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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 465
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| STRUCK HAND ON STAIR RAIL PREVIOUS DAY CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| ABRASION LEFT HAND-PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE REACHING FOR HANDRAIL. HAS I NJ TO LEFT HAND. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LACERATION TO HAND FROM METAL ON RAILING...HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Not recorded | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT DX HAND LACERATION - S/P CUT BY HANDRAIL THAT STICK OUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| GOT SPLINTER IN HAND FROM RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| STARTED TO FALL, CAUGHT SELF ON HAND RAILING AND TWISTED LEFT HAND, SPR AIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HIT HAND ON RAILING,HEMATOMA TO TOP OF L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL AGAINST THE RAILING OF A WALKWAY GOING INTO A RESTAURANT LACERA TION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 51 Y/O M INJURED L HAND WHEN GOT SPLINTER FROM RAILING AT HOME. DX; SPLINTER, L PALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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