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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,127
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| DX: MULT ULCERATIONS LOWER LEGS. SORES ON LEGS WEEPING AND TICKING TO P ANTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT. PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM A WOOD BURNING FIRE. DX. BURNS 2ND AND 3R D DEGREE. TO 5-8% TBSA. NS IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 93 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: Day wear, Beds or bedframes |
| 893 YOF PUTTING ON CLOTHES LEG HIT BED LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT PUTTING ON SOCK, GRAZED LEG WITH FINGERNAIL CAUSING LACERATION TO LE G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT DOING A STUNT WEARING A FLAME SUIT WHEN SOME OF THE FLAMES GOT UNDER HIS PANTS LEG SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO RIGHT LOWER LEG- NS IF FD ATT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| R LEG BURN STANDING BY BONFIRE, PANTS ON FIRE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LLE NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Day wear, Oven cleaners |
| CHEM BURNS TO RIGHT SHIN. PT SPILLED OVEN CLEANER ON PANTS THEN IT BURN ED LEG THROUGH PANTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Day wear |
| RASH TO LOWER LEGS. PT WEARING TIGHT SOCKS. ALSO HAS DIABETES ANDPERIPH ERAL VASCULAR DISEASE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Day wear, Glass doors or doors with glass panels |
| WEARING CAPRI PANTS, GLASSFROM WINDOW IN DOOR {WINDOW BROKEWHEN DOOR SLAMMED] FLEW PAST CUTTING HER LEGS--MULTIPLE LAC LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT'S DAD STATES CHILD'S RT FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN HIS SHIRT AND BABY TWISTED RT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| CELLULITIS BILATERAL LEGS. PT IN FILTHY CLOTHING--LIVING IN A STORAGE UNIT. +ETOH. LEFT AMA. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/09/2003 | Age: 15 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: Day wear |
| PT WAS BIT ON THE LEG BY NEIGHBORS DOG - PT WAS WEARING JEANS AND THERE WAS NO PENETRATION TO SKIN. D: DOG BITE /SUPERFICIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Day wear |
| RT SHIN DOG BITE-IN YARD-DOG BIT PT THROUGH JEANS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Day wear |
| POPPED VEIN WITH FINGER, WHILE PUTTING ON SOCK BLEEDING VARICOSE VEIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT.INJ.L.LOWER LEG AT UT.LAKE WHEN STANDING TO CLOSE TO A CAMP FIRE & P ANTS LEG CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L.LOWER LEG.NO F.D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Day wear |
| BILATERAL LOWER LEG SUNBURN-WEARING SHORTS & SUNSCREEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| DX:FOLICULITIS LOWER LEG. WEARS PANTS THAT RUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT TRIPPED OVER HER DRESS WHILE WALKING FROM PARTY - FELT A "POP" IN KN EE. D: TRAUMA RIGHT KNEE / FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT WAS OUTSIDE AT HOME AND WAS BIT BY A SNAKE ON RT LOWER LEG THROUGH JEANS; SNAKE BITE TO LATERAL MID RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Day wear |
| DERMATITIS. HAS RASH ON LEG THAT ITCHES WHEN HE WEARS PANTS THAT MAKE HIM SWEAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Day wear |
| PUNCTURE WOUND R LEG - PIECE OF METAL PUNCTURED THROUGH JEANS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear, Gasoline |
| PATIENT CAUGHT PANTS ON FIRE WHEN LIGHTING CHARCOAL GRILL WITH GASOLINE AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, ROLLED IN GRASS, NO FD; LOWER LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT STATES HER LEGS BROKE OUT IN A RASH THINKS SHE IS ALLERGIC TO SOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Day wear, Beds or bedframes |
| SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF BED WITH SOCKS ON DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2003 | Age: 79 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: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Day wear |
| PULLING UP HIS SOCKS AND A VARICOSITY IN LEG STARTED BLEEDING WHEN PULL ING SOCK OVER A SKIN LESION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Day wear |
| FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN TRIPPED OVER PANT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT RIDING MOTORCYCLE WITH SHORTS ON, GETTING OFF OF CYCLE AND HIT RT LO WER LEG ON MUFFLER, THERMAL BURN RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE STANDING NEAR BON FIRE AT HOME. DX: BURNS L OWER LEG. NO FIRE DEPT. INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Day wear, Escalators |
| INJ TO RT LEG AT THE METRO, PT FELL WHEN PANTS GOT CAUGHT IN ESCALATOR. DX: RT LEG LAC/CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Day wear, Exercise equipment |
| ALLERGIC REACTION-SKIN RASH ON BILATERAL SHINS-AFTER WEARING SPANEX PAN TS WHILE WALKING ON THE TREADMILL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| RT INNER LEG RED AND SWOLLEN AFTER HUNTING PANTS RUBBED AGAINST LEG/ EA RLY ABSCESS RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT DX THERMAL BURNS 2-3 DEGREE TO THUMB AND LEGS - DUE TO TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE AND HIS PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE.FIRE DEPT NOT STATED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE AT CAMP SIGHT ( N/S HOW OR IF F.D. INVOLVED) DX: LOWER LEG BURN / HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 19 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: Day wear |
| PT STATES "HE WAS CUTTING HIS PANTS AND GOT CUT" - DX LACERATION LT SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2003 | Age: 46 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: Day wear |
| PUTTING ON BRA IN BEDROOM FELL ON LEG STUMP CONTUSION RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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