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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,117
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| ELEVATOR FELL FROM 39TH FLOOR TO GROUND IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. DX. STRA IN LUMBAR, CONT R HAND, R KNEE DUE TO RECENT FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2005 | Age: 49 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 |
| SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR OF ELEVATOR AT SHELTER RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2005 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56 YO MALE FELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2005 | Age: 85 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 |
| FELL IN THE ELEVATOR WHILE GOING DOWN FOR DINNER " BACK MS STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2005 | Age: 30 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 |
| ELEVATOR CLOSED ON PT HITTING BACK, " MS STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 69 YO MALE TRIED TO OPEN ELEVATOR DOOR AND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DOORS LEFT HIP STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| SCUFFED FOOT GETTING OFF AN ELEVATOR- SLIPPED RIGHT HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2005 | Age: 55 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 |
| ON AN ELEVATOR WHICH BROKE AND FELL THREE STORIES CERVICAL AND LOW BACK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2005 | Age: 79 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, Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS IN AN ELEVATOR IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR CAM E IN AND BUMPED HER CAUSING HER TO FALL CONTUSION BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2005 | Age: 92 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: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME WHERE HE LIVES WHEN HE FELL COMING OUT OF THE ELEVATOR AND HIT A WALL CAUSING A FX TO HIS LT HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/06/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | 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 AT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT DROPPED ONE FLOOR QUICK LY STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2005 | Age: 83 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 |
| 83 YO FEMALE GOT LEFT FOOT STUCK IN ELEVATOR AT CASINO CONTUSION HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2005 | Age: 37 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: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| IN ELEVATOR THAT DROPPED FIVE FLOORS RESULTING IN SPINE TENDERNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 82 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 |
| C/O PT STATES SHE FELL IN ELAVATOR DX LOWER TRUNK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| STANDING IN A HOME ELEVATOR CABLE BROKE ELEVATOR DROPPED 12FT. ACUTE LUMBAR SPINE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT INJURED ON ELEVATOR; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2005 | Age: 64 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED LUMBAR STRAIN FROM FALL OUT OF ELEVATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 24 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 STUCK IN ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR DROPPED AND "JERKED" BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT DX ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN - SP FALL IN ELEVATOR (ELEVATOR DROP) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| DID NOT NOTICE THAT ELEVATOR WAS NOT FLUSH WITH FLOOR AND FELL. DX- CER VICAL AND LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2005 | Age: 35 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 TRIPPED WHILE GETTING OFF THE ELEVATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LEANED AGAINST WALL IN ELEVATOR & BUMPED COCCYX. ACUTE COCCYX CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| KNOCKED DOWN BY ELEVATOR DOOR DX: R HIP FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/31/2005 | Age: 32 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 |
| PT.INJ.LOWER BACK WHEN STUCK ON AN ELEVATOR & HAD TO OPEN DOORS BY HAND . DX; LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2005 | Age: 54 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| MUSCLE STRAIN BUTTOCK & L LEG: ELEVATOR FLOOR WAS WET, WHILE GETTING ON ELEVATOR LEG WENT UP, FELT A PULL IN HIP AND BACK OF THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 43 YO MALE STEPPED OFF ELEVATOR AND FELL LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 54 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 ON AN ELEVATOR THAT JOLTED SUDDENLY, C/O OF BACK PAIN, - STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2005 | Age: 79 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, Motorized vehicles |
| PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME, WAS ON A ELEVATOR AND A RESIDENT ON A MOTORIZED SCOOTER KNOCKED PT DOWN ONTO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2005 | Age: 80 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: Fracture |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT FELL WHILE WAITING FOR ELEVATOR, FX SUPERIOR PUBIC AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2005 | 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: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT APPARENTLY LOST BALANCE IN ELEVATOR AT DIALYSIS AND FELL HITTING BAC K AND HEAD. BLACKED OUT. D: SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN, ESRD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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