Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,193
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Date: 12/15/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
DX OBLIQUE FX DISTAL FIBULAR L ANK/NONDISPLACED FX POSTERIOR MEDIAL MALLELOUS: 73YOF OPENED HER GATE & STEP'D ONTO, SLIP'D, LANDED ON L ANK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 66 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: Fences or fence posts
ACC CUT LOWER LEG ON A WIRE FENCE, +BLD CTR'D >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 78 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: Fences or fence posts
TRIPPED OVER LITTLE FENCE LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	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: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
TRAUMA RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE CLOSING GATE FELL DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	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: Fences or fence posts
LOWER LEG FX. PT WAS PUSHED INTO A FENCE BY HORSES INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
CONTUS TO LEG, PT OPENED OWN GATE AT FARM, LEFT TRUCK RUNNING, PICK-UP KNOCKED PT OVER AND SHE WAS PINNED UNDER WHEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 61 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: Fences or fence posts
PT RAN RIGHT LOWER LEG INTO A BARBED WIRE FENCE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 64 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: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT GOLFING, WENT TO RETRIEVE BALL, TRIPPED OVER BARB WIRE FENCE, SUFFER ED PUNC WOUND & ABRAS TO LOWER LEGS DX: PUNCTURE WOUND & ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 71 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: Fences or fence posts
PT CAUGHT LEFT LOWER LEG IN A FENCE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT LACERATION OF RT LEG - CUT LEG ON FENCE WHILE TRYING JUMP OVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED OVER A FENCE AND CAUGHT LEG ON RUSTY NAIL AT HOME DX LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 72 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: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CUT SELF ON A BARB WIRED FENCE, LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CUT LOWER LEG ON A PIECE OF BARBED WIRE AT HOME. LACERATION DEVELOPE D INTO AN ULCER.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/14/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LOWER LEG LAC-TRIPPED-FELL-CUT ON WIRE FENCE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CUT LEG ON METAL GARDEN FENCE. DX: 6 CM L LOWER LEG LAC, R KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	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: Foreign Body
Product: Fences or fence posts, Wire
REMOVING AN OLD WIRE FENCE OF WHICH PIECE BROKE OFF INTO LEG WHILE TRYI NG TO ?STEADY THE FENCE>>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION-SUS LAC TO RT LOWER LEG WHEN SHE CUT IT ON A FE NCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
HTI R SHIN ON BOARD OF FENCE AT HOME HAS BEEN RED AND SORE W INCREASING PAIN DX CELLULTITIS R SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT FENCE FELL ON PTS LEG 3 DAYS AGO AT HOME AND HAS PAIN DX// LEFT LOWER LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	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: Fences or fence posts
PT FELL ON A GATE AT NEIGHBORS AND INJURED LEG DX/ RIGHT LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	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: Fences or fence posts
LLL PAIN, HIT ON GATE DX: LLL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 77 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: Fences or fence posts
R LOWER LEG LAC/77YOF BACKED INTO A WIRE FENCE SUSTAINING CUT TO R LOWE R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 67 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: Fences or fence posts
LOWER LEG CT-HIT A KICKET FENCE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON FENCE WHEN ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2009	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: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT HAD A METAL GATE FALL ON HER, C/O LT LEG PAIN. DX-LT LEG CONTUSION/ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2009	Age: 55 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: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS TRYING TO CLIMB OVER A FENCE AND CUT LT LEG-LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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