Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 738
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 56 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, Stairs or steps
HAND CT-SLIPPED ON STEPS-HAND HIT HANDRAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HAS SPLINTER IN (L) PALM FROM WOODEN BANISTER DX- F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT WAS HOLDING ONTO HANDRAIL WHILE GOING DOWN STAIRS, SUSTAINED SPLINTE R IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 91 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
PATIENT CUT HAND ON RAIL. DX; 3 CM LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CAUGHT HAND ON RAILING AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
86 YOF WITH SPLINTER IN HAND FROM HOLDING ONTO BANISTER AT FRIENDS HOUS E. FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 52 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
52 YOF GOT A METAL SPLINTER FROM BANISTER IN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SUSTAINED A WOODEN SPLINTER WHILE SLIDING HAND DOWN ON WOODEN RAIL >>PUNCTURE WOUND/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
78 YO FELL INJURED HAND ON RAILING CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS PUTTING STEEL RAILS AROUND TOMATOES, HAND SLIPPED, LARGE LAC TO L HAND. DX. L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CAUGHT HAND ON BANISTER. DX- R HAND PAIN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Aircraft
MC FX-HIT HANDRAILING WHILE EXITING AN AIRPLANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX COMMINUTED 4TH L METACARPAL FX/L TRIQUENTRAL FX: UP ON DECK RAILING, LEANED AND RAIL GAVE WAY. FELL APPROX 7FT HIT HEAD. LANDED IN SOFT DIRT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 60 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
HAND LAC-CUT ON RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND SLIPPED GRABBED A WOODEN BANISTE R AND A SPLINTER WENT INTO RIGHT HAND FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND ON WOOD RAILING CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON RAILING 10 DAYS AGO. DX: R FIFTH METACARPAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 83 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
TRYING TO CATCH HUSBAND FROM FALLING AND BANGED HAND ON METAL RAILING. DX. HAND LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
63 YOM GRABBED RAILING TO KEEP SELF FROM FALLING AND NOW UNABLE TO CLOS E HAND, HEMATOMA AND COMPARTMENT SYNDROME DX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HAND ON HANDRAIL, DX; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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