Accidents - Skateboards - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,089
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	57
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	94
Year 2001:	111
Year 2002:	294
Year 2004:	270
Year 2005:	218
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	182
Year 2008:	191
Year 2009:	221
Year 2010:	380

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/28/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
18 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER A FALL FROM SKATEBOARD INJURING LEG AREA- DX - FRACTURE UPPER LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards
18YOM FELL OFF SKATEBOARD PUNCTURING HIS SKIN WITH GLASS PARTICLES ON THE GROUND C/O THIGH PAIN DX: THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards, Doorsills or frames
24 YOM SLID INTO DOORWAY WHILE SKATEBOARDING. DX: L THIGH CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
23YOM FELL FROM SKATEBOARD DX: CONTUSION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
16 YO M FELL FROM SKATEBOARD ONTO UPPER LEG DX: FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
21YOM WITIH CONTUSION TO THIGH FROM FALL FROM SKATEBOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards, Pipes
22YOM SKATEBOARDER SKATING ON HALF PIPE HAD FALLEN & STRUCK HIS RIGHT THIGH ON EDGE OF RAMP DX: FEMUR FX,RAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/04/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
24 YOM WAS SKATEBOARDING RAN INTO AUTO FELL OVER HOOD AND OVER TO OTHER SIDE INJURING HIS LEG- DX- FRACTURE UPPER RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
16YOM HIT A PARKED CAR WHILE ON A SKATEBOARD C/O LT UPPER CHEST& LT UPP ER THIGH PAIN. DX - LT THIGH & HAND ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
19 YO M, HX OF PARAPLEGIA & LOWER EXTREMITY PARALYSIS, SAT DOWN CROSSIN G LEGS ON A SKATEBOARD. HEARD A POP. DX:MIDSHAFT FEMUR FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL WHILE SKATEBOARDING. DX: LARGE 20 X 20 CM ABR R UPPER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards, Fences or fence posts
PT DX RT THIGH LACERATION - S/P PT WAS SKATEBOARDING AND FELL ON METAL GATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Skateboards
PT STATES WAS RIDING HIS SKATEBOARD BY THE SKATE PARK WHEN A PIT BULL D OG BIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RIGHT THIGH DX RIGHT THIGH PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
22 YOM FELL OFF SKATEBOARD RIGHT THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
DX HAMSTRING MUSCLE STRAIN: THIS MORN'G DO'G STUNT ON SKATEBOARD, MISSED AND HAD ACUTE PAIN POSTERIOR, R THIGH NEAR BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Skateboards
CARRYING SKATEBOARD WITH 2 FRIENDS CROSSING STREET HIT BY CAR AT LOW SP EED, DX: UPPER LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
PT SLIPPED ON A SKATEBOARD YESTERDAY. WAITED 24 HOURS TO COME TO ER TO HAVE LEG EVALUATED. D: FEMUR FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards, Motor vehicles or parts
DEEP THIGH LACS, STATES RIDING SKATEBOARD BEHIND TRUCK, FELL IN GLASS F OR FRATERNITY INITIATION, THEN STATES SELF INFLICTED FOR COLLEGE HAZING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards, Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL EARLIER WHILE SKATEBOARDING ON A RAIL---(L) THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Skateboards, Animal induced injury
PT ON SKATEBOARD TWO DAYS AGO WHEN ATTACKED BY DOG. FELL TO GROUND AND BITTEN ON THIGH. PUNCTURE WOUNDS. D:DOG BITE, LOWER BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
DX LEG CONTU: INJ LEG AFTER FALL OFF "SHREAD SHOP SKATEBOARD) WHILE SKATEBOARDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards, Bicycles or accessories
PT W/ABRASIONS TO THIGH/BACK FROM SKATING/BIKING WHILE AT SKATEBOARD PA RK, ALSO VOMITING X2DAYS;THIGH/BACK ABRASIONS,EXERTION INDUCED VOMITING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL OFF SKATEBOARD CONTUSION UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards, Plants, trees and shrubs
WAS SKATEBOARDING AND FELL INTO BUSHES HAS LACERATION TO UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
SKATEBOARDING & DID A SPLIT DX: THIGH STRAIN TRAUMATIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL OFF SKATEBOARD INJURING LEG DX:FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL SKATEBOARDING 10 DAYS AGO. DX: ABR R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL OFF OF A SKATEBOARD AND INJURED UPPER LEG. DX UPPER LEG CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
PT PULLED HAMSTRING WHILE SKATEBOARDING MUSCLE PULL LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL SKATEBOARDING ANDINJURED UPPER LEG. DX UPPER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL SKATEBOARDING AND TWISTED LEG. DX: R FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL ON SKATEBOARD INJURED UPPER LEG DX:UPPER LEG ABRASIONS/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL 6-10 FT WHILE SKATEBOARDING ON HALF PIPE. DX: L FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Skateboards
HIT BY CAR WHILE SKATEBOARDING LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
SKATEBOARDING, FELL LANDING ON L HIP DX: CONTUSION L THIGH (DESCRIBED A S LANDING ON HIP, ACTUAL DX IS THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
PT FELLON LEFT THIGH WHILE SKATEBOARDING C/O PAIN LEFT THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
LOST CONTROL OF SKATEBOARD JUMPED OFF INJURED LEG DX: FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
PT FELL WHL SKATEBOARDING, DX LT FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
WHILE SKATEBOARDING FELL DX: CONTUSION RT. THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Skateboards
RIDES A SKATEBOARD, FREQ. FALLS ON RT. HIP.DX. TRAUMATIC RT. GREATER TR OCHANTER BURSITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Skateboards
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK AND LEG PAIN WITH SKATEBOARDING 2 WEEKS AGO, PAIN RADIATING DOWN R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
C/O (R) HIP PAIN 3 WKS. AMBULATORY W/DIFF. HURT IT WHILE SKATEBOARDING. DX: (R) HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
INJURY TO LEFT LEG, FELL ONTO LEFT LEG OFF OF SKATEBOARD. D: FALL / R IGHT THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
PAIN RT INNER THIGH LEG PULLED BACKWARDS WHILE ON SKATEBOARD YEST DX: M USCLE STRAIN RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
20 YO M SKATEBOARDING FEL INJURING THIGHCONTUSION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
FELL SKATEBOARDING CONTUSION LEFT LEG/THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
JUMPED OFF SKATEBOARD TO AVOID CARDX: THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
FELL OFF SKATEBOARD. DX: FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION TO FIBULA. PATIENT AD MITTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/1998	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Skateboards, Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/1998	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/1998	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Skateboards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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