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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,418
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2009 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT FELL GETTING ON ELEVATOR HITTING HEAD AND KNEE DX; CLOSED HEAD INJ, KNEE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 43YOF FELL GETTING OFF ELEVATOR AND HIT HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - 50 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE SUSTAINED DIRECT BLOW, FELL IN ELEVATOR AND STRUCK HEAD AT HOME PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| IN HIS APARTMENT ,FOUND DOWN IN ELEVATOR WITH HEMATOMA TO HEAD,QUESTION OF HAVING HAD A SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 90YOF TRYING TO GET INTO THE ELEVATOR AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL STRU CK FACE CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2009 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Ceilings and walls |
| 86YOF AT THE NURSING HOME GETTING INTO THE ELEVATOR AND STUMBLED AND FE LL STRUCK HEAD ON THE WALL CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 85YOM IN AN ELEVATOR PASSED OUT STRUCK HEAD ON THE ELEVATOR DOOR BUT AD MITTED FOR SYNCOPE CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL GETTING OUT OF ELEVATOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ LACERATION EYELID ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD IN ELEVATOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Floors or flooring materials |
| WALKED INTO ELEVATOR AND TRIPPED ON UN***OR AND FELL STRAINING KNEE AND BACK WITH CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| ELEVATOR STOPPED SUDDENLY AND WAS STUCK FOR 1 HOUR HEAD PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WITH CHI, TRIPPED WHILE ENTERING AN ELEVATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT LOST BALANCE GETTING OFF AN ELEVATOR FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SLIPPED IN ELEVATOR AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ALCOHOL INTOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| DX FALL/CONTU HEAD/L THYROID LESION: "I LOST MY BAL & FELL BACKWARDW ONTO MY WIFE ON ESCLATOR. DAU STATES HE HIT HIS HEAD. CP/SOB; PRIOR TO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS GETTING OF AN ELEVATOR AND FELL BACKWARDS AT NURSING HOME DX: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/26/2009 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| AT DAD'S WORK AT FIREHOUSE, WALKED AWAY FROM MOM TO OPEN ELEVATOR SHAFT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, FELL 20 FT INTO SHAFT;HEAD INJ, NASAL FX.,LACS,CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT HIT HEAD IN ELEVATOR, LACERATION TOHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT FELL WHILE GETTING INTO AN ELEVATOR AND STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOS ED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2009 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT GETTING INTO AN ELEVATOR AND TRIPPED OVER HIS WALKER AND STRUCK HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR IN CASINO ELEVATOR CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| HI. FELL WHILE WALKING IN THE ELEVATOR & HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL OUT OF ELEVATOR AT CASINO AND HIT HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON ELEVATOR DOOR LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL AND HIT TOP OF HEAD ON ELEVATOR DOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| HI HEAD GOT CAUGHT ON THE ELEVATOR'S METAL DOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS STUCK IN HOSPITAL ELEVATOR FOR 30 MINUTES, FEELS NERVOUS, HEADAC HE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Wheelchairs |
| SCALP LAC-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ON WHEELCHAIR LIFT-@ CASINO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - S/P PT FELL IN ELEVATOR AT HOME AND HIT HER HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL IN ELEVATOR AND HIT HEAD CAUSING HEADACHE WITH CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2009 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT IN APT ELEVATOR AND A PIECE OF METAL FELL ON HEAD. DX SUPERFICIAL H EAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2009 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS IN AN ELEVATOR AND HAD A SYNCOPAL EVENT AND FELL STRUCK HEAD CON TUSION SCALP ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| CHI/79YOF FELL IN ELEVATOR WHILE IN MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING AND BUMPED HE R HEAD. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2009 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 78 YOF FELT DIZZY WHEN EXITING AN ELEVATOR AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING H EAD AND SHOULDER SUSTAINING CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT STATES DOG GOT TANGLED IN CHAIR LIFT & PT FELL TRYING TO GET DOG FREE DX: LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| CHI/ KNEE CT-FELL WHILE EXITING AN ELEVATOR-@ HOSPITAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 48 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: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS IN THE ELEVATOR IN HER BUILDING, THE DOOR CLOSED & HIT HER IN THE RT SIDE OF HEAD & LOW BACK. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF ELEVATOR LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 73 YO HIT HEAQD ON ELEVATOR DOOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2009 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| HEAD CONT. WHE STRUCK HER HEAD WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO ELEVATOR . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| SLIP & FEALL IN ELEVATOR AT HOME DX: BHT, SHOULDER CONTUSION, NECK ST RAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| PT FELL GETTING OFF OF ELEVATOR AT DR OFFICE. DX: MILD CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| 39 YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH ELEVATOR DOOR LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| FELL APPROX. 5FT OFF A CHAIRLIFT----CONCUSSION W/O LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Ceilings and walls |
| 50 YOM PATIENT FELL OUT OF ELEVATOR AND HIT WALL AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts |
| ON *** FOR AFIB, PRESENTS WITH HEAD TRAUMA AFTER ACCIDENTALLY THEELEVAT OR DOOR CLOSED ONTO HEAD, NO LOC>>CLOSED HEAD INJ/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2009 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Elevators or other lifts, Swimming |
| PT WAS WAITING FOR AN ELEVATOR AFTER SWIMMING AND PASSED OUT HIT HEAD L ACERATION SCALP ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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