Accidents - Containers - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 638
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	12
6-15 years old:	33
16-25 years old:	18
26-50 years old:	404
50+ years old:	169

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PATIENT WITH THIGH PAIN SINCE MOVE 3 MO AGO, LIFTED HEAVY BOXES, PAIN G ETTING WORSE; THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives
PT WAS OPENING BOX W/POCKET KNIFE. DX: 4 CM L THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
PT HIT LEG ON LG EMPTY BOX AT HOME C/O PAIN DX:THIGH PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB A BOX AT HOME. D: FRACTURE RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Containers, Knives
PT WAS OPENING PACKAGE W/KNIFE AND SLIPPED. DX: STAB L THIGH, ARTERIAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
LT THIGH CT-FELL BACKWARDS & STRUCK A BOX-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Containers, Chemicals
BURNED LEG WITH CAN OF CO2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT MOVING BOXES AT HOME STRAINED RIGHT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT PICKED UP A HEAVY DRUM, FELT THIGH PAIN, STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
43 YOF - C/O LEG PAIN WITH HISTORY OF REPETIVLY HITTING LEG ON BOXES D X - R THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
9 YO FEMALE WAS HIT BY CAR AND FELL INTO BOX AND THEN HIT GROUND RIGHT THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
HEAVY CRATE FELL ONTO PT'S LEG. DX: CONT/ABR L THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
PT. C/O TRIPPING OVER BOX AND FELL. DX. FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
CONTUSED UPPER LEG WHEN FELL OVER BOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
DX LEFT THIGH CONTUSION: STRUCK LEG ON CONTAINERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT PULLED MUSCLE IN HER LEG WHILE LIFTING A BASKET OF ROCKS DX: LEFT THIGH MUSCLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Containers, Hot water
WHILE AT A RESTRAUNT A CONTAINER OF SCALDING HOT WATER SPILLED ON PTS L EGS. D: 5% 2ND DEGREE BURN TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
THIGH STRAIN-AFTER UNLOADING BOXES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
RIGHT THIGH LAC, PT CUT LEG ON THE CORNER OF A BOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
46 YO MALE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BOX AND HURT LEG LEFT THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
51 YO MALE WAS PUSHING BOXES INTO TRASH CAN RIGHT THIGH MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PT MOVED HEAVY BOXES YESTERDAY. DX: R LEG STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
PT. CUT ON BOX AT ***, SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF BOX. DX. LAC L THIGH. GH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
A BOX FELL OFF SHELF ONTO PT AT SHELTER. DX: CONT L THIGH/R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives
PT SLIPPED WHILE OPENING A BOX W/KNIFE. DX: 1.5 CM LAC R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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