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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 842
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 22 YOM FELL OFF PORCH WHEN STEPPED ON LOOSE BRICK AT HOME FRACTURE FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL FROM 4TH STORY BALCONY ONTO 2ND STORY ROOF. DX: ATE 2/2 ETOH, BILAT LEG CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 19 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Ashtrays, not electric or not battery operated |
| DX LAC LEG: L THIGH LAC AFTER SLIP'G ON A WET DECK W HE WENT OUTSIDE TO SMOKE. FELL ONTO A GLASS ASHTRAY & GOT A 5-6CM LAC TO HIS L LAT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO LEG, FELL OFF DECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF HIS PORCH INTO THE GRASS AT HOME STRAINED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Dancing |
| DANCING ON A STAGE, FELL OFF CUTTING LOWER LEG ON THE EDGE OF THE STAGE >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| SLIPPED FROM PORCH AT HOME FX LT FIBULA * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT HIT LEG AGAINST PORCH LAST NITE;CALF TIGHTENED UP X3 TODAY. RT CALF STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| RIGHT LEG CONT. PT THROUGH DECK STEPS INJURING LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL AND CUT HIS LEG ON THE PORCH AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO DX// OLD LAC LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL HITTING PORCH; CUT TO LEG DX: LACERATION LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| SLID ON THE GRASS AND HIT HIS RT LOWER LEG ON THE WOODEN PORCH. ABRASION TO RT LOWER LEG* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT SLIPPED OFF PORCH AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE. D: FX LEFT DISTAL FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN STEPS ON PORCH, HURT LEG. DX TIBIA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL THRU BROKEN BOARD ON PORCH. DX LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| JUMPED OFF 1ST FLOOR BALCONY TO GROUND FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL AT HOME ON WET PORCH. DX-FRACTURE LEFT TIB/FIB. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 21 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL THROUGH A WOODEN PORCH ONSET TODAY AND INJURED HER RIGHT LOWER LEG RIGHT LOWER LEG ABRASIONS/CONTUSIONS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 3 MONTH AGO PT FELL OFF A STAGE ABRADING THE CALF AREA,BRUISES WERE IMP ROVED YET 2 WEEKS AGO THE AREA BECAME SOLLEN&RED >> CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| DX CLOSED FX L DISTAL FIBULA: ONSET AFTER JUMPING OFF DECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| WAS STANDING ON A STAGE THAT COLLAPSED, AT CHURCH, & SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE FELL ON TOP OF HER RT LOWER LEG. DX; LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL OFF STAGE/LOWER LEG FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| RT FIBULA FX.PT FELL OFF A PORCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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