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Accidents - Fans - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 544
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Date: 11/28/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fans
PT CUT LEG ON FAN A FEW DAYS AGO. DX: CELLULITIS L SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
FAN FELL AND METAL CLIP SCRAPED PATIENT ON SHIN, THEN STEPPED ON METAL CLIP ON FAN AT HOME; LOWER LEG LAC., GREAT TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
27YOWM-LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG-CUT LEG ON SHARP PASTICE EDGE OF STAN D FAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
PT ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED HER RLL ON A FAN CAUSING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 08/18/2005Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Fans
STUMBLED WHILE MOVING FAN AND HIT LEG. LOWER LEG SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2005Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fans
PT STRUCK RT LOW LEG ON A FAN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT LOW LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
WALKED INTO FAN THIS A.M. AT HOME-LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2005Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Floors or flooring materials
CUT ON METAL FROM OLD CEILING FAN WHICH WAS BEING REPLACED AND SITTING ON FLOOR LACERATION SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fans
PATIENT SCRAPED HER RIGHT LEG ON AN OLD ROUND FAN. DX-RT LEG CELLU- LITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans, Tables
PT WAS LIFTING A FAN ONTO A TABLE, FELL STRIKING LOWER LEG. " LAC "
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fans
65 YO - DX: CELLULITIS L LEG - SHIN - KNICKED L LEG ON FAN BLADE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans
RT LOWER EXTREMITY CONTUSION.PT KNOCKED FAN ON LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fans
TRIPPED OVER A FAN DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fans, Beds or bedframes
18 YR OLD FEMALE TRIPPED OVER FAN CORD STRUCK LOWER LEG ON BED CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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