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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 249
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Tableware and accessories |
| PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AT HOME WHILE HOLDING A PUNCH BOWL SUSTAINED A HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| 54Y/O,F,SLIPPED OFF STEP STOOL, INJURED THUMB, CONTUSION R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Step stools, Other ranges or ovens |
| PT PULLED A STEP STOOL UP TO THE STOVE AND TOUCHED A HOT BRUNER SUSTAIN ED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND BY CATCHING IN A COLLAPSING STEP ST OOL AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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