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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 890
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives |
| 39 YOM WAS CUTTING BRANCHES OFF A CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIP- PED CUT HIS RT LOWER LEG. DX-LACERATION TO RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| SCRATCHED LLE ONTO A TREE WHILE HIKING >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, House repair or construction materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A BUSH & FELL INTO CINDER BLOCK INJURING CALF DX DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Day wear |
| PT WAS BURNING A TREE STUMP AND HOT AMBERS BURNED THRU PT PANTS DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Fences or fence posts |
| PT WAS CLIMBING A TREE AND SCRAPPED LEG ON A GATE. D: ABRASION RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 6 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WAS RIDING BIKE AND HIT A TREE DX; AB RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2007 | Age: 8 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: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT X TODAY WHILE ON A BIKE WRECKED INTO A TREE SUS LEG INJURY.DX. CLOSE D FX OF THE RIGHT FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 71 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Power lawn mowers |
| LAC TO LEG WHENS TRUCK ON A TREE WHEN CUTTING GRASS WITH A POWERED LAWN MOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 10 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: Other |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Rope or string |
| PT WAS SWINGING ON A ROPE YESTERDAY AND LEFT LEG HIT A TREE BRANCH -PT STILL HAS PAIN TO LEG. D: CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Lawn mowers |
| PT CUTTING HIS GRASS AND STRUCK A SMALL BUSH WITH RIGHT LOWER LEG AND S USTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 60 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: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| SUSPECT L TIBIA FX; L KNEE EFFUSION:L TIBIA ABRA'S: CUTTING DOWN TREE AT SON'S HOUSE, TREE HIT SHIN AND L KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2007 | Age: 47 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREES WHEN GOT MESQUITE THORN IN LOWER LEG S/P STEPPING ON A BRANCH. D:FOREIGN BODY, LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2007 | 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Treehouses or playhouses |
| PATIENT IN A TREE AND LOST FOOTING HIT LEG ON BRANCH, OR FOOT WENT THRU HOLE IN A TREE HOUSE CAUSING 4" LAC W/VISIBLE BONE; LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2007 | Age: 23 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT RAN THROUGH GARDEN TO ANSWER PHONE AND RAN INTO CACTUS. D:FOREIGN BO DIES, CALF, ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| THORN IN LEG; STATES IN YARD PLAYING PAINTBALL, SAT BY TREE WITH THORNS -DID'NT REALIZE IT TILL ONE STUCK IN LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Go-carts |
| PT RIDING GO CART AT HOME AND INJURED LEG ON A TREE BRANCH DX// LAC LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2007 | Age: 25 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| RT LEG CONTUSION: XRAY TIB/FIB, CUTTING DOWN TREES AT HOME, GOT LEG STUCK BETWEEN; TOP OF TREE HAD TO BE CUT OFF TO GET LEG OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Bicycles or accessories |
| 17 YOM WAS RIDING BIKE ON SIDEWALK AND BRUSHED AGAINST A BUSH GETTING A THORN IN RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2007 | Age: 23 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE CUTTING DOWN A TREE BRANCH FELL HITTING PT/DX CO NTUSIONS ABRASIONS LEG AND BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 14 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: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sleds |
| SLEDDING DOWN HILL AND HIT TREE. DX FX TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING SOME TREES AT HOME WHEN A LIMB FELL ON HIM. DX. TIB/ FI B FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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