Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,935
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Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 52 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
PATIENT FELL OFF A SHORT PLATFORM TO GROUND, LANDING WITH HER FULL WEIGHT ON HER LT LEG. DX - LT TIBIAL PLATEAU & SHAFT FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	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 SLIPPED AND FELL ON PORCH DX: FX LT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 51 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 ON ICY PORCH AT HOME INJ R ANKLE AND LEG WHEN FELL OFF PORCH DX FX FUBULA R NON DISPLACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN IN IN BALCONY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 59 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
PT. FELL OFF PORCH AROUND 3:30, PAIN IN R LOWER LEG AT NEIGHBOR'S DX. FX R DISTAL TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2005	Age: 76 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 TIB / FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 83 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT AT THE CLUB HOUSE WALKING AND FELL OFF THE EDGE OF A STAGE AND SUSTA INED A CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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
PT FELL OFF PORCH DX: LT LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2005	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
FX L FIBULA; LOST FOOTING ON BACK PORCH & FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2005	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
FELL OFF PORCH AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2005	Age: 68 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 STEPPED OFF DECK ; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 56 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 20' WHEN DECK COLLAPSED DX TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 56 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
JUMPING OFF DECK FX FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2005	Age: 80 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, Floors or flooring materials
SITTING ON PORCH. GOT UP QUICKLY FOOT ASLEEP AND FELL ONTO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
58 YO - DX: CONTUSION L SHIN - FELL OFF PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
FELL OFF PORCH ONTO SPRINKLER AVULSION ARM - LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM PORCH DX: RT SHIN HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 66 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
SLIP OFF PORCH DX: FX DISTAL FIBULA, SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 62 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
FIBULA FX-@ HOME-STEPPED OFF LEDGE OF PORCH-TWISTED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 56 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, Other toys
TRIPPED OVER TOY ON PORCH, L ANKLE PAIN DX: L FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 82 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
L LEG PAIN, FELL OFF PORCH DX: L TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 78 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
LOWER LEG CT-HIT LEG ON DECK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2005	Age: 73 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 TRIPPED&FELL ONTO HER PATIO, C/O B/L LEG PAIN. " MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/2005	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, Step stools
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL ON PORCH. DX CONT TO BREAST SPRIAN /STRAIN LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	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 CELLULITIS. PT TRIPPED ON A PORCH SCRAPING LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 70 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
FIBULA FX-@ HOME-TWISTED LEG WHILE STEPPING OFF DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 58 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STEPPED OFF PORCH AT SALON IN TOWN AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX: FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2005	Age: 74 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 WAS HELPING FAMILY MOVE AND TRIPPED AND FELL ON CONCRETE PATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 54 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 ONTO BRICK-LINED FLOWER BED. ACUTE CT/ECCHYMOSIS RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2005	Age: 81 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 SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE ON PORCH AND FRACTURED HER LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		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
SPRAIN R LWR LEG, PT SLIPPED, FELL THRU A PLATFORM IN THE TRAIN STATION , C/O SEVERE PAIN, SWELLING, NO DEFORMITY, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2005	Age: 85 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 ON PORCH AT HOME. DX; ABRASION OF SKIN ON LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 GOT LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN TRAIN AND PLATFORM CAUSING INJ DX:LOW LEG CONTUSION/ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2005	Age: 61 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Floors or flooring materials
TIBIA UPPER END FX-STEPPED OFF RAISED PLATFORM-FELL TO FLOOR-@ STORE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/16/2005	Age: 60 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FX FIBULA - SLIPPED AND FELL ON PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2005	Age: 73 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
LEG LAC, PT CUT LEG WHEN SLIPPING OFF A PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2005	Age: 73 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
STRUCK LOWER LEG ON DECK AT HOME. DX: HEMATOMA, CELLULITIS LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2005	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2005	Age: 92 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. HIT HER LEG ON A PORCH DX. CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 74 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
SLIPED ON ICY CEMENT PORCH AT HOME INJURING LOWER LEG. DX: FRACTUER LO WER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 63 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 LOWER LEFG STRAIN.PT FELL OFF A PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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