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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 635
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials |
| FALL FROM STEP STOOL, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR DX: CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools |
| FEFLL OFF STEP STOOL LAC HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL/HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Doorsills or frames |
| 56 YOF SUSTAINED LACERATION TO SCALP WHEN SHE FELL OFF OF A STEP STOOL AND HIT HEAD ON DOOR FRAME FALLING ONTO BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FELL FROM STEP STOOL, LANDED ON LINOLEUM FLOOR DX ACUTE SUBDURAL HEMATOMA SECONDARY FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/14/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | 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 FORWARD OFF STEP STOOL AND HIT FOREHEAD ON FLOOR RESULTING IN CLOS ED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 61 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, LAC TO BACK OF HEAD, BACK PAINDX: SCALP LAC, BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | 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 |
| PT HAD FALL OFF STEP STOOL AT HOME. STATES HE FAINTED AND FELL OFF STOO L. FAINTS WHEN HE LOOKS UP. D:CHI, CHEST PAIN, ETIOLOGY UNCLEAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL AND STRUCK HEAD SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Step stools |
| PATIENT WAS UP ON STEP STOOL DOING SOME WORK & FELL C/O LT FACIAL INJURY. DX - CONCUSSION, LT ORBIT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2006 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Step stools, Counters or countertops |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL, HIT HEAD ON COUNTER, / CHI |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Refrigerators |
| FELL BACKWARDS FROM STEP STOOL WHILE CLEANING FRIDGE SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Step stools |
| FELL OFF STEP STOOL/SCALP HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Step stools |
| PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL. DX: HEAD CONT, LUMBAR DDD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL OFF A STEP STOOL CAUSING A CLOSED HEAD INJ RY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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