Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,520
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	248
Year 1998:	122
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	69
Year 2002:	67
Year 2003:	153
Year 2004:	133
Year 2005:	46
Year 2006:	162
Year 2007:	69
Year 2008:	59
Year 2009:	168
Year 2010:	184

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/14/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
61YOM-HUMERUS FX-FELL FROM A DECK RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
63 YOF TRIPPED OVER DOG AND FELL HITTING DECK RAILING. DX: L PROXIMAL HUMERUS FX, L RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
70 Y/O/M SLIPPED AT HOME AND CUT ARM ON RAILING DX/ RIGHT UPPER ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2010	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Toilets
77YO F,PT. FELL IN BATHROOM HIT HAND RAILS AROUND COMMODE, DX: SKIN TEAR RT. UPPER ARM#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL ON RAILING. DX-L UPPER ARM CONTUSION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS CARRYING SOMETHING AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST METAL BANISTER AT A FRIENDS HOUSE DX: LACERATION RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
ACC BUMPED UPPER ARM AGAINST A BANISTER >>SKIN TEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Fences or fence posts
PT'S ARM GOT STUCK BETWEEN A FENCE AND A HANDRAIL AND PT SLIPPED AND FELL. DX; UPPR ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
TRIPPED&FELL STRIKING UPPER ARM AGAINST HAND RAILING >> HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL BACKWARD ONTO HANDRAIL, HIT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM, FX TO UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN FEW STEPS&HIT ARM ONTO RAILIING THEN LANDED ONTO HARD WOOD FL OOR, NOW WITH ARM PAIN >> CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
HOLDING ONTO RAILING GOING DOWN STEPS -FELL FRACTURE LEFT PROXIMAL HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED, FELL AGAINST HANDRAIL THEN TO STEPS/HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FX HUMERUS; DISTAL RADIUS (R): LEANED AGAINST RAILING, FELL OFF PORCH LANDING ON PATIO, SHOULDER/WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STANDING ON RAILING OF HER DECK CLEANING GUTTER AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO DECK HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
HUMERUS FX-FEFLL DOWN STEPS-HIT ARM ON RAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AT NURSING HOME AND GRABBED RAILING. DX: L HUMERAL FX, L FACIAL LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Toilets
PATIENT WAS SITTING ON THE TOILET & HIT RT ARM BECAME CAUGHT IN HANDI- CAP HANDRAILING DEVELOPING PAIN & DEFORMITY. DX - RT HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX UPPER RIGHT ARM STRAIN: SLIPPED AND CAUGHT SELF ON RAILING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
61 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL INTO RAILING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT. FELL AGAINST BANISTER GOING DOWN STEPS AT HOME. DX. ABRA L ARM, CO NT L ARM, L THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT ATTEMPTED TO GO DOWN STAIRS,LOST BALANCE AND ATTEMPTED TO HOL HANDRA IL, FELL 8 STEPS, SUSTIANED " LT HUMERAL FRACTURE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT SLIPPED WHILE STANDING, FELL AND STRUCK HER RIGHT ARM ON A METAL RAIL AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-HUMERUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FX R PROXIMAL HUMERUS,FOREHEAD LACERATION,NASAL CONTUSION - FELL FORWAR D ,STRIKING HANDRAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Ceilings and walls
PT IN BATHROOM WHEN RAILING TWISTED AND PT FELL HITTING WALL. D:HUMERAL NECK FX, FOREHEAD HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Wheelchairs
90 YO BF - CONTUSION RT. UPPER ARM - BUMPED ON RAILING WHILE NEGOTIATIN G A RAMP IN A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2000	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/1999	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/1999	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1998	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/1998	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: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/1997	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/1997	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/1997	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/1997	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/1997	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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