Accidents - Pull-down or folding stairs - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 646
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	75
Year 2001:	33
Year 2003:	69
Year 2004:	85
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	80
Year 2008:	162
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	92

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	16
16-25 years old:	279
26-50 years old:	317
50+ years old:	32

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
23YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM FELL DOWN HIS PULL DOWN ATTIC STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
17YOM GOING INTO THE ATTIC AND FELL DOWN A PULL DOWN LADDER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 65 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
BIL LOWER ARM ABR. PT FELL DOWN ATTIC STEPS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT GOING DOEN THE PULL DOWN STAIRS OF ATTIC AND FELL FRACTURED LOWER A RM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 38 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
PT STATES FOLDING STEPS CLOSED ON FOREARM AT HOME DX: DEEP ABRASIONTO RIGHT FORARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM ON THE METAL FROM A PULL DO WN ATTIC STAIRWAY
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: 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: 09/19/2004	Age: 47 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
FOLDING STAIRS COLLAPSED DX. FOREARM ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
PULLING DOWN ATTIC STAIRS (FOLD DOWN) FOREARM FRACTURE
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: 11/23/2001	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/1998	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pull-down or folding stairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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