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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,264
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Date: 12/23/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL FROM BANISTER DX: L ARM FX; ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/21/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT FOREARM LAC.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A WOODEN BANISTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT WAS ON STAIRS WHEN THE WOODEN RAILING SHATTERED UNDER HIS WEIGHT AND IMPALED HIS L FOREARM. WOOD REMOVED. HAS LAC DORSAL FOREARM. DX ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Bathtubs or showers
FELL ON BATHTUB AND STRUCK FOREARM ON RAILING RESULTING IN HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RIGHT ARM STR. PT FELT POP IN ARM WHEN GRABBING A RAILING TO KEEP FROM FALLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT CUT ARM ON WOOD RAILING AT HOME TODAY DX/ ABRASION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HIT FOREARM ON RAIL OF PORCH LAC RT FOREARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT STATES STRUCK ARM ON RAILING AT HOME DX: AVUSION TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIDING DOWN RAILING. DX FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WITH CONTUSION TO ARM FROM STRIKING RAILING AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL OVER A RAILING IN THE PARK. DX FX ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT JUMPING OVER BANISTER ON PORCH AT HOME, FELL ON ARM; BOTH BONE FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND SLIPPED LOWER ARM STRUCK DOWN THE RAILING SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2008Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT GOT ARM CAUGHT IN BANISTER. DX ARM INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX FX, R DISTAL RADIUS AND ULNA/CONSCIOUS SEDATION W KETAMINE/FX REDUC- TION? FOOSH FROM BANNISTER - EST HT OF 4FT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HAD ARM IN RAILING ON PORCH WHEN ANOTHER CHILD PUSHED HER, FELL DOWN & TWISTED FOREARM IN RAILING, C/O PAIN & SWELLING; FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CUT ARM ON BANISTER. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL OVER A RAILING AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK AND LANDED ON OUTSTRETCHED L ARM. HAS DEFORMITY AND PAIN MID L FOREARM. DX L FOREARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PLAYING AND FLIPPED OVER A RAILING. DX FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Containers
L FOREARM CONT/35YOM STS 7 DAYS AGO HIT FOREARM ON A RAILING, THEN 4 DA YS AGO CARRYING BOXES, HIT A VEIN IN L WRIST. C/O ENTIRE FOREARM SINCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX L FOREARM CONTU/L FOREARM HEMATOMA: C/O L HAND/ARM PAIN SINCE LAST MONDAY-FELL INTO RAILING ON STAIRS-HAS BRUISING AND SWELL'G TO L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AGAINST A STAIR RAILING AND SUSTAINED A HEMATOMA TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PLAYING OUTSIDE WITH FRIENDS AND FELL OFF RAILING. DX FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CAUGHT ARM ON BANISTER ON SUNDAY, NOW WITH PROGESSIVE SWELLING&REDNESS >>SKIN TEARS/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT AT HOME - CLIMBING ON PORCH RAILING AND FELL 3 FEET TO THE GROUND. DX FX ULNA WITH RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
H/O PREVIOUS ARM INJUREY, TODAY, ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK FOREARM ONTO RAILI NG, HEARD A POP>> FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CAUGHT ARM IN RAILING. DX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FALL FROM RAILING DX: FX DISTAL RADIUS & ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/21/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RIGHT ARM LAC, PT FELL AGAINST A BANISTER INJURING ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUS CONTUSION TO FOREARM AFTER BANGING IT INTO BANISTER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WITH SPLINTER FROM WOODEN BANISTER STUCK IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL, STRUCK ARM ON BANISTER/ FX RT ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREARM SKIN TEAR-FELL AGAINST A RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT ARM ON STAIR RAILING DX: LT ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT FOREARM ABRASION.PT FELL INTO A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE, LAC FOREARM ON RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2008Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FAMILY WAS @ CHURCH PT RAN OUT OF CHURCH W/ OLDER SIB FELL 2.5 FEET OFF RAILING. DX LEFT BOTH BONE FRACTUE OF LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREARM CT-FELL-HIT RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS HIT ARM ON WOODEN RAILING LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT RADIAL FX. PT INJURED ARM WHEN FALLING AND GRABBING A HANDRAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
8 YO F CONTUSION TO ARM CHILD WAS LEANING OVER A RAILING AT HOME AND FELL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIPPED FELL ARM HIT BANISTER FRACTURE RIGHT ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WITH CONTUSION TO ARM FROM STRIKING A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT TRIPPED AND STRUCK ARM ON RAILING DX: CONTUSION TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AND HIT ARM ON BANISTER. DX: R FOREARM CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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