Accidents - Rugs or carpets - Year 2004 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,266
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	179
6-15 years old:	121
16-25 years old:	6
26-50 years old:	192
50+ years old:	766

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT. FELL DOWN SEVERAL CARPETED STAIRS AT HOME, LEG HURTS DX: TODDLER'S FRACTURE RT. DISTAL TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2004	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: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG DX. FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT FELL ON OVER A CARPET AND INJURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 69 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: Rugs or carpets
CAUGHT FOOT ON RUG IN CHURCH AND FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 92 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: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING DOWN CARPETED STEPS AT CHURCH, REACHING FOR RAILING, MIS SED IT AND FELL DOWN 13-14 STAIRS, CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED FELL ON CARPET BILATERAL LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 44 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: Rugs or carpets
PT. SLIPPED ON CARPET LAST NIGHT FELL W/R LEG UNDER HER. DX. CONT R LE G, PEDAL EDEMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 11 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: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX LOWER LEG FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	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: Rugs or carpets
FELL WHEN TRIPPED ON RUG - TIBIA FRACTURE/FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
72 YEAR OLD MALE SLIPPED ON RUG AND FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT HOME MUSCLE STRAIN CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 77 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
77 YOM TRIPPED OVER RUG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT GOT HIS FOOT UNDER A ROLL OF CARPET AT HOME TWISTING HIS FOOT FRACTU RED RIGHT TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 92 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
ACCIDENLTY TRIPPED ON CARPETED FLOOR NO LOC DX CONTU TO L SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2004	Age: 5 months	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: Rugs or carpets
FELL OVER RUG DX: FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT SUST LACERATION TO LOWER LEG TREPPED ON CARPET AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 31 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: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
CELLULITIS R LOWER LEG/31YOF APPROX 1 WK AGO SLIPPED AT HM ON CARPET ON GRANITE STEP INJURING SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
FELL TWO WEEKS AGO, HIT LOWER LEG ON CARPETED STAIRS. DX. WOUND L LOWE R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 78 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: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED ON CARPET - HURT LEG - RIGHT FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 3 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: Rugs or carpets
FELL ONTO CARPET AT SCHOOL INJURING RT LEG C/O PAIN CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
RT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 64 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED AND FELL ON CARPET CONTUSING LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
MOM TRIPPED ON A RUB WITH BABY IN HER ARMS, FELL ON THE RUG. DX-LOWER LEFT LEG ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT. FELL DOWN 6 CARPETED STAIRS AT HOME - LT. LEG HURTS DX: LT DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 78 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: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN CARPETED STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR IN FAMILY ROOM UNWITNESSED. DX TIBIA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES HE FELT DIZZY AND FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF CARPETED STEPS TO CONCRETE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 69 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: Rugs or carpets
RIGHT TIBIAL CONT S/P FALL. PT FELL OVER CARPET EDGE AND HIT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FRACTURE TIBIA - 14 MOM WAS DROPPED BY OLDER SISTER ONTO A RUG, LANDED ON HIS FEET, C/O PAIN RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG - LOWER EXTREMITY SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 55 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: Rugs or carpets
A ROLL OF CARPET FELL ON RT LEG DX: CONTUSION RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL ON RUG OR CARPET AT HOME. DX: LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG DX. LOWER LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
LEG INJ. PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG IN HALLWAY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 14 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: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSED LOWER LEG WHEN FELL TO CARPETED FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT WITH ITCHY RASH ON ARMS/LEGS, NEW CARPET IN HOUSE; CONTACT DERM ATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
INJURY TO L LOWER LEG AFTER TRIPPING ON CARPET. DX. INJURY L LOWER. P T. LEFT STATED LEG FEELING BETTER.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
SLIP ON RUG, FELL ON PIECE OF MOLDING LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
WAS KNOCKED OVER BY THE FAMILY DOG ONTO THE CARPET AND HAS NOTWANTED TO USE HIS RT LEG SINCE. FX RT DISTAL TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN TRIPPED ON A RUG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2004	Age: 63 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: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED ON SOME CARPETING FELL FORWARD AND HIT HER FACE AT *** PT H IT LEG DX OPEN FRACTURE LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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