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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,800
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| 66 YO BURNING TRASH CAUGHT JEANS ON FIRE ---NO FD INVOLVEMENT BURN LEG---NO FD INVOLVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Day wear |
| TRYING TO CHANGE CLOTHES, STARTED COUGHING, FELL & PASSED OUT ON 12-17- 04. CLOSED FX RT MIDSHAFT FIBULA & SYNCOPE (VASOVAGAL) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS LEFT LOWER LEG.PT WAS AT A BON FIRE AND PANTS L EG CAUGHT ON FIRE.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 WAS BURNING DEBRIS IN HIS YARD WHEN HIS PANT LEG CAUGHT FIRE SUSTAIN ED A THERMAL BURN TO LOWER LEG- NS IFFD ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT WAS TAKING OFF HER SOCK WHEN SHE SCRATCHED HER LEFT LOWER LEG ABRASI ON LEG HX OF DIABETES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2004 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| HOMELESS MAN LIGHTING FIRE TO KEEP WARM OUTSIDE AND PANTS CAUGHT FIRE B URNING LEG,UNKNOWN IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Day wear |
| PLAYING WITH NEIGHBORS DOG WHO BIT THRU HIS PANTS -- 4 PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT NOTED TODAY WHILE TAKING OFF SOCKS THAT THERE A RED PATCH ON LEG, EX AMINED&DX'D C " LOWE LEG SKIN AVULSION",PT CAN'T RECALL MECHANIS OF INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2004 | Age: 2 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: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| CHILD @ FRIENDS HOUSE DOG BIT PT TO LEFT CALF PT WEARING PANTS AND BOOTS NO BLEEDING. DX DOGBITE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Day wear |
| WEARING DIABETIC SOCKS DEVELOP LARGE SKIN TEAR LEG CELLULITIS AND AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2004 | Age: 63 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT, WHO HAS BEEN VISITING HERE FROM SCOTLAND & WEARING SHORT PANTS, HAS RASH TO EXPOSED AREA. ?BUG BITES. D: CONTACT DERMATITIS, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 46 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: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| HOMELESS PT, LIVING W/ FRIENDS, HAS LOWER EXTREMITY PAIN AFTER HELPING FRIEND CLEAN HOUSE. WAS WEARING STOCKINGS. D:CELLULITIS,VENOUS INSUFF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LT LOWER LEG, WAS STANDING NEXT TO A CAMP FIRE AND PANTS CAUGHT FIRE, BURNING HIS LEG FIRE DEPT NOT CALLED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Day wear |
| 38 YO MALE HAD DOG BITE THROUGH PANT LEGS CONTUSION CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Day wear |
| PATIENT STRUCK BY CAR IN PARKING LOT, TIRE RAN OVER LOWER LEG, HAS TIRE MARKS ON PANTS; LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT INJURED TRYING ON JEANS AT STORE; LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2004 | Age: 58 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER PILE OF CLOTHES IN ATTIC INJURING LOWER LEG. DX: FREACTUE DISTAL TIBIA. AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2004 | Age: 46 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 HAD FIRE IN HOUSE 2 DAYS AGO, JEANS BURNED ON LEG, NO F.D. ATTENDANC E NOTED IN ER RECORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2004 | Age: 66 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, Manual scissors |
| TRYING TO CUT OFF HER PANTS W/ A PAIR OF SCISSORS DX LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2004 | Age: 92 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: Fracture |
| Product: Day wear |
| FELL AND TRIPPED ON PANTS - FIBULA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Day wear |
| LEGS SWOLLEN & ITCHY AFTER WEARING NEW JEANS DX CONTACT DERMATITIS BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2004 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| 89 YO FEMALE HAS LEFT CALF REDNESS FROM WEARING TIGHT STOCKINGS LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/24/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT. WAS HELPING WITH A CAR, BROKEN DOWN, AND WAS POURING GASOLINE IN CARBEURATOR AND THE PERSON STARTED CAR & PANT'S LEG CAUGHT ON FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2004 | Age: 37 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: Day wear |
| PT. PULLED SOCK OFF AND HAD ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2004 | Age: 18 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| FIRST,SECOND DEGREE BURNS - PANTS CAUGHT FIRE WHEN STAMPING OUT A FIRE, NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2004 | Age: 68 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: Laceration |
| Product: Day wear |
| BLEEDING VARICOSE VEIN - LOWER LEG BEGAN TO BLEED WHEN TAKING SHORTS OF F |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2004 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46 Y.O. B MALE W/BURNS TO LEGS. PT WAS WALKING THROUGH A TRASH HEAP THA T HAD BEEN RECENTLY BURNED & HIS PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE. NS IF FD ATTD. T |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/19/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT WAS AT HOME SITTING AROUND A BONFIRE WHEN HIS JEANS CAUGHT ON FIRE C AUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGEE BURNS TO HIS RT LWR LEG/NO FD INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2004 | Age: 85 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 |
| PT SUBSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO HER LOWER LEG WHILE PUTTING ON HER PANTY H OSES THIS MORNING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2004 | Age: 41 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: Puncture |
| Product: Day wear |
| OT VISITING ATTORNEYS OFF AT HOME AND GOT BIT BY ATTORNEYS DO G PT WEAR ING JEANS DX PW. LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2004 | Age: 95 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 |
| LACERATION LOWER LEG - 95 YOF WAS REMOVING A SOCK FROM HER RIGHT LEG AN D LACERATED HER CALF WITH HER FINGERNAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2004 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Day wear |
| 82 YEAR OLD MALE CUT LEFT LEG ON BUCKLE WHILE PUTTING PANTS ON LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 45 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 |
| RATTLESNAKE BITE WENT THROUGH PANTS LEG DX: SNAKE BITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LOWER LEG BURN-@ HOME-PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM LEAVES THAT WERE BURNIN G-FD NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2004 | Age: 3 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 |
| PATIENT BITTEN ON LOWER LEG BY NEIGHBORHOOD DOG WHEN RUNNING IN BACK YA RD, WEARNG PANTS AND SOCKS; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 12 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 WAS BURNING LEAVES WITH GASOLINE AT HOME WHEN SOME SPILT ON HIS PANT S AND CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LWR LEG/ FIRE DEPT? |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2004 | Age: 12 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 |
| TOO CLOSE TO A FIRE, PANTS CAUGHT DX. LOWER LEG BURN, NO MENTION OF FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2004 | Age: 18 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, Gasoline |
| PT WAS BURNING TRASH WITH GASOLINE AT HOME WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS PANTS ON FIRE SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO LEFT LOWER LEG NS IF FD ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2004 | Age: 17 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 |
| STOMPING OUT FIRE & PANT LEGS CAUGHT FIRE. ACUTE 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITIES < 5% BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT STATES HER LEGS STARTED TURNING BLUEDX: DYE FROM SWEATPANTS ON LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Day wear |
| DOG BITE RLE, WAS IN ALLEY, STRAY DOG CAME OVER, TRYING TO PET DOG, DOG GRABBED PANT LEG, BIT RLE (LEG) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LOWER LEG BURN-@ HOME-BURNING TRASH-CAUGHT PANTS ON FIRE-NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2004 | Age: 3 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: Day wear, Escalators |
| PT CAUGHT PANTS LEG IN ESCALATOR, LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Day wear |
| PT PASSENGER ON A MOTORCYCLE WAS WEARING LONG JEANS HAD RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST THE MUFFLE BURN WENT THROUGH JEANS THERMAL BURN TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| BURNS TO L LOWER LEG, STTES HE WAS BURNING LEAVES AND CAUGHT PANTS ON F IRE. DX. BURN 2 DEG. L LEG. NOT STATED IF FD ATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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