Accidents - Clothing - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,786
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	67
Year 1998:	56
Year 1999:	76
Year 2000:	99
Year 2001:	239
Year 2002:	219
Year 2003:	57
Year 2004:	162
Year 2005:	117
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	214
Year 2008:	28
Year 2009:	151
Year 2010:	266

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	171
6-15 years old:	121
16-25 years old:	64
26-50 years old:	412
50+ years old:	1,018

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 57 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: Clothing, Stairs or steps
57 YOF FRACTURED RT. TIBIA- REPORTS SLIPPED & FELL DOWN BASEMENT STEPS WHILE CARRYING LAUNDRY AT HOME, LANDING ON RT. KNEE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothing
61 Y/O/F SLIPPED ON CLOTHING AT HOME AND INJURED LEG DX/ RT LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2010	Age: 3 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing
3YOM MOM PUT ON BRAND NEW CLOTHING AND CHILD BROKE OUT IN A RASH AFTER PUTTING THEM ON CONTACT DERMATITIS TO LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2010	Age: 19 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing, Laundry soaps or detergents
DX RASH: 19YOM NEW LAUNDRY DETERGENT USED ON SHIRT & SOCKS HE WORE YTDY. RASH SINCE ON R UPPER ARM & L ARM & R CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2010	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothing, Baby walkers or jumpers
10MOHF MOM WAS GETTING CLOTHES OUT OF CLOSET & BABY WAS BEHIND HER IN WALKER, SHE FELL ONTO BABY & BABY FELL UNDER WALKER. DX. CONT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2010	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing
HOMELESS 39 YR OLD MALE SMOKING CIGARETTE WHICH DROPPED INTO HIS SOCK A ND CLOTHES STARTED BURNING CALF,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 64 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: Clothing
FIBULA FX-BENT OVER TO P/U CLOTHES-LOST BALANCE-FELL-TWISTED LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 77 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Clothing
REPORTS HIS VARICOSE VEINS ON THE LOWER LEG RUPTURED WHILE GETTING UNDR ESSED>>BLEEDING VARICOSE VEINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED ON PILE OF CLOTHES ON FLOOR;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 25 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing, Beds or bedframes
DX SCABIES/MED REFILL: 3WK H/O PROGESSIVELY WORSEN'G-PURITIC RASH ON LEGS. SPEND A LOT OF TIME WEAR'G FRIEND'S CLOTHING & SLEEP'G EA BEDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT WAS HANGING OUT CLOTHES AND FOLDING CLOTHES AND SAW A SPIDER INSECT BITE LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing
SLIP & FALL WHILE TAKING CARE OF HER MOM, LAC TO LEGS THRU CLOTHES DX :LEG LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing
PATIENT WORE NEW CLOTHES THAT HAD NOT BEEN WASHED, DEVELOPED RASH ON LE GS, FACE; RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 25 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: Other
Product: Clothing, Exercise
DX C/O R LEG PAIN X 1WK. HAS BEEN RUN'G MORE IN THE LAST WK INC SWELL'G & PAIN AFTER COOL'G DOWN. ALSO TRIP & FALL OVER LAUNDRY YTDY PN W FLEXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing
BURNED BY FRESHLY IRONED CLOTHES. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Clothing
RASH TO LEGS, RASH APPEARS TO BE SENSITIVITY TO NEW CLOTHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothing
72YFC TWISTED LOWER LEG WHILE CARRYING LAUNDRY/STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 80 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: Clothing, Laundry baskets
80YOF WAS AT HOME MOVING A BASKET OF LAUNDRY,LOST BALANCE FELL, HITTING LOWER LEG;LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing, Stairs or steps
79YOF AT HOME CARRING CLOTHS DOWN STEPS,SLIPPED LANDED ON BUTTOCKS, WITH LEFT FOOT/ANKLE UNDERNEATH HER;SPIRIL FRACTURE DISTAL LEFT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 5 months	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: Other
Product: Clothing
WHILE DRESSING CHILD, MOM PULLED PTS LEG, PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 87 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: Clothing
FELL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HANG CLOTHES IN THE CLOSET, INJ L.LEG " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 86 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: Clothing, Washing machines
STATES WAS PUTTING CLOTHES IN WASHER AND DRYER AND WHILE STANDING UP TF WISTED AND FELT PAIN TO LOWER LEG. DX. FX L TIB/FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2005	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: Clothing, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER CLOTHES IN FLOOR, HURT LEG DX R TIB / FIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing
BURNING LEAVES CLOTHING STUCK TO SKIN 2ND DEGREE BURNS LOWER LEGS FIRE DEPT NOT ON SCENE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 42 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: Clothing
PT, WHO HAD CAST PLACED ON LEG 2 DAYS AGO FOR ANKLE/FIBULA FX, FELT POP & PAIN IN LEG WHEN REACHING FOR FOR CLOTHING. D:FIBULAR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	Age: 28 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: Clothing, Stairs or steps
PATIENT WAS CARRYING A LOAD OF CLOTHES DOWNSTAIRS AND TRIPPED AND FELL. DX-CONTUSIONS, ABRASIONS LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
PT GETTING DRESSED AT HOME STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AND A VEIN STARTED TO BLEED BLEEDING VARICOSITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 48 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: Clothing
LOWER LEG EXT CONT. PT FELL WHEN FOLDING CLOTHES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Clothing, Weight lifting
PT TRIPPED OVER CLOTHES AND FELL ON SON'S WEIGHTS YESTERDAY. DX: L LEG PW/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 8 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: Clothing, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED IN 2ND FLOOR CLOSET WHILE LOOKING FOR CLOTH ING, CLIMBED INTO ATTIC, KICKED OUT VENT, JUMPED 25' TO GROUND; TIBIA F
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT SLIPPED ON CLOTHING ON FLOOR AT HOME YESTERDAY, FELL ON CARPET, SEEN AT URGENT CARE, SENT TO ED; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 77 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: Clothing
PATIENT WAS FOLDING CLOTHES AND FELL AT HOME. DX-RIGHT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Clothing
PT COMPLAINT OF CALF PAIN STANDING FOLDING CLOTHES, ACUTE L CALF STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 62 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: Clothing
FELL PUTTING ON CLOTHES AT NH DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing, Beds
PARENTS DOING LAUNDRY ON BED WHERE PATIENT WAS LAYING, DAD SAT ON PATIE NT'S LEG YESTERDAY, NOT BEARING WEIGHT ON LEG; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 55 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: Clothing
SLID ON CLOTHES TWISTING KNEE FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothing, Martial arts
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION-STATES REACHED INTO BOYFRIEND'S POCKET & A CHINESE FIGHTING STAR FELL OUT CUTTING PT'S RT LOWER LEG.HAS 1"LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2001	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2001	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: Laceration
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2001	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Clothing, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2001	Age: 15 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: Laceration
Product: Clothing, Bicycles or accessories
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2001	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/12/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing, Welding equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2000	Age: 56 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: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2000	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2000	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2000	Age: 3 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: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Clothing, Fuel oils
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/1999	Age: 69 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: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/1998	Age: 27 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: Other
Product: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/1998	Age: 72 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: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/1997	Age: 56 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: Clothing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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