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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 848
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 51 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Step stools |
| PATIENT FELL OFF STEP STOOL AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, C/O BACK PAIN. DX-MID BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 63 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, Exercise equipment |
| PT WAS ON A STEP STOOL WHEN LEG GAVE OUT A LITTLE PT FELL HITTING THE L T SIDE OF CHEST ON TREADMILL-UPPER TRUNK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 32 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 |
| FELL OFF A STEP STOOL 1 WEEK AGO. DX- RIB CONTUSIONS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| 53 YOM FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AND LANDED ON A TABLE THAT WAS CLOSE BY SU STAINING RIGHT SIDED CHEST CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 20 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: Other |
| Product: Step stools |
| DX UPPER BACK PAIN: W PAIN OVER HER UPPER BACK ABOUT T-4 TO 5-7 AFTER'G FALL'G OFF 1ST RUNG OF STEP STOOL & HIT'G HER UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Step stools, Sinks |
| PT FELL OFF 2.5 FT STEPSTOOL INTO SINK. DX: RIB PX, LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 86 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 |
| 86 YO F CONTUSION TO CHEST AND SHOULDER TRIPPED OVER STOOL AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| 49 YO FELL OFF STEP STOOL INJURED RIBS CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL; LANDED ON FLOOR. RT. RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Tables |
| STEPPED OFF COUNTER ONTO STEP STOOL,SLIPPED STRUCK BACK ON KITCHEN TABL E. CX: RIB FX, CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | 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, Freezers |
| AT HOME PT SLIPPED OFF STOOL,LANDED ON L SIDE ON FREEZER, DX LUQ PAIN, L RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 76 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, Beds or bedframes |
| 76 Y/O F INJURED CHEST WALL WHEN FELL WHILE STANDING ON STEP STOOL SO S HE COULD GET INTO BED AT HOME. DX; CHEST CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 68 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 |
| FELL OFF OF STEP STOOL 4 DAYS AGO LANDING ON BACK C/O PAIN TO UPPER BA CK DX- STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 67 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, Tables |
| 67 YOM FELL OFF A STEP STOOL HITTING UPPER BACK ON COFFEE TABLE SUSTAIN ING CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Step stools |
| DX CHEST DISCOMFORT: BACK AND R RIB PAIN: S/P FALL OFF SMALL STOOL (<10") TUMBLED OVER ONTO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 67 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 |
| SLIP OFF STEP STOOL DX: FX RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL THIS AM DX; FX L 5TH RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools, Beds or bedframes |
| ROLLED OUT OF BED, HIT CHEST ON STEP STOOL DX; RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 78 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OFF A STEP STOOL CAUSING RT RIB AND LUMBAR CONTUSI ONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 37 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 |
| PT WITH CHEST WALL CONTUSION IN FALL FROM STEPSTOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 68 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 |
| 68 YOF SLIPPED OFF STEP STOOL IN KITCHEN AND HIT LEFT SIDE RIB AREA SUS TAINING CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| SLIPPED HIT RIBS ON A STEP STOOL CONTUSION RIB ABRASIONS MULTIPLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT WITH FRACTURED RIBS IN FALL OFF STEP STOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Step stools |
| 66YOF WAS HOME STANDING ON A STEP STOOL,FELL STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF RIBS;RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 69 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, Cookware |
| 69 YO FEMALE FELL FROM STEP STOOL WHEN REACHING FOR POT AT HOME FRACTURE RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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