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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,094
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT REACHED FOR RAILING AT CONCERT AND SLIPPED. DX: R WRIST FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX WRIST SPRAIN: HIT HIS WIRST ON RAIL'G TONIGHT; PT HAD INJ R WRIST X 1WK W HIT'G HEAVY BAG, W DX'D AT THAT X W SPARIN. N PAIN 7/10 W MV'MT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 14YO HISP MALE AT SCHOOL CLIMBING ARND & FELL-STRUCK R ELBOW ON HANDRAIL, DX R ELBOW PAIN - WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL FORWARD AND TRIED TO HOLD BANISTER AND HIT WRIST CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL OFF RAILING INJURING LT FOREARM/WRIST. SPRAIN LEFT WRIST, CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL AGAINST A BANISTER & INJURED WRIST AT HOME DX: SPRAINED LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 83 YO FEMALE GRABBED RAIL TO STOP FROM FALLING WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PATIENT IN GROUP HOME, GOING DOWN STAIRS, HIT WRIST ON BANISTER OR WALL ; WRIST INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN FELL AGAINST RAILING AT HOME DX: LEFT WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LEFT WRIST CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| JUMPED OVER BANNISTER AND TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO HAND AND FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| JUMPED OVER BANISTER AND TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO HAND AND FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT STATES HIT PORCH RAIL (WOODEN) WITH RIGHT WRIST AT HOME. PAIN TO WRIST. DX; CONTUSION TO RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| WRIST SPRAIN-HIT A RAILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS SITTING ON RAILING, FELL, OUTREACHED CAUSING WRIST INJ DX; WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT @ CAMP, FELL OFF A RAILING, PUT LEFT HAND OUT TO TRY TO BREAK FALL DX; FRACTURE LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| 70 YO F CONTUSION TO WRIST AND HIP TRIPPED ON CARPET ON PORCH AND FELL INTO A WROUGHT IRON RAILING* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT FELL OFF PORCH INTO A BUSH WHEN BANISTER BROKE AT FRIENDS HOUSE, NOW W/WRIST PAIN, SWELLING AND DEFORMITY; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HIT WRIST ON HANDRAIL ON SUSTAINED A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LT WRIST SPRAIN/CONT: TRYING TO CATCH CHILD GOING THROUGH RAILING ON PORCH, THINKS STOVED WRIST ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLIDING DOWN A BANNISTER AND FELL OFF STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| WRIST CT-HIT METAL RAILING-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT DX CONTUSION OF RT WRIST - PT HIT RT WRIST AND FINGER ON THE RAILING IN SCHOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| C/O WRIST PAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT AFTER ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED INTO RAILING >>CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Baby gates or barriers |
| 21 YO F SPRAINED WRIST TWISTED FOREARM WHILE HOLDING STAIR RAIL TO AVOID FALLING OVER GATE AT FOOT OF STAIRS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HIT HAND ON A BANISTER. DX WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL STRIKING WRIST ON RAILING. DX: L WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT HAD GONE DOWN A RAIL AT SCHOOL, FELL ON AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND INJURING HER WRIST. DX-CLOSED DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| SLID DOWN RAILING AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, FELL, LANDED ON BOTTOM WITH HANDS AND ARMS BEHIND HER DX: FRACTURED LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LEFT WRIST STRAIN,LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION.PT STUMBLED IN TO A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL OFF RAIL WHILE PLAYING W/SON, FELL BACKWARDS, LANDED ON WRIST A T HOME. DX. FX R DISTAL RADIUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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