Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,069
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Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 50 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
50 Y/O M C/O LFT ANKLE INJURY. PT STEPPED OFF PORCH AND TWISTED LFT ANK LE. DX FRACTURE LFT DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 28 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
FELL ON PORCH DX SPRAINED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 35 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
LEFT SHIN ABRASION.PT FELL ON THE PORCH AND INJURED SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 42 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
42 Y/O F INJURED R LOWER LEG WHEN FELL THRU DECK AT HOME. DX; R LOWER LEG CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 44 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
44 Y.O. B FEMALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT FELL THROUGH A WOODEN PORCH @ HOME . E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 42 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
SLIPPED OFF TRUCK-FELL BETWEEN PORCH AND TRUCK BRUISED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2002	Age: 42 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
FX L TIBIA/FIBULA; STEPPED OFF PORCH LAST NIGHT & FELL, TWISTING L KNEE & LANDING ON RAILROAD TIE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 33 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
RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT ROLLED ANKLE WHILE WALKING OFF A DECK AND INJURED FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON PLATFORM WHEN GETTING OFF TRAIN AT TRAIN STATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 27 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
27 Y.O. W MALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT FELL THROUGH A PORCH @ MOTHER-IN-LAW 'S HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON STAGE AND LAC SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 26 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, Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT WAS WALKING ON PORCH AND RAILING GAVE OUT AND P T ROTATED LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 36 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
36 YOF FELL FROM PORCH FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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
STEPPED OFF PLATFORM 18" HIGH, C/O LEFT LEG PAIN. DX: CONTUSION AND ABRASION ON PRETIBIAL AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	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
LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE STEPPING OFF A PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
33 YOF STEPPED OFF STAGE INJ ANKLE FRACTURE R TIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 43 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 STEPPED OFF THE DECK, TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE. DX-LEFT DISTAL FIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 30 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
RT LOWER EXTREMITY CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 32 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, Stairs or steps
FELL OFF WOODEN PORCH, STRUCK RIGHT LEG ON STEP, NO LOC. DX: LOW BACK PAIN, RIGHT LEG ARASION AND LEFT FOOT PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 41 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL BETWEEN PLATFORM AND TRAIN AT TRAIN STATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF OF A DECK PUNCTURING HIS L LEG. LAC L LOWER LEG $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 38 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION R TIBIA - FELL OFF DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 THROUGH DECK 1 WEEK AGO INJURING LEG, R LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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
35 YO WF - BRUISE - FELL OFF PORCH - HIT RT. LEG LATERALLY ALONG FIBULA AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 47 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
PT FELL OFF DECK. DX: FX R DISTAL FIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 26 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF OF PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 39 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: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FOREIGN BODY RT SHIN-WAS CRAWLIN ON WOOD DECK AND SUS A SPLINTER IN RT SHIN. UNABLE TO REMOVE DUE TO PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 48 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
SEVERE STRAIN RT CALF - SLIPPED ON A DECK @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 30 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
LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 47 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
47 YO M FELL ON DECK CUT LEGLAC LEG,KNEE,AND ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
INSECT BITE R LOWER LEG; STATES HE WAS SITTING ON HIS PORCH & SOMETHING BIT HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 26 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
LOWER LEG, ANKLE AND FOOT CONTUSION - FELL WHEN A DECK COLLAPSED INJURI NG BOTH LOWER LEGS, ANKLES AND FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 49 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, Stairs or steps
PT TWISTED ANKLE ON DECK STEPS.DX: CLOSED L FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 47 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
47 YOF FELL THROUGH THE PORCH; CONTUSION, RT. LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 43 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
TWISTED RT KNEE AFTER STEPPING OFF PORCHLAST PM. DX: FX FIBULAR HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 34 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
RIGHT FIBULA FX. PT FELL OFF PORCH TWISTING LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 36 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
NONDISPLACED FX L DISTAL FIBULA - INJURED LEG WHEN STEPPING OFF A PLATF ORM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 32 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
FELL OFF OF A PORCH INJURING L LOWER LEG. CONTUSION LOWER LEG $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 43 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
FELL THROUGH PORCH; LT LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 27 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
27 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE FELL OFF THE DECK FX HIS RT FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 40 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
PT STEPPED OFF PORCH ON 1/7. DX: FX L TIB/FIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 40 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
PT STEPPED OFF PORCH. DX: L DISTAL TIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PT INJURED WHEN JUMPED OFF PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 46 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, Stairs or steps
PT SLIPPED ON PORCH STEP. DX: LAC R LEG 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 47 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
RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF THE PORCH AND INJURED FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 45 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
FELL THROUGH 8 FOOT PORCH ONTO R LEG. DX. FX R FIBULA DISTAL, INTERNAL DERANGEMENT R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 45 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 TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WHEN A DOG RAN OFF HIS PORCH AND BIT HE R IN THE CALF, RESULTING IN A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 BUILDING A WOODEN DECK AT HOME A PIECE OF WOOD BROKE OFF AND FELL ON TO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 33 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
PATIENT WALKED OFF THE PORCH TWISTING HIS ANKLE. DX-FRACTURE LEFT FIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 27 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 OFF THE PORCH AT HOME. DX-CLOSED NON DISPLACED FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 31 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
JUMPED OFF BALCONY DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 42 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
42 YOM JUMPED FROM PORCH CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 41 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
41 Y/O M C/O RT. KNEE PAIN - FELL OFF PORCH AND HURT KNEE. DX; RT. TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 36 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 SLIPPED ON DECK. DX: L CALF STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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