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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Year 2008 - Neck

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 185
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Date: 12/15/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF ROOF AT HOME, HIT PORCH AND RAILING, HAS CERVICAL SPINE STRAIN .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
AT ***, PUT HIS HEAD IN STAIR RAILING TO HANG ORTHROW HIMSELF OVER IN S UICIDE ATTEMP, STAFF GOT HIM DOWN; HAS NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL AGAINST RAILING. DX NECK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT REPORTS STANDING AGAINST RAILING THAT OLLASPED ON SUNDAY A.M. AT HOM E. DX. NECK INJURY AND BACK, ABRAS TO BACK, NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL OFF BANISTER AT HOME DX: FRONTAL HEMATOMA TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AND HIT THROAT AGAINST A RAILING. DX: THROAT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WAS FALLING AND CAUGHT SELF ON RAILING YESTERDAY C/O PAIN TO NECK DX - CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Poles
RAN INTO A POLE. FELL BACKWARDS INTO A RAILING. DX NECK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/19/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL FROM RAILING, C/O NECK AND BACK PAIN. D: NECK AND BACK CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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