42YOM PRESENTS WITH NECK, BACK, AND RIGHT ELBOW PAIN AFTER A FALL FROM THE TOP OF AN 8 FOOT LADDER.  PATIENT WAS TRYING TO TAKE DOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WHEN HE FELL.  HE HIT ON HIS BUTTOCKS AND COMPLAINS OF SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN.  HE ALSO NOTES THAT HE HIT HIS HEAD BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY HE DID NOT LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS. DX: CLOSED COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF L2 VERTEBRA, CLOSED FRACTURE OF ONE RIB OF LEFT SIDE
Date: 1/10/2025
Category: lighting and electrical equipment
Product: CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Products involved: EXTENSION OR STRAIGHT LADDERS; CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS
Diagnosis: Fracture
Body part: Lower Trunk
Location: Home