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Accidents - Grocery or shopping carts - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,287
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Date: 12/24/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
FELL FROM GROCERY CART;DX CONTUSED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
SHOPPING CART AT *** FELL ON PATIENT'S LEG, SWELLING/BRUISING, REFUSING TO WALK; TIBIA/FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
FELL FROM SHOPPING CART;DX CONTUSED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2008Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
MOTHER STATES PT GOT HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT IN THE CART AT *** AND IT WAS BENT BACKWARDS DX CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
DAD WAS PUSHING PT IN SHOPPING CART IN A STORE. PTS LEGS HANGING OVER S IDE. ACCID STRUCK ANOTHER CART. PT CUT R SHIN ON CART. DX R LOW LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT FELL OUT OF SHOPPING CART WHICH WAS HIT BY MOTORCYCLE IN PARKING LOT DX: R LEG CONT, R FOOT CONT, L ELBOW ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN STRUCK WITH A GROCERY CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT PRESENTS W/C/O POSTERIOR LLE PAIN S/P BEING HIT IN LEG BY A CHILD W/ A SHOPPING CART AT FOOD LION ON SUNDAY. DX. CONT L LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
85 YOF WAS HIT IN BACK OF LEG BY GROCERY CART WHILE SHOPPING LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT DX CONTUSION OF LT LOWER LEG - S/P BIBEMS AFTER FALLING,TRIPPED OVER SHOPPING CART IN THE STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
TRAUMA LT.LOWER LEG.PT.REFERS IN THE HITTING LEG WITH GR0CERY CART,WHIL E IN THE SUPERMARKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT DX CONTUSION OF LEG - S/P TRAUMA W/A SHOPPING CART A WEEK AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
CONTUSION/HEMATOMA R LOWER LEG LEG HIT BY SHOPPING CART LOC UNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT TIPPED OVER SHOPPING CART , ABRASIONS TO BOTH SHINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
SHOPPING CART FELL ON HIM DX: CRUSH INJURY TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
FELL OVER SHOPPING CART WHEN LEG CAUGHT ON PIN OF IT LAC SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT C/O LEG PAIN AFTER A CART WAS PUSHED INTO HIS LEFT LEG DX CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT AT *** IN A SHOPPING CART AND THE CART KNOCKED OVER SUSTAINED A CONT USION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT C/O LEG PAIN AFTER A GROCERY CART FELL ON HIS LEG DX LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/04/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
DX LAC LLE/INSECT STING, R BREAST: HIT IN THE BACK ON LEG WI SHOPPING CART, VERTICAL SKIN FLIP LAC W CONTU.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts, Tablet or capsule drugs
SHOPPING CART FELL ON LEG, PT ON *** DX: SEVERE DEGLOVING OF RT LEG, * ** TX FOR A-FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/25/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT DX CONTUSION/SP SPRAIN OF RT LEG - S/P PT FELL OVER SHOPPING CART ON STREET X6 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
MOM TAKING PT OUT OF SHOPPING CART AT THE MALL. DX LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT STRUCK ON LEG BY GROCERY CART AT GROCERY STORE. D: LEG CONTUSION, UN SPECIFIED PSYCH DISORDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
5 YO F CONTUSION/ABRASION TO LOWER LEG CHIPPED UPPER TEETH RAN INTO SHOPPING CART AT GORCERY STORE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
51 YO FEMALE INJURED LEG LAST WEEK ON SHOPPING CART CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
46 YOF SLIPPED IN GROCERY STORE AND HIT RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST A SHOPP ING CART SUSTAINING A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PTS MOM STATES CHILD GOT LEG STUCK IN SHOPPING CART DX RT LOWER LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
BUMPED LEG ON SHOPPPING CART DX: LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
LOWER LEG LAC-CART HIT LEG-@ A STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
LOWER LEG HEMATOMA-HIT LEG W/A SHOPPING CART-@ STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT WAS AT A STORE AND WAS RUN INTO WITH A SHOPPING CART ON THE LOWER LE G ABRASION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2008Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF SHOPPING CART WHEN BROTHER PULLED CART OVER AND DID A WHEELIE ; CART FELL OVER ONTO PTS LEG. D; L TIB/FIB FRACTUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2008Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Grocery or shopping carts, Floors or flooring materials
CART FELL AND PT WAS PINNED BETWEEN IT AND FLOOR. DX FX R LEG#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
PT DX CONTUSION OF LT LEG - S/P DIRECT BLOW,PT HIT A SHOPPING CART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Grocery or shopping carts
FELL OFF GROCERY CART;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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