Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - Year 2006 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,699
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	85
6-15 years old:	176
16-25 years old:	273
26-50 years old:	560
50+ years old:	602

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 35 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL THRU DECK INJ THIGH "CONTS/ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF BACK PORCH @ HOME DX R FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH LT FEMUR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON PORCH. DX: R KNEE CONT, R FEMORAL CONDYLE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING ON HIS LANAI USING CRUTCHES AND FELL LANDING ONTO LEFT KNEE FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL 20 FT FROM BALCONY. DX: L FEMUR FX, L LAT MALLEOLUS FX, 3RD TRIM PREG, ATE 2ND ETOH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
68 Y/O F WITH SPLINTER IN L UPPER LEG WHEN BACKED INTO WOODEN DECK AT H OME. DX; FOREIGN BODY REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT DX MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS (THIGH,LOWER BACK/BUTTOCK) - S/P PT SLIPPED/FELL ON SUBWAY PLATFORM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH/FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT C/O LEG/HIP PAIN. PT WAS STEPPING OFF PORCH AND SLIPPED. DX LFT HAMS TRING STRAIN HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 21 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SPRAINED A THIGH BY STEPPING OFF A DECK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Medical equipment, general
PT SLIPPED OFF PORCH AND PT CUT LEG METAL BRACE. D: LACERATION RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON DECK. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX, IATROGENIC COAGULOPATHY, HX A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM FRONT PORCH; FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON WET DECK AND CUT THIGH DX// LAC RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 42 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Insect induced injuries
ON THE DECK, NOTICE A BUMP ON THE THIGH,SWOLLEN&RED. " INSECT BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH @ HOME DX FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT THIGH CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. STUMBLED ON DECK AND BENT UNDER HER DURING FALL. DX. FX L PROX. FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL THROUGH PORCH AND IS C/O PN TO LT THIGH AND LT LEG DX: CONTUSON TO LEFT THIGH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT CUT LEG ON DECK THEN FELL OFF DX: L THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.THIGH.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN ,WHILE CLEANING PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET DECK; COCCYX CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Plants, trees and shrubs
FELL OFF 2ND STORY PATIO X 2 DX: SPRAIN FOOT, FB REMOVAL THIGH (ROSE TH ORN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 10 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Swimming pools
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON DECK WHILE COMING OUT OF POOL CONTUSION RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SLIPPED ON DECK AND CUT WITH NAIL. DX-3 CM L THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 48 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Other drugs or medications
PT WITH LEG/SHOULDER PAIN AFTER FALL ON FRONT PORCH. HAD SEIZURE. TESTS POSITIVE FOR OPIATES. INTENT UNSTATED. D: LEG PAIN, NARCOTIC OVERDOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT.FELL OFF A LOADING DOCK AND FRACTURED HIS FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
FEMUR FX-MISSED A STEP ON DECK-FELL-@ DAUGHTER'S HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH AND SCRAPED RT THIGH C/OP AIN RT THIGH CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RAN OUT OF HOUSE TO HELP NEIGHBOR AND FELL OFF DECK STRAINING THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LARGE ANTS BIT LT THIGH WHILE SITTING ON PORCH CELLULITIS LT THIG H
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
INJURED UPPER LEFT THIGH A FEW WEEKS AGO, FELL OFF PORCH TODAY, RE-INJURING THIGH DX: THIGH SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
21 YOM WITH AMPUTATED LEG ATTEMPTED TO STEP FORWARD AT HOME & FELL STRI KING LEG STUMP ON CONCRETE PATIO #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 64 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA RT.THIGH.PT.REFERS SLIP FALLING DOWN IN BALCONY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON WET PORCH AND FELL. DX: L DISTAL FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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