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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 534
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Date: 12/21/2006Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FACAIL LACERATION.PT HIT FACE ON A BANISTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT FACE ON BANISTER. DX- NASAL BONE CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
~FELL INTO A RAILING HIT FACE CHEST LOC AFTER HITTING RAILING LEFT FOREHEAD LACERATION CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 11/13/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPED AND HIT FOREHEAD ON BANISTER AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Luggage
TRIPPED OVER SUITCASE AND HIT FACE ON RAILING AND LAC NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Eyeglasses
PATIENT TRIPPED & FELL AT HOME STRIKING HER NOSE AGAINST A RAILING, INJURED NASAL BRIDGE WITH GLASSES. DX - NASAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
ATTEMPTING TO GRAB A RAILING FACIAL LACERATION LEFT FOOT SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Elevators or other lifts
HIT HEAD ON RAIL IN ELEVATOR WHEN SHE FELL LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2006Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL HIT RAIL RIGHT FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
~FOREHEAD LAC-DIPLOPIA-LEANING ON RAILING-FELL OFF DECK-HIT HEAD-@ HOME NO LOC-DEVELOPED DOUBLE VISION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/25/2006Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
REACHED FOR A HANDRAIL AND FELL. DX- FACIAL ABRASION, INTRAORAL LACERAT ION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2006Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
R EYEBROW LACERATION: FELL AT NURSINH HOME, HIT HEAD ON RAILING IN HALL, LACERATION R EYEBROW, 2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2006Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FACIIAL AND ELBOW CONT. PT TRIPPED AND FELL INTO A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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