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Accidents - Counters or countertops - Year 2009 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 366
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:93
16-25 years old:141
50+ years old:131

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/21/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Counters or countertops
PT PULLED HOT SOUP FROM COUNTER AND IT SPILLED ON THIGH; BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WAS UP ON THE COUNTER REACHING UP INTO A CUPBOARD, WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING UPPER LEG, PT IS ALSO INTOXICATED DX: CONT TO UP LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL OFF THE COUNTER AND HIT LEG ON A CABINET. D: LACERATION LEFT INNER THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2009Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Counters or countertops, Electric counter-top ovens, broilers or toaster ovens
BURNED UPPER LEG ON TOASTER,THEN FELL OFF COUNTER;DX THERMAL BURN UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Counters or countertops, Other toys
POSTERIOR THIGH LAC/2YOM FELL OFF COUNTERTOP ONTO A TOY CAUSING LACERAT ION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2009Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
PT CLIMBED ON THE COUNTER AND FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD ON COUNTER TOP (GR ANITE), THEN FELL TO FLOOR. DX. CONT L THIGH, L FOOT, HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Counters or countertops
65 Y O F SLIPPED IN LITCHEN CAUGHT SELF HOLDING ON TO COUNTER SPRAIN RIGHT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops, Light bulbs
51 Y/O FELL OFF BATHROOM COUNTER WHILE CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT HOME, C/O KNEE PAIN. DX-FX FEMUR AND RIGHT PATELLA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Counters or countertops
LEFT THIGH CONTUSION.PT HIT THIGH ON A COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Counters or countertops
PT WAS HELPING HIS FATHER MOVE A GRANITE COUNTER TOP INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND IT STRUCK HIM IN THE THIGH FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/01/2009Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Counters or countertops
PATIENT PULLED BOWL OF HOT NOODLES OFF COUNTER ONTO ABDOMEN/THIGHS; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THIGHS, 1ST DEGREE BURN TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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