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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 762
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stepladders, Christmas tree lights |
| PT FELL FROM STEP LADDER WHILE HANGING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL OFF STEPLADDER. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, L EYELID ABR, L SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT C/O FALL OFF OF STEP LADDER HIT FLOOR. DX ACUTE HEAD TRAUMA HEAD INJ URY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT HIT IN THE HEAD ACCIDENTALLY WITH A PLASTIC STEP LADDER + HEADACHE + NAUSEA DX// CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 63 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: Stepladders |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OFF A STEP LADDER AND WAS HIT BY IT CAUSING, INTRA PARENCHYMAL BLEED, SKULL FX,NEURO DEFICIT, RT RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stepladders |
| FELL FROM A STEP LADDER LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| CHI-FELL FROM STEPLADDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| CONCUSSION - 45 YO MALE FELL FROM STEP LADDER - FELL 3 - 4 FEET STRIKIN G HEAD ON LADDER - LOC FOR AT LEAST 20 - 30 MINS - LAC TO BRIDGE OF NOS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL OFF STEPLADDER 6 FEET TO THE FLOOR - CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Ceilings and walls |
| CHI. PT FELL OFF STEPLADDER AND HIT HEAD ON CLOSET WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| 64 YO MALE FELL FROM STEPLADDER CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Alcohol |
| PT FELL OFF STEP LADDER STRUCK HEAD, PT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ETOH - HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders, Ceilings and walls |
| 31 YO MALE FELL THREE FEET FROM STEP LADDER AND HIT WALL CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT FELL OFF A STEPLADDER STRIKING BACK OF HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT ON STEP LADDER TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES W/BOOM SAW & FELL OFF LADDER W/BOOM SAW STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD, PT SUFFERED SDH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2007 | Age: 22 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: Stepladders |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: FELL FROM STEP LADDER AT HOME, HIT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PT WAS @ HOME FELL OFF A STEP LADDER, HITTING HEAD. DX CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stepladders |
| PAT HAD FALL OF 3.5 FEET FROM STEPLADDER AND LANDED ON GRAVEL. NO LOC. DROWSY FOR 1 HR AFTERWARD. D:RIB FX, CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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