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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,267
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 59 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT AT HOME FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN PORCH/ DX ACUTE FEMUR CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2008 | Age: 42 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 |
| TRIPPED ON PORCH AT HOME. DX THIGH CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 34 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 |
| 34 Y/O STEPPED THRU A BROKEN PORCH LAST NIGHT, C/O THIGH PAIN. DX-CONTUSION THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 67 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 |
| SLIPPED ON ICY PORCH/ LT FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 50 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 |
| BIL THIGH STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN FALLING FROM 2ND FLOOR BALCONY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 91 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 |
| SLIPPED ON PORCH AT HOME. DX FEMUR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 39 Y/O SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE PORCH AT HOME LANDED ON ROCKS, C/O THIGH AND WRIST PAIN. DX-STRAIN RIGHT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| 28 Y/O FELL THRU HOLE IN PORCH AT HOME. STRAIN THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 65 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 |
| 65 Y/O F INJURED L THIGH WHEN FELL THRU WOODEN DECK AT HOME. DX; L THIGH CONTUSIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 27 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 CONTUSION OF LT THIGH/KNEE - S/P FALL IN SUBWAY PLATFORM YESTER- DAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| RT HAMSTRING STRAIN: SLIPPED ON WET WOODEN DECK THIS MORNING, PAIN HAMSTRING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| THIGH CT-FELL THROUGH A PORCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2008 | Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FOOT BROKE THRU WOOD DECKING OF THE HOUSE&THIGH BECAME WEDGED IN THE HO LE>>CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 37 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 |
| RIGHT THUGH CONT/STR. PT SLIPPED ON PORCH WHEN LETTING DOG OUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | 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, Book bags or back carriers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER BOOKBAG AND FELL OFF PORCH DX: FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 20 months | 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 |
| LAC TO UPPER THIGH, PT WAS AT HOME AND FELL OFF OF PORCH, CUTTING LEG ON GLASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 10 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL 2-3 FEET OFF DECK, LEG CAUGHT IN SLATS OF PORCH AT HOME, T WISTED LEG; FEMUR FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 74 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: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 74 YO LOST BALANCE FELL ON PATIO INJURED LEG FX FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 20 months | 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 |
| CHILD WAS PLAYING ON DECK & GOT LEG STUCK BETWEEN 2 VERTICAL DECK POSTS DX: STRAINED RIGHT UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 59 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 |
| PT WALKING ACROSS HER WET DECK WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL DX; HAMSTRING STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 27 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 |
| LEFT THIGH STRAIN.PT JUMPED OFF A PORCH AND INJURED THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 38 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 |
| RIGHT THIGH CONT. PT SLIPPED ON A DECK INJURING LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 5 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT ENCOURAGED BY OLDER FRIEND TO JUMP OFF OF A 3RD STORY BALCONY. MOM U NABLE TO CATCH PT BEFORE FALLING. HIT FACE AND LEG. LOC. DX L FEMUR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 72 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: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL PORCH/ FX LEG |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 88 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, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF PORCH STEPS AT HOME WHEN HE STRAINED HIS THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 26 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: 05/12/2008 | Age: 77 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 |
| SPRAIN LT.THIGH.PT.REFERS WHILE BENDING TO PICK ROCK IN THE PATIO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 55 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 |
| PT SLIPPED ON DECK AND FELL. DX: R HAMSTRING STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 19 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Alcohol |
| PT FELL FROM 4TH FLOOR BALCONY LANDING ON GROUND +ETOH PT IS ADMITTED W ITH FEMUR FX AND BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO HEAD AND CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 4 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, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT FELL FROM PORCH, LANDED IN SHRUBS - CUT TO THIGH AREA. D: LACERATI ON UPPER THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 25 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: Laceration |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| ACCIDNETALLY SCRAPPED THIGH ONTO A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT OF FRONT PORCH >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| PATIENT SLIPPED ON PORCH AT HOME. LEFT UPPER LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 92 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 |
| FEMUR FX-FELL OFF FRONT PORCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 31 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, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL OFF STEPS OF PORCH WHILE CARRYING WOOD. DX. CONTUSION THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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