Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,899
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Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 52 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
FELL AND HIT LOWER LEG ON DECK FX TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 53 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
53 YO M FELL OFF PORCH CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	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
LEFT LEG INJ. PT FELL FROM A BALCONY INJURING LEG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	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
RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL ON THE DECK AND INJURD LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 53 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.PT FELL OFF A DECK AND INJURED FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 53 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 FROM PORCH ABRASION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
81 YOM FELL OFF A STAGE AT A NURSING HOME WHILE PERFORMING FOR THE RESI DENTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 66 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 PORCH INTO YARD INTO A HOLE HITTING RIGHT LOWER LEG ON THE CONCRETE. CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 SLIPPED ON WET DECK WHILE WEARING WALKING BOOT. DX: R DISTAL FIB FX POSSIBLY REFRACTURED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 73 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 2 WK AGO, BRUISING LLE ON PORCH DX LOW BACK CONTUSION, ELEVATED PT/INR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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
PT CUT LEG WHEN RAN INTO DECK, SITE GOT INFECTED, COMPLICATED WITH INFL AMATION, SUSTAINED" LT LOWER LEG CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
PT. FELL DOWN PORCH STEPS AT FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX. FX R DISTAL TIBIA, PR OXIMAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 73 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, Stairs or steps
LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION/ABRASION.PT WAS WALKING UP ON PORCH STEPS AND SLIPPED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 51 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
FELL OFF DECK - CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 60 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
LEFT SHIN CONTUSION/ABRASION.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		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
PT CUT LEG ON STAGE. DX: L LOWER LEG ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	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, House repair or construction materials
PT HAD PORCH ROOF PROPPED UP AND HIT THE PROP W/ROOF FALLING ON HIM. DX: OPEN FXL TIB/FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 68 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
L LEG CONT & MULT CONT/68YOF AT HOME FELL 4 FEET TO ASPHALT DRIVEWAY FR OM PORCH LAST PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 86 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
86 YO M TRIPPED AND FEL ON PORCH CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 82 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING LEG ON CEMENT PORCH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 81 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
L LEG CONT;ABRAS/81YOF WAS INJURED WHEN SHE CAUGHT HER LEG BETWEEN PORC H AND HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 57 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
FELL OFF PORCH TODAY. ACUTE RT ANKLE SPRAIN, AVULSION FX ANTERIOR TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT HAD BEEN WORKING ON A DECK AND AROUND LUMBER. HAD NOTICED SPIDERS. N OW WITH EECHYMOTICD AREA ON SHIN. DX: SPIDER BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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
PT JUMPED FROM PORCH AND FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 54 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 FELL FROM PORCH C/O ANKLE PAIN AND HAND PAIN SMALL LT TIB FIB FX NON DISPLACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH HEMATOMA LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX LEFT LEG CONTUSION: PT FELL ON PATIO AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	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
RT CALF STRAIN.PT STEPPED OFF PORCH AND HAD PAIN IN CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 67 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT HIT LT LEG ON PORCH DX: LT LOWER LEG AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 57 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIGHT LEG PAIN. PT TRIPPED OFF A PORCH INJURING LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	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
PT FELL THROUGH WOOD DECK. DX: R LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 52 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 GOING OUT ONTO PORCH MULT. CONTUSIONS TO LOWER LEG & ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 52 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
LOWER LEG CT-FELL THROUGH A BROKEN BOARD OF PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2004	Age: 73 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 WALKING BACKWARDS ON HER LANAI AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL BACKWARDS FRACT URED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	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
JUMPED OFF BALCONY TO GET TO WORK, FELL BACKWARDS DX FX FIBULA, LOW BA CK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 63 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
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL ON THE PATIO CAUSING RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT LEG PAIN. DX-CONTUSION RIGHT LOWER LEG AND RIGHT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2004	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
FIBULA FX-FELL OFF PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2004	Age: 67 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 TIBIA FRACTURE.PT FELL ON A WET WOODEN DECK AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 75 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 DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	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 THROUGH WOOD PORCH, LACERATION TO LEG DX R LEG LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 64 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
PATIENT FELL STEPPING ONTO THE PORCH AND INJURED HER LOWER LEG. DX-CONTUSION, SWELLING RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 51 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
PT FELL ON PORCH AT HOME DX: RT LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 52 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
LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A PATIO AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 61 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
PATIENT FELL ON THE CONCRETE PORCH. DX-LACERATION LOWER LEG 4CM, CONTUSION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 66 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
FELL THROUGH PORCH AT HOME AND LACERATED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 67 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL THRU PORCH LAST WK, L LEG CONT'D SWELLING AND PAIN. DX SOFT TISSU E EDEMA LLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2004	Age: 78 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 TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT WALKED OUT ON ICY PORCH AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 60 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
PT FELL STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A WOODEN PATIO DECK LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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