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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 509
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELT (R) CALF SNAP WHILE LIFTING A COUCH DX;* (R) LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 53 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A SOFA AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2009 | 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Microwave ovens |
| H/O ALZHEIMER, FELL OUT OF THE COUCH VS FELL WHILE DAUGHTER ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT HER FROM PUTTING METAL IN THE MICROWAVE>>SHIN HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT GETTING OFF COUCH WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF RIGHT LOWER LEG PAIN LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2009 | Age: 65 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FRACTURE TIBIA - 65 YO FEMALE SUSTAINED INJURY TO LEFT LOWER LEG WHEN S HE FELL OFF THE COUCH SHE WAS SLEEPING ON - ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| RT TIBIA FX.PT WAS STANDING ON A COUCH AND FELL OFF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING ON COUCH AND TWISTED ANKLE. DX: R DISTAL TIB/FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2009 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL GETTING UP OFF OF COUCH. DX: R DISTAL TIBIA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 84 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: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Tables |
| PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, WAS GETTING OFF THE COUCH, HIT LEG ON A TABLE DX LT SHIN LACERATION AND HEMATOMA, PNEUMONIA, PLEURAL EFFUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/22/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 60 YOF FELL GETTING OFF COUCH AND INJURED ANKLE FRACTURED TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 69 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| STRUCK LOWER LEG WHILE MOVING THE SOFA VERSUS STRUCK LEG ON THE SOFA >>ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2009 | Age: 90 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| 90YOM WAS HOME SLIPPED OFF THE COUCH,STRUCK FLOOR INJURED LOWER LEGS;FALL,CONTUSION-LEGS,AMBULATORY DYSFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2009 | Age: 85 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| BROUGHT IN BY HUSBAND WHO STATES PT HAS BEEN ON THE COUCH FOR 3 YEARS, NOTICED THE GRADUAL ONSET OF HER LOWER LEG SWELLING&REDNESS>>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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