Accidents - Pull-down or folding stairs - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,137
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	46
26-50 years old:	535
50+ years old:	540

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	393	Face:	293
Upper Trunk:	143	Lower Trunk:	77
Hand:	59	Lower Leg:	46
Shoulder:	45	Elbow:	15
Lower Arm:	15	Upper Arm:	15
Neck:	15	Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
CONTUSION FINGER - 3 YOF GOT HER LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT IN A PULL DOW N LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	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 FACE WITH ATTIC STAIRS DX: FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2005	Age: 57 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
FELLON ATTIC STAIRS DX. FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT WAS DESCENDING HIS ATTIC AND STRAINED LOWER BACK ON THE PULL DOWN LA DDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	Age: 54 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
FELL ON ATTIC STAIRS DX. SCALP CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	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 released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT. FELL FROM ATTIC THROUGH FOLDING STAIRS, HIT FH ON FLOOR AT FATHER'S HOME. DX. CONCUSSION W/O LOC, LAC FH, ABRA R HAND, CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs, Ceilings and walls
FELL CLIMBING DOWN ATTIC STAIRS , FELL AGAINST WALL WITH SHOULDER AC UTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
HIT HEAD WITH ATTIC FOLDING STAIRS DX: SCALP LAC. / SHOULDER & CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	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 SELF PULLING ATTIC STAIRS DX. FACIAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PATIENT WAS CLEANING THE ATTIC, LOST BALANCE, FELL DOWN AT HOME, PULL DOWN STEPS. DX-LEFT FOREARM FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2005	Age: 63 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
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF FOLD DOWN ATTIC STAIRS AT HOME FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2005	Age: 37 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
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. FACIAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL DOWN ENTIRE FLIGHT OF PULL-DOWN ATTIC STEPS RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2005	Age: 52 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS GETTING A BOX OF FLOOR TILES IN THE ATTIC AND FELL OFF THE PULL DOWN STAIRS STRIKING HEAD ON CEMENT FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 46 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
HIT FACE WITH PULL DOWN STEPS FROM ATTIC DX: FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL FROM ATTIC STAIRS DX. PW HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL FROM ATTIC STAIRS DX. UPPER ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL ON ATTIC STAIRS DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 35 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
HIT FACE WITH FOLD DOWN ATTIC STEPS DX: FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL FROM ATTIC STAIRS DX. C-STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT SUST HEAD INJURY HIT TO HEAD WITH ATTIC STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
HIT NOSE WITH PULL DOWN STAIRS DX: NOSE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT PULLED CORD TO LOWER STAIRS FROM ATTIC. DX: R ROTATOR CUFF INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 86 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT DESCENDING A PULL DOWN STAIRWAY WHEN HE FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A CONC RETE FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
HELPING FATHER TAKE OUT FOLDING STAIRWELL FOR ATTIC AND BRACE FELL AND STRUCK TOP OF HEAD SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. ELBOW FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 49 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
ATTIC STAIRS CLOSED ON HAND DX HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. FACIAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2005	Age: 72 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
PT HIT HEAD ON A PULL DOWN STAIRWAY SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
44 YO MALE FELL DOWN ATTIC STEPS AT HOME BACK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT. FELL FROM ATTIC FOLDING STAIRS APPROX 8 FEET, LAC TO TOP OF HEAD, A BRA FH. DX. LAC SCALP, ABRA R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL ON ATTIC STAIRS DX. SHOULDER CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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