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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 502
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Date: 12/24/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HEACACHES. AT DETOX CENTER, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON METAL RAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HEAD ON HANDRAIL AT CHURCH; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LACERATION HEAD - 48 YOF SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON PLASTI C RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Pet supplies
HIT HEAD ON BANISTER WHILE PICKING UP DOG LEASH. DX-MINOR HEAD INJURY , SUPERFICIAL SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL TWO DAYS AGO AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING. NOW WITH EMESIS, COUGHING UP BLOOD, BACK PAIN. D: POST-CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME, PYELONEPHRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUS HEAD INJURY BY A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2003Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS WALKING ACROSS WET FLOOR FELL STRUCK HEAD ON RAIL SCALP LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2003Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS AT HOME AND A RAIL FELL ON HIS HEAD. DX HEAD ABRAS AND PT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 07/04/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A WET RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2003Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
SLEEPWALKING-FELL OVER RAILING FROM LOFT. LANDED ON FLOOR CONCUSSION / AC SEPARATION / EXTENSIVE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/12/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT INJURED AT HOME RAILING OVER WINDOW FELL ON HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HEAD ON A METAL RAILING WHEN STANDING UP FROM A SQUAT AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SLIPPED IN WATER AND HIT HEAD ON A HANDICAP RAIL DX: CHI, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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