Accidents - Poles - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,577
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	122
Year 1999:	66
Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	33
Year 2002:	181
Year 2003:	118
Year 2004:	29
Year 2005:	197
Year 2006:	159
Year 2007:	170
Year 2008:	155
Year 2009:	216
Year 2010:	87

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 70 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: Laceration
Product: Poles
70YOF, STRUCK LT SHIN ON EDGE OF CONCRETE POLE VS ROCK WALL >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 70 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: Poles
70YOM WAS AT HOME, RAN INTO A POLE CAUSING A 8CM LWR LEG LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT HIT LEG ON METAL POST, DX: LAC TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 80 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: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT FELL OFF DOCK AND HIT LEG ON A METAL POLE TODAY DX/ LEFT SHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
LOWER LEG LAC-FELL ON A POLE IN THE YARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 72 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: Laceration
Product: Poles
TRIPPED ON A CONCRETE POLE, ?MECH, VS SUSTAINED A FALL FROM FTH, ?MECH CUTTING LOWER LEG>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles, Wheelchairs
76 YOM RAN INTO METAL POLE WITH WHEELCHAIR AT CASINO LACERATION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
79 YOF TRUCK HIT POLE AND POLE FELL ON LEG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT SCRAPED LEG ON STEEL POLE DX: LAC LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
RIGHT LOWER LEG LAC, PT WALKED INTO A POST IN YARD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	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: Poles
PT DX LT LEG ABRASION - S/P OF PAIN AFTER PT WALKED INTO A POLE 6 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
52 YOF HIT RIGHT SHIN ON METAL POLE AT KFC CONTUSION SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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: Poles
WALKED INTO THREE RAISED METAL POLES ABRADING CALF AND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	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: Poles
PT TRIPPED AND HIT LEG ON A POLE AT HOME DX: LACERATION RIGHT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
CUT RIGHT CALF ON A METAL POLE WHILE PULLING WEEDS LAC RT CALF *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 70 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: Poles
HIT LEG ON POLE/LOWER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	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: Poles
PT TRIPPED OVER A POLE AT A GARAGE SALE STATES LEG PAIN LT LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 60 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: Poles
60 YO MALE BANGED KNEE ON POLE FRACTURE TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Poles
BUMPED RIGHT SHIN ON POLE. DX: 4 CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 85 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: Laceration
Product: Poles
CUT L.LEG ON A METAL ?POLE " LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 91 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: Hematoma
Product: Poles
WALKING OUTSIDE HER HOME, TRIPPED OVER A POLE AND FELL ONTO CEMENT SIDE WALK, DX:HEMATOMA TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT WAS WALKING IN THE BACKYARD AT HOME AND STRUCK HIS LOWER LEG AGAINST THE POLE FOR THE CABLE HOOKUP LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Poles, Snow skiing
PT HIT LEG ON POLE WHILE SKIING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
81 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL AND CUT LEFT TIBIA ON METAL POLE YESTERDAY ABRASION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
WORKING IN HER YARD AND HIT SHIN ON A METAL POLE LACERATION AND CONTUSI ON LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 81 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: Poles
PT TRIPPED OVER A METAL POLE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
75 Y/O FEMALE TRIPPED OVER A POLE AT AN UNSPECIFIED LOCATION CONTUSING HER LEFT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 56 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: Poles
PT SLIPPED ON ICE&HIT LOWER LEG ON POLE SUSTAINED " LOWER LEG CONTUSION''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2005	Age: 54 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: Poles
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN STRUCK BY A POLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT CUT SHIN ON DIRT POLE AT DUMP. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 79 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: Poles
79 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL AT CASINO - HIT LEG ON POLE AND POLE FELL CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
59 YO M HIT LEG AGAINST POLE LAC LEG,KNEE,& ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
PT TRIPPED OVER POLE FELL INJURING LOWER LEG, BADLU BRUISED DX: LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 57 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: Poles
GOT LOWER LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR DOOR AND POST DX CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 64 YOF LACERATED RIGHT CALF ON A METAL POLE OUTS IDE OF HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
LACERATED LOWER LEG WALKING PAST CONCRETE POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 74 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: Laceration
Product: Poles
PT FELL ON A METAL POLE, LACERATED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 68 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: Poles
PT HIT CALF ON POLE C/O PAIN DX; CONTUSION CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Poles
94 Y/O F INJURED L LOWER LEG WHEN STEPPED AGAINST IRON POST DOWN TOWN. DX; LAC L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2001	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Poles, Decorative yard equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2001	Age: 62 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: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2000	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2000	Age: 52 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: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/1999	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/1998	Age: 65 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: Poles
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/1998	Age: 77 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: Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/1998	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: Poles, Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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