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Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - Year 2002 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,303
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Date: 12/30/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
STRADDLED CABINET DOOE, FELL FROM KITCHEN CABINET THIGH CONTUSION / ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/29/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LT THIGH LAC-@ HOME-FELL-HIT A HALL TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Stairs or steps
25 YOF HAD CABINET FALL ON LEGS WHILE MOVING IT UP STAIRS HEMATOMA R/L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2002Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT FELL WHEN CLIMBING ON BOOKCASE AT DAYCARE; THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS CLIMBING ON ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WHEN IT FELL ON HIM LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Other ranges
PATIENT FELL IN KITCHEN AT HOME, CUT LEG ON METAL CABINET OR STOVE; THI GH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Counters or countertops
HE FELL OFF THE KITCHEN COUNTER AT HOME, STRIKING HIS UPPER THIGH ON A CUPBOARD DOOR. DX LACERATION LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LAC TO UPPER LEG WHEN STRUCK ON CABINET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FEELING PAIN IN HIS R LEG SINCE A WOODEN CABINET FELL ONTO HIS R THIGH THIS MORNING. R LEG PAIN $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
9 Y.O. W FEMALE W/THIGH LAC. PT WAS CLIMBING ON THE KITCHEN CABINET & I NJ SELF @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHILD CLIMBING ON CABINET WHEN HE FELL. D: INNER THIGH LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
54 YOF CUT LEG ON CABINETDX LACERATION R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
17-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER THIGH FROM GLASS SHELVES FALLING O N HER THIGH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT- FELL OVER A PALLET, INJURING UPPER LEG DX-AVULSIVE FX, SUPERIOR ASPECT OF GREATER TROCHANTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CUT LT. THIGH ON CUPBOARD DX: LACERATION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Counters or countertops
LACERATION R UPPER THIGH - STRUCK CABINET WHEN CLIMBING DOWN FROM COUNT ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL OVER A WOODEN PALLET AT ***. MUSCLE STRAIN TO RIGHT UPPER LEG. LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Other glass bottles or jars
CLIMBING ON CABINET, BROKE GLASS SYRUP BOTTLE;LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Floors or flooring materials
INABILITY TO AMBULATE R/O OCCULT FRACTURE - LEGS GAVE OUT WHILE CLEANING CUPBOARDS - FELL ON FLOOR - UNABLE TO GET UP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FATHER WAS CARRYING PT AND TRIPPED, BABY FELL HITTING LEFT THIGH AGAINS T CABINET. D: H/O FALL, FRACTURE LEFT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/23/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT RUNNING IN HOUSE CAUGHT INSIDE OF LEG ON CABINET 3-4 CM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS MOVING A WODDEN PALLET IT BRUSHED AGAINST HIS THIGH AND A SPLINT ER IMBEDDED IN HIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CLIMBING UP ON SOME CABINETS, SLIPPED, AND HIT HER LEG. DX RIGHTINNER T HIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
THIGH CONTUSION- SUSTAINED WHEN HE JUMPED OFF PALLETS THAT WERE IN THE BACKYARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2002Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL INTO CUPBOARD - FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/02/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
55 YOF FELL INTO CABINET FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/01/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RIGHT FEMUR FX. PT WAS FALLING AND TRIED TO GRAB A CABINET THAT HA D WHEELS ON IT AND THE CABINET MOVED CAUSING TO PT TO FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RECEIVED TRAUMA TO LT.THIGH WHEN FELL TO HIM A RACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT DX LT THIGH CONTUSION - S/P PT " A FILE CABINET FELL ON ME X2 DAYS AGO"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RT THIGH PAIN-HIT RT THIGH ON TOILET PAPER ROLL. NOW C/O PAIN WITH INABILITY TO AMBULATE. HAS BRUISING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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