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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 788
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | 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 A BANISTER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 60 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 |
| 60YOM WAS HOME,SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING TOP OF HEAD OFF RAILING; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL OVER THE BANISTER OF THE STAIRS AND STRUCK HEAD. DX: HEAD CONTU SION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/07/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT VISITNG HIS WIFE IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAD A SEIZURE FELL STRIKING HEA D AGAINST A RAILING SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP TREATED FOR SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| VERTIGO; A-FIB: SUDDEN ONSET VERTIGO, GRABBED HANDRAILING, HAD A CANE, SLID TO FLOOR, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR, ON FLOOR FOR 1 1/2 HOURS, CT HEAD NEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT DX HEAD LACERATION,+ LOC - S/P FELL OFF 6 FT RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY FALLING AGAINST A BANISTER AT HOME WHILE INTOXICATED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 63 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 |
| CONCUSSION-HIT HEAD ON IRON RAILING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN FELL OVER AT RAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A BANISTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CHI.PT FELL INTO A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | 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, Tables |
| PT LEANED ON RAILING AT AIRPORT THAT BROKE AND PT FELL HIT HEAD ON TABL E DX/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| CHI,SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL INTO A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| R HIP AND SHOULDER PAIN AFTER FALL AT HOTEL, HIT HEAD ON RAIL DX; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2007 | Age: 69 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| C.H.I., ABRAS;SCALP CONT.;CHEST WALL CONT.;LUE & R KNEE CONT:LEANING ON BANISTER, IT LET LOOSE, FELL 5 FT OFF PATIO ONTO SOFT GROUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2007 | 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 |
| 79 YOM TRIPPED IN LOBBY OF APARTMENT BUILDING AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING S USTAINING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| RESIDENT OF NH, STRUCK HEAD ON WOODEN RAIL WHILE WALKING DOWN HALLWAY. DX. CONT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 82 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 |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HANDRAIL. DX: HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | 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, Lawn mowers |
| MISJUDGED RAIL AT ***,FELL AND HIT LAWNMOWER LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING AND GRABBED STAIR RAIL DOWNTOWN HITTING HEAD ON CONCRETE. HAS HEADACHE & KNEE PX. DX: LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS WALKING WITH NURSE FROM A SUPERVISED SMOKE BREAK WHEN PT TRIPPED & HIT HEAD ON RAILING, TRANS TO TRAUMA, DX; TRAUMA HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 59 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, Stairs or steps |
| PT INJURED SCALDP GOING UP STEP , FELL HIT HEAD ON STAIR RAIL DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | Age: 89 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 |
| 89 YO MALE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING CLOSED HEAD INJURY - LACERATION NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2007 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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, Beds or bedframes |
| CHI. PT FELL OUT OF BED WHEN REACHING FOR BED RAILING IN NURSING HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2007 | Age: 71 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 |
| SLIPPED&FELL HITTING HEADON A METAL RAILING " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PATIENT TRIPPED ON SOME STEPS & HIT HIS HEAD UP AGAINST A RAIL ACCIDENTALLY. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA & SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2007 | Age: 60 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, Stairs or steps |
| ?T'D&F GOING UPSTAIRS HITTING HEAD ON THE RAILING, C/O H/A ' CHI" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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