Accidents - Step stools - Year 2007 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,008
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	70
16-25 years old:	87
26-50 years old:	219
50+ years old:	626

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 59 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: Step stools
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST WALL BY FALLING FROM A STEP STOOL .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Tables
PT STANDING ON A STEP STOOL WHEN LOST BALANCE AND FELL HITTING COFFEE T ABLE. D: LIVER HEMATOMA, SPLENIC LACERATION, PULMONARY NODULE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools, Chair, rocking
PT FELL FROM STEP STOOL YESTERDAY & HIT SIDE ON A ROCKING CHAIR AT HOME DX: SINGLE RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 45 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: Step stools
PT FELL FROM 1 1/2 FT STEP STOOL AT HOME. DX. CONT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL OFF STOOL@SCHOOL-HIT BACK ON DESK-BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2007	Age: 70 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: Fracture
Product: Step stools
FELL BACKWARDS WHILE CLIMBING STEP STOOL LANDING ONTO BACK >>MS/CONTS/T12 COMPRESSION FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 24 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: Step stools
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL, RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Tables
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST WALL BY FALLING FROM STEP STOOL A GAIST A TABLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 39 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: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL. DX: RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Step stools, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS. DX: BACK STRAIN, MAJOR DEPRESSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 3 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: Step stools
3 Y/O F SUS A BACK AND BUTTOCK INJURY X TODAY. PT WHILE AT HOME WENT TO CLIMB A STEP STOOL, FELL ONTO STOOL. DX CONTUSIONS BACK, BUTTOCK,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
40 YO FEMALE WAS ON STEP STOOL, FAINTED AND FELL TO FLOOR CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 78 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: Step stools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL 4 1/2 FEET OFF STEP STOOL OFF PORCH AT 10 AM. DX. CONT THORACI C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 65 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: Step stools, Counters or countertops
CONTUS CHEST/RIBS; STANDING ON STOOL TO CHANGE LIGHT BULB@ HOME. STOOL GAVE WAY CAUSING PT FALL INTO EDGE OF COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 33 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: Step stools
FELL ONTO A STEP STOOL CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2007	Age: 51 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: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
C/O R SIDE PAIN, FELL OF STEP STOOL, HIT R SIDE ON CARPETED FLOOR, DX RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL A WEEK AGO STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION CHEST AND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 84 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
STANDING ON STEP STOOL AND FELL AND HIT BACK OF HEAD AND CHEST RIB CONT USION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL FORWARD OFF OF STEP STOOL. DX NASAL FRACT. CONT CO NT FRACT CHEST. CONCUSSION WITH LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 47 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: Step stools
47 YOF FELL OFF STEP STOOL @ HOME & HIT CHEST (CONT) ON TRUCK BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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