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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 858
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| STRUCK HEAD ON BANISTER AND LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WAS WALKING BETWEEN 2 PARKED BUSES AND SLIPPED STRIKING HEAD AGAINST RAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT WALKING AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL STRIKING HAD AGAINST THE HANDRA IL CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING. DX. MINOR HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| HANDRAIL BROKE FELL OFF FRONT PORCH DX: SCALP LAC. / CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT WAS HOLDING ONTO A RAIL, TRIPPED HITTING HER FOREHEAD, NOSE & HAS SHOULDER PAIN. DX-BLUNT HEAD & FACIAL TRAUMA, LT SHOULDER INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PORCH RAIL BROKE AND PT FELL DX: CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| SLIP GETTING OFF BACK OF TRUCK, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON METAL HAND RAIL DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING WHILE WALKING ON WATERFRONT. DX: SCALP LAC, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ETOH INTOX, CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON A BANNISTER AND MISSED A STEP. DX-LCAERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN BATHROOM & REACHED FOR A HAND RAIL & MISSED & FEL L HEAD & KNEE CONTUSION WITH FOREHEAD & NOSE ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 77 YO MALE TRIPPED AND FELL AT CASINO AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/26/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE ROD RAILING. LACERATION TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 90 YOF SLIPPED ONTO BANNISTER CAUSING CONCUSSION AND FRACTURE TO SPINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 81 YOM HAD VERTIGO AND FELL INTO A WOODEN BANNISTER CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN FELL AND STRUCK BANISTER AT NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Rope or string |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A ROPE STRIKING HEAD ON A RAILING STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 53 YEAR OLD MALE HIT HEAD ON METAL RAILING UNDER THE BOARDWALK CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL 3FT FROM PORCH RAILING. DX: SCALP LAC 2 CM/CONT, CONCUSSION W/LOC, FACIAL/BACK CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: FELL AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 82 YO MALE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO OVER RAILING AND FELL LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| HAND SLIPPED OFF RAILING AND SHE FELL. DX-MINOR HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION , R CHEST WALL CONTUSION- |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| MISSED A HAND RAIL GOING DOWN STAIRS -FELL CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Toilets |
| PT GRABBED ASSIST HANDLE TO USE TOILET & HANDLE MOVED CAUSING HER TO FALL TO FLOOR. DX: CONT HEAD/FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL@ ***,REACHED FOR HANDRAIL,HIT HEAD ON CONCRETEBLUNT HEAD TRAUMA BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2005 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT LEG GAVE OUT WHILE WALKING UP STEPS AND SHE HIT HER HEAD ON RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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