Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,323
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Date: 12/23/2009	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
PT SLIPPED ON DECK. DX: L FIBULA FX, L TALUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	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
66YOM LACERATION TO CALF TRIPPED AND FELL ON CONCRETE PORCH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2009	Age: 65 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX CONTU LOWER LEG/ABRASION LEG: 65YOF FELL THRU UNSTABLE DECK; LEG W THRU DECK BOARD. ECCYMOSIS & SWELL'G TO LL LEG & BRUIS'G PRETIBIAL REGN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2009	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, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
RT FIBULA FX.PT TRIPPED OVER A HOSE ON PORCH AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	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
WALKING ON HER SONS DECK, SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON KNEES DX- R FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 60 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
60 YO FEMALE, TRIPPED AND FELL OFF PORCH. DX FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 58 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
58 YOF, SLIPPED ON PORCH, FRACTURE LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 72 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
72 YOF, HIT LEG ON CONCRETE PORCH, LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 64 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 electric lighting equipment
STEPPED OFF PORCH AT HOME FELL IN HOLE PUTTING HALLOWEEN LIGHT UP. DX-FX LEFT DISTAL FIBULA, FX METATARSAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 92 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
92 Y/O SLIPPED ON HIS PATIO AT HOME AND TWISTED ANKLE. DX-FX LEFT TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STEPPING UP TO PLATFORM AND FELL SPRAINING CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2009	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
FELL ON PORCH AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	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 HER WOODEN STEPS FROM HER DECK AND INJURED HER LT ANKLE. DX: FRACTURE TO LEFT FIBULA*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		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 OF A PLATFORM IN HER BARN. DX: R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2009	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
FELL THREE FEET OFF HIS DECK AND FX FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 59 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: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CAT BITE;P.W. R LEG/59YOM WAS CHASED BY STRAY CAT ONTO HIS PORCH. CAT DROOLING & AGGRESIVE AND BIT THE BACK OF HS R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	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 FELL THROUGH ROTTEN DECK. DX: L LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 51 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 WALKING BACKWARDS & FELL OFF HIS BACK PORCH ( 1-2 FEET HIGH ). TIBI AL PLATEU FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 71 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 ON DECK AT HOME. DX LOWER LEG ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 66 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
SLIPPED AND FELL ON PORCH. DX. FX. FIBULA, BACK SPRAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 72 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 LOWER LEG CONT. PT FELL ON DECK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	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
FX TIB, PT FELL FROM THE PORCH AT HER HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 59 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
FELL THRU ROTTED DECK AND CONTUSED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 58 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 ON PORCH AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	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
DX CELLULITIS, LEG, MECH FALL: MECH FALL 2D AGO ON HIS DECK. HE HIT R SHIN ON A BOARD, SUSTAINED ABRASION TO RLE, SWELL'G&ERYTHEMA ANK/FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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, Wheelchairs
PT FELL ON PLATFORM WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR, FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	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
PT FELL OFF OF PORCH; C/O LEG PAIN AND DISCOLORING DX: CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	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
PT STEPPED OFF OF PORCH AND ROLLED ANKLE. DX: L DISTAL FIB FX, L FIFTH METATARSAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 80 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
LOWER LEG LAC-HIT LEG ON EDGE OF PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	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
PT FELL OFF PORCH AND LANDED ON KNEE AT HOME DX: FRACTURED RIGHT TIBIA AND FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 71 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 ON PORCH, LLL PAIN DX: FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	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 THE PORCH; INJURED LEFT LOWER LEG. HEMATOMA, LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 72 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 THE FRONT PORCH AND INJURED HER LEFT LOWER LEG. DX: FX LEFT TIBIA/FIBULA*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 61 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
SLIPPED BETWEEN JOINTS WORKING ON DECK HEMATOMA CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 61 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 WITH FRACTURE TO TIBIA AFTER FALLING OFF OF PORCH. DX FRACTURE TO TI BIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
55 YOF BUMPED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON DECK FRIDAY AND NOW SWELLING FROM CALF TO ANKLE, DX: THROMBOPHLEBITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 68 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
68 Y/O F INJURED LOWER R LEG WHEN STRUCK DECK DX: LACERATION LOWER R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 52 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 OFF A PORCH TWO DAYS AGO NOW LOWER LEG IS SWOLLEN HEMATOMA LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 62 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 WITH CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG, FELL ON HIS DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 54 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.LOWERLEG.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN IN PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 67 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 THROUGH PORCH. DX; 6 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 78 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
78YOF WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE ACCIDENTLY SLIPPED AND FELL ON A SMALL PORCH,FELL INJURING FIBULA;FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2009	Age: 52 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
R LOWER LEG CONT/52YOF FROM GROUP HOME WAS STANDING ON PORCH ABOUT 30 M IN AGO AND FELL AND BUMPED R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 61 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 FELL OFF OF A DECK AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX: RIGHT DISTAL TIBULA AND FIBULAR MALLEOLAR FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2009	Age: 66 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, Stairs or steps
PT RUNNING OUT TO THE PATIO TO GET THE BARB QUE AND FELL OFF A FOUR INC H STEP AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	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 RECEIVED ABRASION TO LOWER LEG WHEN FELL AND SCRAPED LEG ON PORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 81 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 W/ 4 INCH C-SHAPED LAC TO FRONT OF R LEG FROM WOODEN PORCH LEG. DX. LAC R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2009	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
68YOF SLIPPED ON HIS DECK,FALLING INJURED LOWER LEG; TIBIA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 70 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
SLIPPED ON SOME ICE ON THE BACK PORCH FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 76 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 FX.PT FELL ON AN ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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