Accidents - Containers - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 738
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	44
26-50 years old:	383
50+ years old:	295

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 60 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: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives with replaceable blades
PT TRIED TO OPEN UP A BOX WITH A BOX CUTTER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 60 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
DX POPLITEAL PAIN R KNEE-CANNOT R/O MENISCAL TEAR/R HAMSTRING PULL/INJ: PAIN AFTER LIFT' BOX TODAY TO POSTERIOR R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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
PT DX LT THIGH STRAIN - WAS WALKING CARRYING BOXES AND EXPERIENCED PAIN TO LT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
DX L FEMUR FX: PRESENT TO ED AFTER MECH FALL W L HIP PAIN & INABILITY TO AMB D/T PAIN. W @ GROCERY STORE W SHE TRIPPED OVER BOX; FELL ON HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 33 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
33YO WHITE FEMALE STS MOVED SOME BOXES 3 DAYS AGO,L LEG PAIN AFTER DX L THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 86 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
LEFT LEG STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A BOX AND INJURED LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 19 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: Burns, Scald
Product: Containers
CARRYING HOT CHICKEN WHEN CONTAINER BENT AND SPILLED ONTO THIGH BURNING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Containers, Cigarette or pipe lighters
REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY WHILE LIGHT A CIGGRETTED THIS MORNING THE LIGHTER CAUGHT BOXES ON FIRE&BURNT MULTI FINGERS/THIGH/?PENIS>>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers, Furniture
PT HAS BEEN MOVING BOXES AND FURNITURE. DX: EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC LEG PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 30 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: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives with replaceable blades
PT WAS OPENING A BOX AND SLIPPED W/BOX CUTTER. DX: L LEG LAC 2-3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 30 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: Other
Product: Containers
ACUTE SCIATICA: CARRYING SOME BOXES, TWISTED CERTAIN WAY,PAIN RADIATING INNER THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 54 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 BENT TO PICK UP PACKAGE AND FELL. DX: L FEMORAL INTERTROCHANTERIC FX, CKD, PERIPHERAL NEUROP, DM2.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 24 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: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives
PT ACCID CUT LEG WHILE CUTTING OPEN A BOX W/POCKET KNIFE. DX: R THIGH LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 64 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
DX MUSCLE STRAIN: DEVELOPED PAIN L INNER THIGH WHILE MOVING INTO HOUSE AND LIFING BOXES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 31 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
LEFT THIGH STRAIN-C/O PAIN TO LEFT THIGH AFTER HE WAS LIFTING HEAVY BOX ES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Containers
LOADING BARREL, SLIPPED & HIT THIGH DX PULLED MUSCLE, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 16 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PRESENT WITH THIGH PAIN SINCE LIFTED A HEAVY BOX >>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 37 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 TRYING TO OPEN A PACKAGE WITH A KNIFE AND CUT LEG DX: LACERATION TO LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers, Knives with replaceable blades
OPENING BOX AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT LEG WITH RAZOR KNIFE DX SUPERFICIAL LACERATION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Containers
TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND FELL/ RT FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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