Accidents - Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 670
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	40
6-15 years old:	45
16-25 years old:	21
26-50 years old:	243
50+ years old:	320

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIP OVER GARDEN HOSE, FELL, TWISTED LEG DX: FX DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATIENT SCRAPED LEFT LEG ON A SPRINKLER, C/O SOME MILD PAIN. DX-ABRASION TO LT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
SLIPPED IN WE GRASS AND FELL ON SPRINKLER DX: R SHIN LAC, SUTURED; AND L ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT HAD A HOSE HIT PT IN LOWER LEG,LACERATING LE G.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT STATES HIS LEGS GOT TANGLED UP IN THE WATER HOSE AND HE FELL. DX. F X. R TIB. (GARDEN HOSE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIPPED OVER HOSE AND SCRAPED LOWER LEG ON GROUND AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER A SPRINKLER 2 DAYS AGO, FELL ONTO LAWN, C/O PAIN IN THE RIGHT HIP AREA AND RT LOW BACK. DX-CONTUSION OF RT LWR EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
TRIPPED OVER HOSE WHILE WATERING FLOWERS, L DISTAL FIBULA FX, ANKLE DIS LOCATION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
50YOF WAS TAKING GARDEN HOSE OUT OF HER YARD,TRIPPED OVER HOSE,FALLING STRIKING LOWER LEGS;ABRASION AND CONTUSIONS LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
DX CLOSED R OBLIQUE DISTAL INTRA-ARTICULAR FX OF THE DISTAL FIBULA: S/P STEPPED ON GARDEN HOSE AND ROLLED ANK. PLUS EDEMA, ECCHYMOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
73 YOF WINDING UP HOSE IN YARD AND HIT ABOVE (R) ANKLE WITH SPRINKLER HEAD. DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
86 YO TRIPPED OVER SPRINKLER INJURED LEG LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
DX AVULSION FX TO DISTAL FIBULA: ROLLED ANK W GARDENING TRIPPED OVER WATER HOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT TRIPPED OVER A SPRINKLER AND HAD PX. DX: R DISTAL TIBIA SPIRAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT TRIPPED OVER A GARDEN HOSE, CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
HIT LEG ON SPRINKLER DX: LEG CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Stairs or steps
PATIENT WAS FOUND SITTING ON A STEP AFTER HITTING HER LEG ON A SPRINK- LER. DX-COMPLEX LACERATION OF LEFT SHIN, 8 TO 10 CM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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