Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,610
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	98
Year 1998:	168
Year 2000:	65
Year 2001:	96
Year 2002:	206
Year 2003:	74
Year 2004:	120
Year 2005:	248
Year 2006:	71
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	162
Year 2010:	267

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	124
6-15 years old:	163
16-25 years old:	77
26-50 years old:	599
50+ years old:	645

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/19/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
32YOM, HX OF TBI & CONCUSSIONS, HAS AMS. SAYS HIT HEAD ON BANISTER. ADM ITS TO 1 *** BUT 29 MISSING. ACTING GOOFY. DX:AMS, ?OD, LEFT AMA.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GI BLEED: ANEMIA 2ND TO #1; 55YOF FELL, HIT FACE ON HANDRAIL BRUISING ZYGOMA, STATES FEELS WEAK, ON ASPIRIN QD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
58YOM INTOXICATED, FLIPPED OVER RAIL, POLICE HAD A HOLD OF PT, PT FELL FORWARD, FLEXING NECK DX;# ETOH INTOXICATION (ETOH LEVEL 284)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
3YOM HAS BEEN EATING PAINT OFF A BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
65 YOM FELL OVER A RAILING AT A SENIOR CENTER. DX SOB
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/14/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
49YOM, BIB BOYFRIEND AFTER SUFFERED FROM A SZ IN SETTING OF ETOH BINGE DRINKING, FELL AGAINST RAIL>>SZ/ETOH=0.227 INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HAS SYNCOPAL EPISODE & HIT HEAD ON RAILING DX;* SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
AT AIRPORT,GOT DIZZY AND GRABBED A BAR AND STARTED SHAKING,BECAME UNRES PONSIVE AND THEN CAME TO.? HAD A SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING IN HOUSE AND GRABBED CANE AND BANISTER WHEN LEGS GAVE OUT AND F ELL AND UNABLE TO GET UP BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT LIVEING IN NURSING HOME & WAS WALKING & SLID DOWN RAILING IN FACILITY & FELL TO FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL OVER RAILING AND LANDING ON FACE, ADMITS TO ETOH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT FELL INTO A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
33 YO MALE WAS LEANING ON METAL RAILING AND FELT JOLT WITH LIGHTENING ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Tablet or capsule drugs
~REPORTEDLY PATIENT STRUCK HEAD AGAINST BANISTER. NOTED TO HAVE SLURRED SPEECH; WAS AGITATED. DECREASED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FALL;ETOH/55YOM FELL OVER A 6' RAILING AND LANDED ON A TILE FLOOR AT HO ME. ADMITS TO 5 DRINKS. LOC FOR 1-2 MINUTES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL AGAINST A HAND RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SUSTAINED A SCAB TAKING LAUNDRY DOWN AND STRUCK KNEE ON RAILING AND NOW HAS INFECTION LOWER LEG ABSCESS AND FEVER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT. RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE HOLDING A METAL RAIL STANDING ON STEPS AT HOME. DX. STATUS POST 115 VOLT ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL OVER BANISTER AT HOME WHEN ETOH INTOXICATED C/O HEAD/NECK AND ANKLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT HAS RASH, ALSO JUMPED OFF RAILING IN BASEMENT LAST NIGHT, WOKEW ITH HIP PAIN, STARTED TAKING ***; POSSIBLE MED REACTION, HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WORKING ON PORCH RAILS AT HOME. FELT DIZZY. SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT PASSED OU\T SITTING ON RAIL WATCHING THE PARADE DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SWINGING ON RAIL AT ZOO, INJURED HERSELF EVER SO SLIGHTLY, CAME OVER TO MOM CRYING, HELD BREATH AND WENT UNCONSCIOUS; BREATH HOLDING SPELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Clothing accessories
PATIENT UNINTENTIONALLY HUNG HIMSELF AT HOME, FOUND WITH SCARF AROUND N ECK HANGING FROM 2ND STORY STAIRWAY BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
JUMPED OFF RAIL TO ESCAPE POLICE, +COCAINE. DX COCAINE CONFUSION, L ANK LE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL INTO BANNISTER WHEN PLAYING AROUND WITH FRIENDS WHILE DRINKING A "BUNCH" OF BEERS DX:ETOH INTOX, HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AGAINST RAILING AT HOME AFTER ETOH DRINKING CAUSING LIP INJ DX:ETOH DRINKING, LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT PLAYING IN YARD AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, GRABBED HANDRAIL ON PORCH A ND RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK, COULD NOT LET GO OF POLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL OFF PORCH RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL ONOT STAIR RAIL & SLID TO FLOOR UNABLE TO GET UP. DX: WEAKNESS, UNABLE TO AMBULATE, CHF, CRF, HYPOKALEMIA, A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LACERATION UPPER ARM - 66 YOM FELL AGAINST A RAILING CAUSING A SUPERFIC IAL LACERATION TO UPPER ARM, TAKES ***, HAS CONTINUED BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL GOING OVER RAILING AT *** GAMEDX:ETOH INTOXICATION DX:ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WALKING ON STREET FELL OVER RAILING DRINKING SHOTS A LL DAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
USING EAR DROPS FOR WAX REMOVAL, FELT TERRIBLE, LEANED AGAINST WALL, WE NT DOWN WALL & STRUCK HEAD ON RAILING. DX VASOVAGAL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL HITTING NOSE ON BANISTER AFTER ETOH *** INTAKE DX:ETOH INTOXICA TION, NOSEBLEED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT FOUND IN PARKING LOT HOLDING RAILING. +ETOH. D: ETOH INTOXICATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
ACUTE ETOH INTOXICATION, SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC CONTUSION AND ABRASION- FELL AGAINST A RAILING BROUGHT BY EMS HAD BEEN DRINKING @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PATIENT FAINTED AND FELL OVER BANISTER AND DOWN STAIRS AT HOME; DX : SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2001	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2001	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2001	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2001	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2000	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2000	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/18/1998	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Tool sheds
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/1998	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Tool sheds
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/1997	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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