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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 694
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2003 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 11/25/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 10/17/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 08/18/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 07/21/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 07/07/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 07/02/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/30/2003 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/28/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL,HEAD CONCUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 03/19/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 03/07/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 02/18/2003 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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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