Accidents - Other playground equipment - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,897
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	212
Year 1998:	354
Year 1999:	382
Year 2000:	408
Year 2001:	156
Year 2002:	110
Year 2003:	209
Year 2004:	369
Year 2005:	68
Year 2006:	134
Year 2007:	277
Year 2008:	252
Year 2009:	461
Year 2010:	498

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
12 YOF FELL OFF A SPINNING MERRY GO ROUND, AT THE PARK, & HURT HER LT. ANKLE-/ LEG IS SWOLLEN. DX; LT. DITAL FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other playground equipment
11YOM WITH LEG PAIN AFTER JUMPING IN BOUNCE HOUSE DX: LOWER LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
6 YO MALE FELL OFF A *** AND ANOTHER CHILD STEPPED ON PTS ANKLE. DX FI BULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other playground equipment
10YOM HIT LEG ON METAL *** AT SCHOOLDX: LEG INJ DX: LEG INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
7 YO WM CUT LEG ON MERRY-GO-ROUND AT PARK LAC LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
8 Y/O BF WAS RUNNING ON PLAYGROUND RAN INTO A POLE AND CONTUSED LOWER L EG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
11 YO F INJURED LEG ON ZIPLINE FX FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
10 YO M RIDING *** AT SCHOOL, FELL HURT LEG. D XLOWER LEG CONTUSION N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
9YOM INJ.L.LOWER LEG AT PARK WHEN PLAYING & RIDING ON ***,FELL OFFDX; N ONDISPLACED OBLIQUE L.TIBIAL F.X.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
6YOM WTH FRACTURED LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
6YOF CLIMBING A FIRE POLE ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL, FELL 5-6 FT ONTO LEG ; TIBIA/FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
6 YOM FELLOFF MERRY GO ROUND DX: L TIB FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
8YOM PLAYING ON PLAYGROUND AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, LEG CAUGHT IN LADDER OF P LAYSET, UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT; TIBIA/FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other playground equipment
8YOM;PT WAS PLAYING IN A SANDBOX EARLIER; RED SPOTS TO BACK OF LEGS. D : INSECT BITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG BY FALLING FROM A MERRY-GO-ROU ND AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 11 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: Other
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT FELL ON PLAYGROUND 2 WKS AGO, CUT SHIN ON METAL SPIKE, NOW WITH REDNESS & SWELLING; CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT FELL ONTO MERRY-GO-ROUND ON PLAYGROUND LAST NIGHT; SHIN LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 7 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: Other playground equipment, Swimming pools
PT WAS HANGING FROM A *** ATTACHED TO TWO TREES WITH A SWIMMING POOL BE TWEEN THE TWO SUPPOSED TO LET GO INTO THE POOL AND MISSED FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2009	Age: 11 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: Other playground equipment
TWISTED FOOT IN PLAYGROUND TYPE JUMPER DX:SALTER FX DISTAL TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
LOWER LEGS LAC-CUT LEG ON METAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FELL OFF MERRY GO ROUND;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 6 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: Other playground equipment
SUSTAINED A FALL FROM *, ?HEIGHT, @ *'S >>TIBIA FX >>TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other playground equipment
CAUGHT LEFT LOWER LEG BETWEEN GLIDER AND WOODEN STAND AT THE PARK. DX: HEMATOMA TO LEFT LOWER LEG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FELL OFF OF MERRY GO ROUND AT PARK AND GOT LEG STUCK DX- TIB/FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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: Other playground equipment
FELL OFF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
HIT HIS LT CALF ON A POLE, ON PLAYGROUND, AT SCHOOL DX; LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT FELL OFF FIREMAN POLE ON PLAYGROUND; TIBIA FX., CALF BRUISE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
RIDING ON *** AND HIT TREE;DX LACERATED AND CONTUSED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
PT CLIMBING ON A PLAY FORT & FELL ON R LE. CONTUSION R LE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PT FELL WHILE SLIDING DOWN POLE AT SCHOOL. DX: L DISTAL TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 6 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: Other playground equipment
DX LAC LEG: PLAY'G ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TODAY W HE FELL LAND'G ON ROCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
10 YOF FELL ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT GETTING RIGHT LOWER LEG CAUGHT IN P LAYSET LADDER SUSTAINING A FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PT PLAYING AT PARK YEST, FELL OFF *** ONTO LEG AND THEN SISTER FELL ONT O LEG, NOW W/PAIN AND SWELLING TO LOWER LEG; TIBIA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
AT PLAYGROUND AND FELL OFF GLIDER. DX FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 8 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: Other playground equipment
PT C/O LFT LEG PAIN AFTER BEING ON MERRY-GO-ROUND. DX CONT LFT LEG LOWE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
FELL OFF *** AT SCHOOL. CONTUSION, LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 9 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: Other
Product: Other playground equipment
DX L LEG PAIN: FELL APPROX 6FT OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, LANDED PRIMARY ONTO SIDE OF L LEG, ALSO HIT HER FOREHEAD. LANDING ON BARKCHIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT WAS WRESTLING WITH A FRIEND ON A JUMPER EARLIER, FRIEND FELL ON HIS LT LEG, HEARD IT SNAP, HAS PAIN IN LEG. DX-LT MID SHAFT TIBIAL FRAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
CUT LOWER LEG WHEN RIDING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
C/O PT STATES TRIED TO JUMP ON MERRY-G0-ROUND DX RT LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 13 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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FELL FROM *** ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DX: FX R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
JUMPED FROM 4TH RUNG OF LADDER OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT C/O (R) LEG PAI N UNDER KNEE DX- TIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PT DOING A FLIP/JUMPING IN A BLOW-UP HOUSE OR INFLATABLE SLIDE AND FELL WRONG ON LOWER LEG, DECREASED ROM, SWELLING, TENDERNESS; TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
HIT LEG ON EDGE OF SANDBOX L LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 7 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: Other playground equipment
PT JUMPED ONTO MERRY GO ROUND AND HIT SHIN. DX: R LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
10 YOM BANGED LOWER R LEG ON POLE @ SCHOOL - CONTUSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
JUMPING IN "JUMPER" DX: FX DISTAL TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FALL FROM *** DX: FX DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 10 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: Other playground equipment
PT RAN INTO A WOODEN SANDBOX, CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FX LOWER LEG ,CAUGHT IN MERRY GO ROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 12 YOM JUMPED ONTO A MOVING MERRY-GO-ROUND ON PL AYGROUND AND LACERATED LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
ANKLE GOT CAUGHT UNDER MERRY GO ROUND @ SCHOOL D-FX TIBIA CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT FELL 6 FT OFF CLIMBING WALL ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL, LEG PAIN; TIBIA/FIBULA CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
10 YO - DX: CONTUSION L LOWER LEG - FELL OFF PLAYGROUND LADDER HITTING L LOWER LEG (FRONG)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
SLID INTO POLE PLAYING BALL FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
10 YOF WAS AT DAY CAMP IN THE PLAYGROUND, CLIMBED UP A LADDER TO REACH THE RINGS WHEN SHE SLIPPED LACERATING RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PT FELL OFF MERRY GO ROUND DX: FX LT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
SLID ACROSS END OF MERRY-GO-ROUND. CT LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT WAS SLIDING DOWN A POLE AT DAYCARE AND HAD SUDDEN RIGHT LEG PAIN. DX. RIGHT LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FOOT GOT STUCK IN MERRY-GO-ROUND DX R FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2004	Age: 10 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: Other playground equipment
PATIENT HIT LOWER LEG ON WOODEN PLAYGROUND SET AT HOME; LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT FELL AGAINST MERRY GO ROUND AT SCHOOL. DX: CONTUSION RT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
PT STRUCK SHIN ON MERRY GO ROUND AT PARK. DX: 3 CM LEG LAC/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
FELL OFF 6X6 BALANCE BEAM AT PLAYGROUND LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FELL OFF *** IN BACKYARD AT HOME APPROX 2 FT ONTO GROUND TWISTING L ANK LE AND KNEE DX L DISTAL FIBULA AND TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other playground equipment
PT PLAYING ON A MERRY GO ROUND AND FELL OFF HIT ARM AND LEG ON GROUND, TIBIA HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT RUBBED LEG AGAINST WOODEN PLAYGROUND SET AT HOME GETTING SPLINT ER IN CALF; SPLINTER REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 7 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: Other playground equipment
CONTUSED LOWER LEG WHEN ON ZIPLINE AND HIT STATIONARY OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
FRACTURED LOWER LEG ON MERRY-GO-ROUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
PT ON THE PLAYGROUND IN A SANDBOX STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS IN THE SANDBOX LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT FELL WHEN WALKING ON ROPES ON PLAYGROUND, HIT SHIN ON GROUND; L EG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT CAUGHT FOOT WHEN JUMPING OVER A BAR ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL, FE LL FORWARD INJURING LOWER LEG; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT HIT LOWER LEG ON BAR OF CANOE WHEN ON CANOE TRIP LAST WEEK, LEG PAIN TODAY WHEN CRAWLING THROUGH TUBES AT ***; LEG CONTUSI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
CONTUSED LOWER LEG ON MERRY GO ROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 12 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: Other playground equipment
CHILD FELL AGAINST SANDBOX INJURING LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 12 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: Other playground equipment
PT HAS CONTUSIONS OF THE LOWER LEG WHEN SHE STRUCK IT OFF OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
CUT LOWER LEG WHEN CAUGHT BY MERRY GO ROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL ON "SPIDER WEB" ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL; LEG L AC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2001	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2001	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2001	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2000	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/22/2000	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2000	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2000	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2000	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2000	Age: 12 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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/1999	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/1999	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other playground equipment, Footwear
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/16/1999	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/1998	Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/1998	Age: 6 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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/1998	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/1998	Age: 9 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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/1998	Age: 12 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: Fracture
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/30/1998	Age: 10 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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/1998	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/1998	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/1998	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/1998	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/1997	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/1997	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/1997	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/1997	Age: 12 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: Foreign Body
Product: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/1997	Age: 10 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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/1997	Age: 10 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: Other playground equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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