Accidents - Step stools - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,204
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Date: 12/14/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	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, Floors or flooring materials
MINOR CONTUSIONS: LOST FOOTING ON METAL STEP STOOL LANDING ON THIGH, STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ONTO CEMENT WALL AND HARDWOOD FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Stairs or steps
FELL FROM STEP STOOL DOWN 14 STEPS AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 62 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
PT FELL OFF 2-STEP STEPSTOOL AT HOME, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Tables
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE-FELL FROM 2 FOOT STEP STOOL WHILE SETTING UP A CRAFT TABLE-HIT GRASS OR CONCRETE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Step stools, Beds or bedframes
73 Y O F GETTING OUT OF BED TRIPPED FELL OVER A STEPSTOOL CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 70 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
PT FELL 3 FT OFF OF STEP STOOL. DX: FOREHEAD CONT, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 89 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
CHI/89YOF AT HOME FELL FROM STEP STOOL AND STRUCK BACK OF HEAD. YELLED OUT FOR HUSBAND WHO HEARD NOISE FROM FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Step stools
HEAD HEMATOMA. PT WAS CLEANING A STEP STOOL WHEN CLEANING KITCHEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 65 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, Tables
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF TABLE DX: SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools
PT TRIPPED OVER STEP STOOL NEXT TO BED, FELL AND HIT HEAD, DX: CONCUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 60 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 WAS ON STEP STOOL YESTERDAY WHILE WASHING CAR, SLIPPED & FELL HITTING RT SIDE OF HEAD, HAS BLEEDING FROM EAR. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 63 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, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT ON A STEP STOOL PAINTING FELL OFF AND HIT HEAD AT HOME DX// HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 82 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, Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
PT STANDING ON A STEP STOOL HANGING BLINDS AND FELL OFF ONTO HEAD SUSTA INED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OFF A STEP STOOL CAUSING A CONCUSSION, LT ANKLE SPRAIN AND MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 80 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, Tables
80YOF AT HOME ON A STEP STOOL FELL OFF LANDED ON COFFEE TABLE INJURING HEAD;CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools, Stools
FELL BACKWARDS FROM STOOL VERSUS STEP STOOL,3FTH, HITTING BACK OF HEAD, +LOC, BIBA AS MTR>>CHI/CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 56 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, Ceilings and walls
56 YOF STEPPED BACK OFF STEP STOOL AND LOST BALANCE FALLING INTO WALL H ITTING HEAD SUSTAINING CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 74 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: Concussion
Product: Step stools, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT WAS ON A STEP STOOL, LOST HER BALANCE AS IT COLLAPSED HITTING HEAD ON THE CABINET. DX-POSTCONCUSSIVE HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 55 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, Tables
PT STATES WAS PAINTING AT HOME STANDING ON A STEP STOOL AND FELL BACKWA RDS ONTO A WOODEN TABLE KNOT TO BACK OF HEAD DX CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools, Beds or bedframes
76 YO F LACERATIO TO SCALP FELL WHILE USING A STEP STOOL TO GET INTO BED AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Step stools
PT FELL FROM STEP STOOL, HITTING HEAD DX; CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Step stools, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS STANDING ON A STEP STOOL WHEN IT CAME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HER. F ELL AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR. DX. HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Tables
53 YOM FELL OFF STEP STOOL AND HIT HEAD ON TABLE CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 70 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
70 YO F HEAD INJURY FELL OFF STEP STOOL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - S/P FELL FRON STEP STOOL APPROXIMATELY 2 STEPS HIT HEAD ON GROUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 80 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
80 YO F CONTUSION TO SCALP AND BACK FELL OFF STEP STOOL WHILE TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2009	Age: 65 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL OFF A STEP STOOL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A CABINET CLOSED HEAD INJU RY AND STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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