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Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 487
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Date: 11/03/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise
SLIPPED ON LEAVES WHILE HIKING. DX FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
CHOPPING DOWN A TREE AND THE TREE HIT HIS LOWER LEG. DX CONTUSION L SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Adhesives
PT FELL OUT OF TREE AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE, NOW W/LAC TO SHIN, PT STATES GRANDFATHER PUT *** ON WOUND, *** REMOVED; SHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Hand saws
PT WITH CELLULITIS TO LEG, WAS CUTTING A TREE BRANCH WITH A HAND SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, All-terrain vehicles
11 YO MALE HIT A TREE WHILE RIDING *** FRACTURE TIBIA FRACTURE TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws
CUTTING DOWN A SMALL TREE NEAR A FENCE CHAINSAW GOT CAUGHT IN FENCE AND KICKED BACK. DX LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Containers
PT STATES A BRANCH FELL OFF TREE, HIT STREETLIGHT, BOUNCED OFF AND HIT PTS LEG WHILE HE WAS SITTING ON A CRATE, CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise
PT, WHO HAD BEEN HIKING, BRUSHED UP AGAINST BARREL CACTUS WITH SIN. D:P UNCTURE WOUND, LEG, POSSIBLE RETAINED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Horseback riding
PT WAS HIT UNDER KNEE WITH TREE BRANCH WHILE RIDING HORSE C/O PAIN & BRUISING TO LT LOWER LEG. DX - LT LEG CONTUSION, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools
TIBIA FX-CUTTING DOWN A TREE-TREE FELL ON PT-PT PINNED UNDER TREE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/08/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise
PT WAS HIKING AND FELL INTO CHOLLA CACTUS. CACTUS NEEDLES IN LOWER LEG. D: CACTUS NEEDLE INJURY (ABRASIONS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Snow boarding
PT WITH FRACTURED LEG, WAS SNOWBOARDING, HIT A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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