Accidents - Toilets - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,414
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	104
16-25 years old:	68
26-50 years old:	318
50+ years old:	922

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT SAT ON TOILET AND IT BROKE. DX: R PROXIMAL FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
79 YO WF - LAC. RT. LOWER LEG - FELL OFF COMMODE - ALSO HAD CONTUSIONS ON RT. LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
2 CM LACERATION RT LOWER LEG, PICE OF PORCELIN OFF COMMODE TANK FELL ON LEG CAUSING LACERATION WHILE WORKING ON COMMODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LACERATION, CELLULITIS - 84 YOM FELL OFF TOILET 1 WEEK AGO LACERATING H IS LEFT SHIN, WAS STANDING REACHING FOR CABINET, AREA IS RED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 91 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: Toilets
PATIENT FELL GETTING OFF THE TOILET AT HOME. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
PT WAS GOING TO THE BATHROOM WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE FELL OFF THE TOI LET STRUCK LOWER LEG- DX LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Toilets
86 YO. W FEMALE W/HEMATOMA TO LEG. PT BUMPED LEG ON BEDSIDE COMMODE @ H OME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
R FIBULA FX WITH DISLOCATION. L MALLEOLUS FX. FELL TO FLOOR WHILE TRANS FERRING TO TOILET AT NSG HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Toilets
PT HIT HER LEG ON COMMODE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
HELPING DAD CARRY BROKEN TOILET CUT HIS LEG DX LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 90 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: Toilets, Other manual workshop tools
PT UNCLOGGING TOILET WITH A PLUNGER AT HOME, SLIPPED HITTING LT LOWER L EG, CONTUSION LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets, Beds or bedframes
77YOF-PAIN LOWER LEG-FELL FROM BED AT HOME-GETTING TO COMMODE-
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT CUT BY TOILET WHEN LIFTING FROM BASE; LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT DROPPED A TOILET ON LEG WHILE THROWING IN DUMPSTER; LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Toilets
PT C/O RT KNEE PAIN. PT WAS GETTING OFF OF TOILET WHEN KNEES GAVE OUT. DX DISLOCATION RT TIBULA AND FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
FELL ON TOILET DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 71 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: Toilets
PT SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO LT LEG S/P FALLING INTO TOILET THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
RT LOWER LEG LAC-DROPPED TOILET ON LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
FELL OFF TOILET DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
PT FELL FRIDAY HIT LEG ON TOILET, ACUTE R LOWER EXTREMITY CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
FX LEFT FIBULA-FELL WHILE GETTING UP FROM COMMODE, INJURING LEFT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
LIFTING TOILET TO REPLACE AT HOME, DROPPED AND BROKE CUTTING LOWER LEG. DX: LACERATION LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT SLIPPED IN YARD FELL & CUT LEG ON BROKEN TOILET - LAC LEG
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets, Bathtubs or showers
PT CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN TOILET BOWL AND TUB. DX: L LEG PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT SUST LACERATION TO LOWER LEG ON BROKEN TOILET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls
RT TIBIA FX-PT FELL AT NURSING HOME OFF TOILET AND STRUCK RT LEG ON WAL L. C/O RT KNEE AND LEG PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
PT GOT UP FROM TOILET AND FELL ON SLIPPERY FLOOR. DX: L DISTAL FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	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: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT DX LACERATION POST LT CALF - S/P PT C/O "I CUT MY LEH ON A BROKN TOILET" AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT STATES SHE FELL IN BATHROOM AND CUT LEG ON BROKEN TOILET BOWL COVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Stepladders
FRACTURE TIB/FIB - 55 YOM FELL OFF A STEPLADDER AND HIT LEFT LOWER LEG ON THE TOILET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 44 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: Toilets
LEFT BELOW THE KNEE STUMP CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF TOILET AND BELOW THE K NEE STUMP WAS INJURED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 12 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: Toilets
CONTUSED LOWER LEG WHEN SLIPPED ON TOILET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT CUT LEG WHEN HIT LEG ON WROUGHT IRON WHEN GOT UP FROM COMMODE AT HOME..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 90 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Wheelchairs
CONTUSION L LEG - FELL ON KNEES WHEN TRYING TO GET ON TOILET FROM WHEEL CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
JUMPED OFF TOILET AND FELL;LAC LEG, KNEE, ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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