Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,003
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Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES FALLING BETWEEN TRAIN AND PLATFORM CAUSING LEG INJ C/O PAIN......LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT C/O LFT LEG INJURY. PT FELL OFF OF PORCH. DX FRACT LFT TIBIA FIBULA PROXIMAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED AND FELL ON DECK AND FRACTURED HER LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LOWER LEG STATES FELL ON TO DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 55 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: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Portable circular power saws
55YOM-LACERATION RIGHT SHIN-CUT ACCIDENTLY AT HOME BY CIRCULAR SAW WHIL E FIXING DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS STEPPING UP ON PORCH WHEN HE FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON A CAR TIRE . DX. FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 72 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AND CONTUSED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 94 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STEPPED UP ONTO PATIO, STUMBLED ON BRICK INJURING LOWER LEG. DX; CONTU SION LOWER LEG. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON DECK DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STRAIN LEG - 54 YOM JUMPED OFF PORCH YESTERDAY SUSTAINING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG, C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
LAC LT LOWER LEG ON STEP OF PORCH @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SUST FRACTURE TO LOWER LEG FELL OFF DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 56 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STEPPED OFF OF PATIO AND SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
ACUTE LT LEG CELLULITIS, UNDER HIS PORCH WORKING THURSDAY, HIT ROCK WITH KNEE, RED FROM LT LEG TO UPPER, UPPER THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 83 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: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
AT HOME WHEN A WOODEN PLATFORM FELL AND HIT HIS LOWER LEG AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT STUMBLED AND FELL ON A PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 62 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
DISTAL FIBULA #. CLIMBED BACK PORCH AND HIT EYE ON RAILING THEN FELL 10 FEET TO GRASS BELOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
63 YO FEMALE WAS WORKING ON DECK AT HOME AND FELT WEEK LEFT LEG PARASTHESIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT WALKED BY HER PATIO, CAT JUMPED OUT AND BIT HER ON LEFT CALF, BITTEN BY SAME CAT 1 WEEK AGO W/ERV THEN. DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 57 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON DECK CAUSING RT FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. WAS IN HOUSE FIRE AND FELL THROUGH PORCH TRYING TO ESCAPE WITH . FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ATTENDANCE. DX: FRACTURE LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 55 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG: FELL AND INJURED LEG ON PORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STEPPED OFF DECK AND TWISTED ANKLE. DX: R DISTAL FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF DECK-FRACTURED RIGHT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON WET DECK-FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT STEPPED ON THE PORCH AND TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE. DX-DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 51 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FX DISTAL R FIB/51YOF TWISTED R ANKLE LAST PM. SLIPPED OFF OF DECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 82 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT LEG CONT. PT FELL ON PORCH WHEN LEAVING HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT FIBULA FRACTURE,INTOXICATION.PT WAS INTOXOCATED AND AND FELL ON THE PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES SHE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF HER DECK INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
INJURED LEG ON A WOODEN DECK ON 4/20. DX. 3 CM L SHIN LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT FIBULA FRACTURE,LEFT WRIST CONTUSION.PT FELL ON THE PORCH AND INJURE D LOWER LEG AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 53 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OFF FRONT PORCH. DX: FRACTURE TO LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2003	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH, HAD TO CRAWL TO USE PHONE. HEARD POP. DX; CLOSED FX LT DISTAL TIBIA & FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2003	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Sprayers
PRESSURE WASHING HOUSE-FELL OFF OF PORCH-INJURED LEG DX TIB-FIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT WENT TO STEP OFF A PORCH AND FELL AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 56 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Doors
PT SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL IN FRONT OF HOUSE DOOR. FELL ONTO PORCH STEP D:TIB/FIB FRACTURE, KNEE CONTUSON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
57 YO FEMALE SLIPPED ON ICY PORCH SPIRAL FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 72 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
72 YOM SLIPPED ON PORCH INJ ANKLE FRACTURE R TIBIA DISTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL THRU UNFINISHED DECK AT HOME INJURING LOWER LEG. DX; LACERATIO N , CONTUSION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF THE PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH AND INJ LT FOOT DX: LT FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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