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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,089
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| LEFT LEG CONT. PT HIT LEG ON A METAL POLE IN YARD., |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SLIDING DOWN STEEP SLOPE ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND FEET STRUCK POLES. D: TIB/FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles, Volleyball |
| FX L FIBULA; HIT LEG ON POLE/STANDARD WHILE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT RAN INTO METAL POLE PROTRUDING FROM GROUND AT SCHOOL DX: LAC SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT FELL ON THE SIDEWALK AND HIT HER LEG ON A POLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles, Sports and recreational activity |
| RAN INTO A POLE IN GYM CLASS DX: R LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SUSTAINED LOWER LEG FRACTURE - POLE FELL ON LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| 30 YO MALE CUT LEFT LOWER LEG ON FLAG POLE LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT C/O CUT ON LEG. PT CUT LEG ON METAL POLE. DX LAC RT LEG LOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| PT RAN INTO STEEL POLE AT SCHOOL. DX: R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX, R ARM LAC 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| LAC TO LLL, CUT ON POLE AT HOME DX: 5 CM LLL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT FELL INTO BROKEN METAL POLE X 2 DAYS AGO CUTTING LT LEG, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| CUT LOWER LEG ON POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 81 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL AND CUT LEFT TIBIA ON METAL POLE YESTERDAY ABRASION LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| WORKING IN HER YARD AND HIT SHIN ON A METAL POLE LACERATION AND CONTUSI ON LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG HIT ON POLE AT *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles, Basketball |
| PT ACCD PUSHED FROM BEHIND WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL FALLING INTO POLE S CRAPING RT LEG//KNEE, CONTUSION/ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A METAL POLE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PLAYING ON A POLE CUT LEG ON A NAIL LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT RUNNING RAN INTO A POLE HITTING LT SHIN, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| 4 YOM SLID DOWN A POLE CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/13/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| 75 Y/O FEMALE TRIPPED OVER A POLE AT AN UNSPECIFIED LOCATION CONTUSING HER LEFT SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles, Pipes |
| PATIENT FELL ON CONCRETE PLUMBING PIPE OR METAL POLE; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| TRIPPED OVER METAL POLE AND LACERATED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Poles |
| PATIENT COMPLAINING OF SWELLING & PAIN TO RIGHT SHIN AFTER STRIKING POLE TODAY. DX - HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| RAN INTO POST DX. SHIN LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Poles |
| PATIENT HIT LOWER LEG AGAINST A POLE AT SCHOOL; LEG HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Poles |
| LOWER LEG SKIN AVULSION-@ SCHOOL-CUT ON METAL POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| PT TRIPPING OVER A POLE FALLING INJURING LT LEG, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| CONTUSION R LWR LEG, MOTHER STS PT FELL DOWN WHILE SLIDING DOWN FROM A POLE IN THE PARK, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, EYES EOMI, NO DIZZINESS OR SOB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN FELL OVER A POLE - LWT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/28/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| PT SLIPPED ON ICE&HIT LOWER LEG ON POLE SUSTAINED " LOWER LEG CONTUSION'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Poles |
| HIT LEG AGAINST A METAL POLE LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Poles |
| LOWER LEG FRACTURE, SLIDING DOWN POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN STRUCK BY A POLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Poles, Skateboards |
| LAC R LEG 2 DAYS AGO, RED/SWELLING, HIT POLE SKATEBOARDING DX: CELLULITIS L LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles |
| RT LEG CONTUSION-WALKED INTO A POLE INJURING RT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Poles, Horseback riding |
| RAN INTO POLE RIDING HORSE DX. LOWER LEG CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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