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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 828
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS WALKING AND FELL THRU A BROKEN DRAIN. DX; LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT C/O RT HAND PAIN CUT WORKING AS A PLUMBER ON A PIECE OF PIPE -RT HAN D LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS CLEANING GUTTER AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF ROOF. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| FOOT SLIPPED FELL IN A DRAIN STRAIN LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| RT LOWER LEG LAC.PT LACERATED LOWER LEG ON A GUTTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Fishing |
| 21 YO MALE CUT ON A NASTY DRAINPIPE WHILE FISHING LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT INVERTED HER ANKLE WHILE SHE STEPPED ON A DRAINAGE GATE DX LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| TIB/ FIB FX-FELL OFF A LADDER WHILE CLEANING GUTTERS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT STEPPED ON METALLIC DRAIN AND SUFFERED A LAC TO L FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON GUTTER TODAY. DX. CONT, LAC. HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 23Y/O,M,JUMPED IN YARD & LANDED ON DRAIN PIPE, PARTIAL THICKNESS SKIN FLAP OF FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| R EYEBROW LAC/25YOM STS AT HOME ACCIDENTALLY WALKED INTO GUTTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED OVER DRAIN IN YARD/LOWER LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| WAS CLEANING OUT GUTTER AND FELL OFF OF ROOF ONTO CONCRETE HIT HEAD +L OC X/O LOW BACK PAIN AND HEADACHE DX- LUMBAR STRAIN CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN CLEANING OUT GUTTERS AND FELL OFF ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| TRIPPED IN DRAIN PIPE WHILE INTOXICATED/KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes, Ladders |
| FIXING GUTTERING, LADDER SLIPPED, FELL CUT WRIST. DX WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| R FOOT FX/23YOM AT HOME ABOUT 30 MIN AGO, CLEANING GUTTERS OUT, FELL OF F ROOF ABOUT 10 FT DOWN. UNABLE TO STAND BACK UP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT FELL LANDING ON METAL DRAINPIPE; CUT HAND DX: HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON GUTTER PIPE, LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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