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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,046
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS IN AN ELEVATOR THAT FELL FROM 11TH FLOOR TO 4TH FLOOR, BACK STRA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WITH ELEVATOR DOOR CLOSED ON LT SIDE//T THUMB C/O PN, SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON FLOOR OF HOSPITAL ELEVATOR. D: SOFT TISSUE INJUR Y, HIP/ARM/NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT GOT OUT OF BROKEN ELEVATOR AND WALKED, C/O OF GROIN PAIN, STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| BACK PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN TRIPPING OUT OF AN ELEVATOR AT MVH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| LUMBAR CONTUSION.PT FELL IN AN ELEVATOR AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 35 YO MALE FELL IN ELEVATOR - SEIZURE CONTUSION HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| IN ELEVATOR WHEN IT FELL SEVERAL STORIES AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT IS PREGNANT & WAS ON HOSPITAL ELEVATOR WHICH DROPPED. DX: IUP X 12 WKS TWINS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE ON ELEVATOR AT THE HOSPITAL DX:BACK AND ANKLE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT C/O PAIN AROUND THE BACK AND ALL OVER BODY S/P ELEVATOR DROPPED 2 FLOORS ON WEDNESDAY - DX MUSCLE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| TRIPPED GETTING INTO ELEVATOR AT DIALYSIS COMPRESSION FX LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/16/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT C/O BACK PAIN SINCE 9:00 PM LAST NIGHT AFTER ELEVATOR FALL SUDDENLY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT STS TRYING TO FORCE OPEN THE ELEVATOR DOOR & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL EXITING ELEVATOR DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| SLIPPED AND FELL ON ELEVATOR DX. LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| ELEVATOR JERKED AT CASINO LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS RIDING IN ELEVATOR WHICH DROPPED AT COURT HOUSE. DX: LOW BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT C/O RT SIDE LOW BACK PAINS S/P TWISTING IT ON ELEVATOR YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT SUST INJURY WITH AN ELEVATOR DOOR AT BUILDING, C/O PAIN, FULL ROM, NO TENDERNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| RT HIP FX-PT FELL IN ELEVATOR HITTING BACK OF HEAD. HAS LACERATION TO N OSE. HAS PAIN TO RT LEG AND RT HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PUSHED IN ELEVATOR BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| STUCK IN ELEVATOR FOR TWO HOURS LUMBAR SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT SLIPPED INSIDE THE ELEVATOR AT BX LEBANON HOSP. & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN & TENDERNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FALL- HIP CONTUSION- FELL WHILE GETTING OFF THE ELEVATOR WHEN THE DOOR STARTED TO CLOSE ON HER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| IN ELEVATOR THAT DROPPED FROM THE NINTH TO THE SIXTH FLOOR;STRAINED BAC K |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 45 Y.O. W MALE W/BACK PAIN. PT FELL IN AN ELEVATOR @ HOSPITAL. E8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| LBP WAS ON HIGH POOLER PUSHED AIR TO GO DOWN APRX 8-10 FT AND CAME DOWN FAST ON FEET DX : LUMBAR CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT C/O LOW BACK PAIN - DUE TO FALL IN ELEVATOR YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT C/O WAS IN ELEVATOR WHEN IT JERKED,PATIENT WAS JELTED AND FELT SOME PAIN TO ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| CONTUSION LWR BACK, VIA EMS, PT SUST INJURY WHEN ELEVATOR DROPPED FR.19 TH FLOOR TO 12TH FLOOR, STOPPED SUDDENLY, C/O PAIN ON BACK. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| LUMBAR CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A LIFT AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| LUMBAR STR. PT TRIPPED COMING OUT OF AN ELEVATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT DX LUMBAR SPINAL FX /MULTIPLE TRAUMA - PT WAS PINNED BY ELEVATOR, PINNED BETWEEN DOOR AND SAFETY GATE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 54 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BACK CONTUSION. PT FELL WHILE GETTING OFF THE ELEVAT OR @ THE HOSPITAL. E8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| ELEVATOR ACCIDENT, BACK PAIN LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| CAUGHT LEG IN ELEVATOR DOOR SPRAINING HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 41 YO F HAD A ELEVATOR FALL WITH THEM IN IT BACK PAIN(LOW BACK) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| IN ELEVATOR THAT FELL SEVERAL FLIGHTS AND STRAINED BACK IN THAT FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT SUST FRACTURE TO HIP FELL OUT OF ELEVATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/17/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| ELEVATOR DOOR HIT PT'S WALKER CAUSING FALL. DX: BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL IN ELEVATOR DX. HIP CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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