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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 628
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Christmas decorations |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - 62 YO MALE WAS HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL 3 FEET HITTING LOW BACK ON A METAL RAILING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 74YOF SLIPPED COMING OUT OF HER HOUSE GRABBED A HANDRAIL AND TWISTED HE R BACK DX- LUMBAR STRAIN HIP PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2009 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| TRIED TO GRAB RAILING WHILE COMING OUT OF RESTAURANT AND FELL HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2009 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| WAS PUSHED INTO A HANDRAIL AT BASEBALL GAME CONTUSION LOW BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL OVER A RAILING. DX. LOWER LEG AND PELVIS PAIN ,COMPRESSION FX. LUM BAR SPINE.* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/26/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| DOG KNOCKED PT INTO BANISTER. DX: L HIP SWELLING, VIRAL URI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL AGAINST A WOODEN RAILING DX: LUMBAR CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK REACHING FOR A BANISTER IN NURSING HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| AMBULATES TO THE BATHROOM WHEN FELT HER LEGS ARE GIVING OUT, HELD TO R AILING YET FELL LANDING ONTO BUTTOCKS, C/O >>LBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| FELL OVER 3 FOOT RAIL AT HOME,LANDED IN FLOWER BED LUMBAR STRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| WALKING HOLDING BANISTER AND SHE FELL WHEN IT ENDED AND FX PELVIS AND E LBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/07/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LEANED AGAINST LOOSE RAILING AND FELL AT CASINO CONTUSION HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT FELL AGAINST HER BANISTER OUTSIDE BRINGING IN HER CAT RIGHT SIDE PAI N DX RIGHT HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL IN HALLWAY HITTING FOREHEAD ON SIDE HANDRAIL AND THEN LANDING ON THE FLOOR. DX: FRACTURE RIGHT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/07/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN FALLING OVER A RAILING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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