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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 606
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| SHE MISSED STEP ON STOOL AT HOME, SHE FELL AND TWISTED HER LEFT KNEE. DX FRACTURE LEFT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT STATES SHE FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AND SPRAIN HER KNEE DX KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL DX. KNEE ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| LT KNEE SPRAIN-AT HOME-FELL OFF STEP STOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| 56 YOWF FELL OFF A STEP STOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| 73 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL OFF A STEP STOOL FX HER RT TIBI A AND FIBULA AT THE KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| CONTUSION L KNEE - TRIPPED OVER A STEP STOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT, WHO HAD BEEN ON KNEES CLEANING FLOORS LAST WEE, STEPPED OFF STEP STOOL AND KNEE "GAVE WAY". D: BURSITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT TRIPPED OVER STEP STOOL. DX: INTERNAL DERANGEMENT R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| 72-YOF FRACTURED HER KNEE AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM A STEP STOOL AT H OME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A STEP STOOL AT HOME KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL 2' OFF OF A STEP STOLL; RT KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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