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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 120
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RIGHT FOOT CONT/SPR. PT INJURED FOOT WHEN FALLING OVER A CANE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FOOT STR. PT STRAINED FOOT WHEN TRIPPING OVER WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT HAS A RECENT RIGHT FOOT FRACTURE WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL ON SAME FOOT NOW WITH FOOT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX R FOOT PAIN: REINJ R TOOT TODAY; W IN THE LATRINE HIS CRUTCHES SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR; W TO CATCH SELF FELT A POP & DEVELOPED PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| DX POST OPERATIVE PAIN: POD 1 FOR TENDNITIS LASER REPAIR, ON CRUTCHES, TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE ABM W CRUTCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT'S CRUTCH SLIPPED GETTING OFF THE BUS AND HE FELL TODAY. DX: L CALCANEAL FX, L KNEE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PTS FOOT WAS TWISTED WHEN SHE CAUGHT IT IN ANOTHER PERSONS CRUTCH, CONT USION TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT SLIPPED ON CRUTCHES AND FELL. DX: FOOT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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