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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 873
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 39 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 3 DAYS AGO, PT TRIPPED OVER CAT AND STRUCK CHEST ON METAL RAILING OF STAIRCASE. CONTINUED PAIN. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION, LUNG NODULE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX:L RIB CONTUSION. WAS LEANING ON GUARDRAIL THEN PAIN BEGAN AFTERWARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 39 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL INTO RAIL AT HOME. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AGAINST "HANDICAP" RAIL CONT TO CHEST , L ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUST. CONT. TO CHEST ON BANISTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX T8,T6-7, T6 BELOW FRACTURES: PT FELL FROM 3RD FLOOR BANISTER DOWN AND INJURED BACK, TRANSFERED AND ADMITTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 42 YO MALE FELL AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HEAD ON RAILING CERVICAL SPINE DJD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 34 YO MALE BENT OVER RAILING STRAIN LEFT RIB CAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 50 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT STATES HE TRIPPED AND HIT CHEST ON A RAILING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL FROM RAILING ON FERRY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL 2 DAYS AGO ON RAILING INJURY TO RIBS. DX: RIGHT 11TH RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL HITTING CHEST ON RAILING DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 44 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT CAME OUT OF BATHROOM AFTER SMOKING CRACK ALL NIGHT AND HIT RAILING. DX: CHEST WALL CONT, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Wood paneling and particleboard |
| 46 YR OLD MALE LEANED OVER RAIL OF BEAM PULLING ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT SIDE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| 43 Y/O M C/O FALL - HANDRAIL BROKE, FELL ON STEPS. DX: CHEST CONTUSION, RIB FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX RIB CONTUSION: FELL ONTO RAILING AT HOME, INJURED RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Cardboard products |
| PT INJURED BACK WHILE CARRYING HEAVY BOXES THEN HIT BACK ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 38 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: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIPPED OVER DOG AND FELL AND HIT CHEST ON BANISTER CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT WAS PUSHED AGAINST RAILING CONTUSION LEFT SIDE CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS DRINKING AND FELL 5FT OFF A RAIL AND LANDED ON HIS BACK AND NECK. DX RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL WHILE RUNNING IN SNOW AND HIT METAL RAIL. DX: R CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RIB FRACTURES - FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING LEFT SIDE RIBS ON BANISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Christmas tree lights |
| TAKING X-MAS LIGHTS DOWN AND FELL OFF DECK RAILING AT HOME INJURIN G CHEST. DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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