Accidents - Pull-down or folding stairs - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 997
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	33
16-25 years old:	66
26-50 years old:	644
50+ years old:	253

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	245	Face:	209
Finger:	147	Hand:	78
Elbow:	70	Lower Arm:	69
Upper Trunk:	55	Foot:	39
Lower Leg:	33	Wrist:	16
Ankle:	16	Lower Trunk:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT FELL OFF ATTIC LADDER. DX: R ELBOW CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
SPRING FROM PULL DOWN ATTIC STAIRS SNAPPED ON HAND DX: L HAND CONTUSION / ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
HIT NOSE ON ALUMINUM ATTIC STEP DX: NOSE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT WAS ON A HOUSEBOAT WHEN HER FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN REMOVEABLE WOO DEN AND RETRACTABLE STAIRS. DX. ACUTE FRACTURE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT STANDING ON FOLDING STAIRS A WEEK AGO WHEN THEY COLLAPSED STRUCK RIG HT LOWER LEG ABRASION THEN INFECTION CELLULITIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PUTTING UP ATTIC STAIRS & HIT IN NOSE BY BAR ON STAIRS DX: NOSE LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT. PULLED DOWN STAIRWELL, HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM STAIR. DX. LAC TO SCALP, CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 21 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: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL FROM ATTIC STAIRS DX. LOW BACK CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL DOWN ATTIC STAIRS TO FLOOR DX. WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
HIT IN HEAD BY ATTIC STAIRCASE CEPHALSIA S/P HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT. FELL OUT OF ATTIC STAIRS AND HAS A LAC TO HIS R ELBOW. DX. LAC R E LBOW. (FOLDING STAIRS).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
HIT HEAD ON ATTIC STAIRS DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
CLIMBING UP ATTIC STEPS AND STEP BROKE, FALING ABOUT 5 FEET. LANDED ON L SIDE. DX. CONT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
CLIMBING DOWN ATIC STAIR, MISSED STEP, R ANKLE ROLLED INWARD. DX. SPRA IN/STRAIN R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
ATTIC STAIRS SNAPPED SHUT ON ARM DX: L FOREARM CONTUSION / WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT STATES HE CUT HIS FINGER ON FOLDING STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL FROM ATTIC STAIRS DX. FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
STRUCK BY SPRING AND ARM OF FOLD UP ATTIC STAIRS/ PERIORBITAL LAC, HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PATIENT FELL OFF THE ATTIC STEPS AND BUMPED HIS HEAD. DX-SCALP HEMATOMA .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PULLED DOWN ATTIC STEPS / HIT HEAD DX: SCALP LAC. / FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/20/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT AT HOME PULLING DOWN THE ATTIC STAIRS WHEN THEY CAME DOWN ON HIS HEA D CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL ON ATTIC STAIRS DX. HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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