Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,285
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Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 66 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
66 YO M FELL DOWN PORCH INJURED CHEST AREA CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 57 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
COMPRESSION FX T7/57YOF FELL 2 DAYS AGO AT HOME ON SLIPPERY DECK. LANDE D FLAT ON BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Poles
FRACTURE RIB - 59 YOM C/O RIGHT RIB PAIN AFTER TRIPPING OVER POLE AND H ITTING EDGE OF DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT RIB FRACTURES.PT FELL ON THE PORCH AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL 10 FT OFF OF A DECK AND LANDED ON SAND/DIRT, C/O PAIN TO RT SHOULDER AND RT RIB. MULT RIB FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 55 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
BACK PAIN SECONDARY TO FALL, R/O FRACTURE, YESTERDAY WENT OUTSIDE, SLIPPED ON PORCH, FELT BACK SNAP, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 54 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON DECK STEPS AND FELL/, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS,RIBS , SHOULDER, H IP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 66 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Chairs
SITTING IN CHAIR, LEANED BACK FELL OFF PORCH DX. RIB CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2003	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL HITTING RIBS ON PATIO DECK. FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE RIBS - 54 YOM SLIPPED AND FELL ON DECK SUSTAINING INJURY TO HI S RIGHT SIDE RIBS AND BACK AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 62 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, House repair or construction materials
62 YOM WAS WORKING ON DECK AT HOME; FELL THROUGH BOARDS. RIGHT RIB CONT USION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 80 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT CHEST AND RT BUTTOCK CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED CHE ST AND BUTTOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 78 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONT R RIBS/78YOM STS THROWING BALL FOR DOG AND FELL ONTO DECK APPROX 5 ' AND ONTO CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 66 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL 09/19/03 ONTO A DECK-DEVELOPED LT UPPER BACK PAIN 09/20/03; THORACIC CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 55 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX: SMALL PNEUMOTHORAX. FELL 15 FT FROM BALCONY TO GRASS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ONE WEEK AGO, L LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM, HIT L RIB ON EDGE OF DECK. DX: L TRAPEZIUS STRAIN, L RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX:L KIDNEY LAC RIB FX. FELL 3 FT FROM PORCH TO SAND BEACH AFTER SYNCOP AL EPISODE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. FELL TEN FEET FROM PORCH DX: CONTUSION TO TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 79 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL WHILE ON PORCH, CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE THORACIC SPINE - 59 YOM FELL OFF DECK ABOUT 6 FEET LANDING ON BACK, HAD BEEN DRINKING ALL DAY, C/O PAIN MID BACK AND BRUISING R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF DECK RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 64 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CHEST WALL CT-FELL FROM 6 FOOT DECK-HIT SMALL TREE BRANCHES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
NON-CARDIAC CHEST PAIN RESOLVED. PT WAS SITTING ON PORCH AT HOME AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF DECK,FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2003	Age: 92 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIB FX/92YOM FELL ATHOME ON BACK PORCH AND INJURED HIS RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Decorative yard equipment
FELL OFF DECK TRYING TO HAND BIRD FEEDER/ RT RIB FX, LT ANKLE SPRAIN, MULT CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
53 YO M FELL ON CONCRETE PORCH. DX CONTUSION R RIBS FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WHEN FELLONTO CONCRETE PATIO ANDHIT HEAD ON RETAINING WALL. CHEST & HEAD PAIN. D: CHEST PAIN, HYPOTHYROID. ADM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 56 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STATES SHE FELL THROUGH THE PORCH AND HURT UPPER TRUNK DX UPPER TRUNK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 73 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. LOST BALANCE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON PORCH INJURING CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FALL FROM PORCH. P AIN TO LT RIBS. DX; RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 54 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
CHEST CONT/54YOM SLIPPED ON FRONT PORCH STEPS AND FELL INTO RAILING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
SLIPPED ON ICY STEPS WHILE SALTING PORCH/ RIB FXI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN PORCH STEPS DX: FX RT 6TH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS INTOXICATED AND PASSED OUT ON PORCH STRIKING CHEST AGAINST PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME. FRACTURE TO LEFT 6TH RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 67 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT CHEST CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF THE PORCH AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT C/O PAIN TO MID BACK S/P GETTING IT CAUGHT BETWEEN SUBWAY CAR AND PLATFORM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 68 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CHEST WALL CT-FELL OFF EDGE OF PATIO-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF HER PATION AT HOME FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON DECK 3 DAYS AGO. DX: BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
56 YO MALE FELL ON PORCH AND HIT BACK ON STEPS CONTUSION LEFT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT 1ST RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL BACKWARDS ON AN ICY PORCH AND INJURED RIB .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 87 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT FELL FROM PORCH WHEN TAKING OUT GARBAGE - ADM ITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Chairs
PATIENT WAS WALKING ON HIS PATIO, EITHER TRIPPED OR LOST BALANCE, FELL STRIKING RT. CHEST ON A CHAIR. DX-CONTUSION CHEST WALL, FRACTURE RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FX R RIBS; FELL ON PORCH YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT 5TH AND 7TH RIB FRACTURES.PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON AN ICY PORCH AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM DECK. DX: R RIB 5, 6, 7 FX, L DISTAL FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRIPPED AND FELL OVER PORCH BOARD C/O LEFT UPPER BACK PAIN DX: LEFT RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
88 YO FEMALE FELL ON PORCH SEVEN DAYS AGO CONTUSION RIGHT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 65 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SLIPPERY DECK AND HIT CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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