIDEWALK LANDING O N RT SIDE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PATIENT WAS LEANING ON THE BANNISTER; BANNIESTER BROKE AND PT. FELL DOW N STEPS. FRACTURE OF COCCYX; MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT. JUMPED UP AND FELL ONTO CEMENT. AFTER GETTING TO KNEE GOT CAUGHT ON RAIL, LANDING ON STOMACH. DX.: ABD. PAIN, INJURY NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PAIN TO BACK FELL HITTING BANISTER DX: CONTUSION TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL STRIKING LOWER ABDOMEN AGAINST A METAL RAILING CONTUSION LOWER ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT JUMPED OFF A BANISTER AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLID DOWN RAILING AND FELL. DX: R FLANK CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT SQUEZZED THROUGH THE BANISTER ON A STAIRWAY AND FELL TO THE FLOOR ST RAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT HOLDING ON TO RAILING GOING DOWNSTAIRS AND IT BROKE CAUSING HER TO F ALL ON STAIRS C/O PAIN IN HIP LEFT HIP FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AGAINST HAND RAIL 5 - 6 DDAYS AGO, ABD PAIN SINCE DX ABD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| IN THE HOUSE AND LACERATED FLANK ON A METAL BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT AT HOME FELL AGAINST HANDRAIL IN BATHROOM HIT BACK ON RAIL DXDORSAL SPINE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT JUMPED OFF 2ND FLOOR BALCONY RAILING. DX: L2 2 COLUMN BURST FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/15/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT TRIPPED&FELL ON RAILING.C/O LUMBAR PAIN. " LUMBAR PAIN" |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FELL 25FEET WORKING ON GUTTERS ONTO RAILING RESULTING IN SPLENIC INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| COULDN'T REACH THE BANNISTER AND FELL. DX- R HIP INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS AT HOME IN THE BATHROOM ATTEMPTED TO GRAB A HANDICAP BAR AND FEL L ONTO RIGHT HIP CONTUSION HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS FOOLING AROUND, FELL BACKWARDS HITTING BACK ON METAL RAILING. " CONTS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT HIT ON HANDRAIL; BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN STAIRS AND HELD ONTO RAILING TRYING TO STOP FALL AND LANDE D ON LOWER BACK L4 COMPRESSION FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUS CONT TO LOWER TRUNK FROM A BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT AT MOVIE THEATER AND WALKED NTO RAILING HTTING PUBIS SYMPHYSIS DX: PUBIS SYMPYSIS CONTU W/ NONDISPLACED PELVIC RAMI FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LUMBAR CONTUSION.PT HIT BACK ON A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HAND RAIL GAVE WAY FELL BACK ON GROUND. LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL OFF BANISTER WHILE HANGING A PLANT COCCYX CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Swimming pools |
| PT FELL INTO POOL, 2-3 FT, LANDED ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PTSTRUCK LEFT HIP ON RAILING C/O PAIN LEFT HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL OVER A BANISTER APPROXIMATELY 6 FT AND C/O PAIN TO LOWER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| 47 YO MALE CLIMBED OVER RAILING AND FELL DOWN STAIRS FRACTURE LUMBAR VERTEBRAE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| ABRASION LOWER BACK - 52 YOM WAS BENDING OVER AND HIT HIS LOWER BACK AG AINST THE RAILING OF A DECK WHEN RISING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT C/O ABDOMEN PAIN ,RAN INTO A BANNISTER TODAY DX ABDOMEN WALL CONTUS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 63 YO FEMALE LEANED AGAINST RAILING THAT GAVE WAY BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL -GRABBED HOLDING ON TO A RAIL LUMBAR MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLID ON RAILING. DX: LOW BACK PX, POSS DISC HERNIATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL IN THEATER,CHAIR RAIL HIT HIS BACK-ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT. C/O ABDM PAIN FOR PAST MONTH. STATES A MONTH AGO WAS WALKING DOG A ND WAS PULLED OVER RAILING, FELL ON PORCH INJURING L SIDE. DX. MUSCULOS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FRACTURE HIP - 77 YOF C/O RIGHT HIP PAIN S/P FALL AND LOSING GRIP ON TH E HANDRAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/17/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| SPRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT REPORTS HALF FALL - CAUGHT SELF ON RAILING YA NKING BACK - REPORTS PAIN ON SITTING, LAYING AND STANDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| BUTTOCK CT-JUMPED OFF A BANISTER-LANDED ON BUTTOCK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS PINNED AGAINST RAIL WHILE MOVING COUCH UP STAIRS. DX: LUMBAR CONT, POSS LUMBAR HERNIATION L 3-4. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| LEFT HIP CONT. PT FELL DOWN STEPS AND HIT RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2005 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LUMBAR STRAIN-@ HOME-SLIPPED ON ICE-GRABBED A HANDRAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL OVER RAILING DX. ABDOMINAL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|