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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 184
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LOST BALANCE & FELL, HITTING RT WRIST ON RAILING. SPRAINED RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PAIN L WRIST AFTER GRABBING RAIL AS FALLING.DX FX L NAVICULAR-PROB OLD/ RT RADIAL NERVE PALSY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RT WRIST LACERATION.PT LACERATED WRIST ON A METAL HANDRAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| WRIST FRACTURE - TRIPPED OVER RAIL AT HOME TWISTING LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| RT WRIST FX-FELL IN BATHROOM WHILE REACHING FOR HANDRAIL AT NURSINGHOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT MISSED HANDRAIL AND FELL ON STAIRS AT DAUGHTERS, R WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Escalators |
| ON ESCALATOR AND GRABBED RAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND SPRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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