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Accidents - Step stools - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 694
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Date: 11/26/2003Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT THE NURSING HOME WENT TO SIT ON A STEP STOOL FELL BACKWARDS TO TH E FLOOR STRIKING HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OFF STEP STOOL & HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, R AC SEP, R SHOULDER CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL. DX: CONCUSSION, CONT L SHIN, L SCALP HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools, Doorsills or frames
FELL OFF A STEP STOOL WHILE GETTING UP HIT HEAD ON DOOR FRAME. DX; 3-4 CM LACERATION TO SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
PT STEPPING OFF A STEP STOOL WHEN HIS DOG GOT IN THE WAY FELL STRIKING HEAD ON TILE FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
CHI - 73 YOF WAS STANDING ON A STEPSTOOL AND FELL OFF LANDING ON HARDWO OD FLOOR STRIKING HER HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools
FALL FROM STEP STOOL HITTING HEAD DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEP STOOL,HEAD CONCUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/08/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER HEAD AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM A STEP STOOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEP STOOL-DX 2.5 CM SCALP LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools
STANDING ON A STEP STOOL THIS AM FELL BACK AND INJURED ANKLE DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools
STATES HE WAS WORKING IN HOUSE AND SLIPPED OFF THE BACK OF A STEP STOOL AND BUMPED BACK OF HEAD. DX. LAC SCALP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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