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Accidents - Mattresses - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 426
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Date: 10/03/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mattresses, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS @ HOME MOVING A BOX SPRING AND FELL INTO A HOLE IN THE FLOOR INVERTING RIGHT FOOT- PAIN TO LOWER LEG. DX RIGHT DISTAL FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mattresses
PATIENT STATES MATTRESS FELL ON HER AT HOME. DX; CONTUSION TO RIGHT L OWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mattresses, Beds or bedframes
HIT LEFT LOWER LEG ON END OF A BED WHEN FLIPPING A MATTRESS. CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mattresses
LAC TO R LOWER LEG, CUT ON PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF MA TTRESS AT HOME. DX. SKIN TEAR R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mattresses
PT JUMPING ON MATTRESS & HAD IMMEDIATE LEG PAIN WHEN JUMPED TO GROUND, NOW W/DEFORMITY AND SWELLING TO TIBIA; FRACTURE OF TIBIA & FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mattresses
JUMPED ON A BOX SPRING, AT HOME, & CUT RT CALF DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Mattresses
WENT TO LIFT MATTRESS W/ HUSBAND STRAIN LEFT LOWER LEG POSSIBLE MUSCLE TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mattresses
BOX SPRING FELL ON PTS LEG WHILE AT HOME, NOW W/SWELLING AND TENDERNESS TO LEG; TIBIA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Mattresses
SIBLING JUMPING ON MATTRESS THAT WAS ON TOP OF HIM;DX FRACTURED LOWER L EG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2008Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mattresses
PT WAS STANDING ON BOX SPRING AND LAC RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2008Age: 78 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: Mattresses
DX AVULSION/ABRASION LLE: ABRASED L LEG ON BOX SPRING WHILE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Mattresses, Beds or bedframes
PT CLEANING HER HOUSE FLIPPED THE MATTRESS AND TRIPPED STRIKING LOWER L EG ON THE METAL BEDFRAME LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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