Accidents - Pull-down or folding stairs - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 864
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	226
26-50 years old:	338
50+ years old:	283

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	369	Ankle:	119
Face:	95	Upper Trunk:	90
Shoulder:	86	Neck:	71
Lower Arm:	15	Knee:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 25 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 PUTTING UP A STAIRWAY IN THE ATTIC AND ONE OF THE SCREWS CAME OUT AN D THE STAIRS FELL ONTO HIS HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 METAL FROM PULL DOWN ATTIC STAIRS DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2006	Age: 75 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL FROM PULL DOWN ATTIC LADDER AND HIT CHEST ON A SHELF AT HOME TO DAY DX// CHEST CONTUSION LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 57 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
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 42 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
ATTIC STAIRS BROKE/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT FELL OFF PULL DOWN STAIRS AND INJURED NECK. DX: CERVICAL SPINE AND THORASIC SPINE DUE TO FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 28 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
HIT HEAD ON ATTIC STAIRS/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 51 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 FROM ATTIC STAIRS/CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL FROM ATTIC PULL-DOWN STEPS ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
ATTIC STAIRS FELL ONTO CHEST BRUISING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT PULLING DOWN AN ATTIC LADDER WHEN THE SPRING POPPED LOOSE STRIKING H IM IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	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 FROM ATTIC STAIRS/THORACIC SPINE FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 45 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
FELL FROM ATTIC STAIRS/CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 PULLING DOWN THE FOLD DOWN LADDER AT HOME ION THE ATTIC AND IT STRUC K HER IN THE HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 39 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
PT WAS DESCENDING HER ATTIC AND FELL OFF THE PULL DOWN LADDER SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 64 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
FELL ON ATTIC STAIRS/SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs, Christmas decorations
PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY AND COMMING DOWN ATTIC PULL-DOWN STE PS AND MISSED STEP AND FELL ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
FELL OFF ATTIC STAIRS/KNEE CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 43 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
ATTIC STAIRCASE FELL ON HEADDX: HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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 PULLING DOWN A FOLDING STAIRWAY STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT CLIMBING UP IN ATTIC TO PUT ITEMS AWAY AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM ON THE DESCENDING STAIRS LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 65 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
2CM SCALP LAC-ATTIC LADDER HIT SCALP-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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