Accidents - Ladders - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Face

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,174
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Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
PT FELL STRIKING FACE ON THE LADDER AND SUSTAINED A FACIAL CONTUSION WI TH NOSEBLEED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT WAS STANDING ON LADDER THAT SLIPPED AND FELL ON FACE. DX: CHEEK LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Ladders, Plants, trees and shrubs
61 YOF WAS ON A LADDER DECORATING A CHRISTMAS TREE, SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HER HEAD. DX-LT TEMPORAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
PATIENT FELL FROM A LADDER ONTO HIS RIGHT FACE, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, HAS FACIAL SWELLING. DX-DISPLACED RT ZYGOMATIC MAXILLARY COMPLEX FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/08/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Christmas tree lights
FELL OFF LADDER 14 FT PUTTING UP XMAS LITES AFTER SLIPPING ON ICE AND L AC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, House repair or construction materials
PT WORKIGN ON HIS ROOF AND COMING DOWN A LADDER FELL ABOUT 12 FEET SUST AINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK AND FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT C/O FALL OFF LADDER WHILE PAINTING DX TOOTH FRACT LAC FOREHEAD HIP L IP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
LEFT FOREHEAD LAC, PT FELL DOWN A LADDER STRIKING FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
LEFT EYEBROW LAC, PT WAS STANDING ON A LADDER CLEANING GARAGE AND THE L ADDER COLLAPSED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
71 YO FELL OFF LADDER CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 20 FT FROM LADDER WHILE PRUNING A TREE. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 2 CM, HEAD/BILAT HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
FELL OFF LADDER WHILE PAINTING HITTING FACE, ?LOC >>MULTI FACIAL FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Plants, trees and shrubs
ORBITAL FLOOR FX-FELL FROM ALUMINUM LADDER WHILE CUTTING DOWN A TREE LI MB-@ TRAILER PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FOREHEAD LACERATION,LEFT ELBOW FRACTURE.PT FELL FROM A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	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: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
FELL SIX FEET OFF LADDER AND HIT FACE ON GROUND WITH CHEST AND FACIAL A BRASIONS AND FACIAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Tables
PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE STANDING ON LADDER TO HANG PLANT, FELL, H IT HEAD ON MARBLE TABLE, LACERATION TO EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT FELL FROM A LADDER AND STRUCK TREE BRANCHES - FX NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Boats and boating
UP ON A LADDER LEANING ON A BOAT SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, FELL OFF HITTING NOSE " LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Floors or flooring materials
~PT WAS 6 FEET UP ON A LADDER AND FELL STRIKING FACE ON THE FLOOR SUSTA INED MULTIPLE FACIAL FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/22/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OFF A LADDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD, LT WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS AT HOME PAINTING THE DECK ON A LADDER, FELL CAUSING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF A LADDER STRIKING CHIN SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
55 YO M FRACTURED NOSE MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS FELL 8FT OFF LADDER THAT BUCKLED PT LANDED ON CRUSHED ROCK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
FACIAL LACERATION-FELL OFF A LADDER WHILE HANGING DRAPES & KNOCKED A PI CTURE OFF WALL. GLASS BROKE CUTTING FACE, LIPS & CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FOREHEAD LAC-FELL OFF LADDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER FX FACIAL BONES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
LEFT FOREHEAD LAC, PT FELL FROM A LADDER HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
PATIENT FELL OFF A LADDER SUSTAINING FACIAL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL FROM TEN FOOT LADDER DX: FACIAL LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Rugs or carpets
PT FELL 4-5 FT FROM ATTIC LADDER W/HEAD STRIKING IT ONTO CARPETED FLOOR DX: DEGLOVING INJURY FOREHEAD/SCALP, R UPPER & LOWER EYELID LACS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
FELL OFF LADDER WHILE PAINTING, HITTING FACE, +LOC " MANDIBULAR FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER/FACIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 5-8 FT OFF LADDER. DX: R FOREHEAD LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FACIAL LAC, PT WALKED INTO A LADDER HITTING FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FACIAL LAC, PT FELL FROM A LADDER HITTING FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
PT MISSTEPPED ON LADDER CAUSING FALL WHEN TAKING DOWN WALL DECORATIONS AT SIS'S HOUSE, SUBSTAINED FACIAL INJ DX:NASAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders, Christmas tree lights
PT WAS ON LADDER TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LOST BALANCE AND FELL FOR WARD HITTING FACE ON PORCH BANISTER DX- FACE CONTUSION W/ HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Christmas decorations
PT FELL OFF LADDER WHILE PUTTING XMAS DECORATIONS IN ATTIC. DX: LARGE L SUBGALEAL HEMATOMA, MULT FACIAL FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND HIT FACE AND HEAD AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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