Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 26-50 years old - Year 2007 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,598
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Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 31 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: Fences or fence posts
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
C/O PT STATES CUT LEG ON BARBED WIRE DX RT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 46 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: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEG FROM BARBED WIRE FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
CUT SHIN ON BARBED WIRE AT HOME LAC LT SHIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
35YOF TAKING MAIL OVER TO NEIGHBOR'S WAS WALKING ALONG THE FENCE TRIPPED IN HOLE THAT A FENCE POST HAD BEEN;LACERATION TO LOWER LEG 3-CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
GOT LOWER LEG CAUGHT UNDER A GATE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Alcohol
PT WAS OUT DRINKING AT THE BAR, WHEN PT JUMPED OVER A FENCE AND ROLLED R ANKLE, NOW SWELLING. DX: DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 47 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: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Animal induced injury
PT RUNNING FROM DOG, JUMPED FENCE AND GOT LEG CAUGHT ON FENCE. D: LACER ATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 36 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: Crushing
Product: Fences or fence posts
CAUGHT LEG IN BETWEEN TWO GATES AT BULL RIDING EVENT. DX: CRUSH INJURY TO LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 47 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: Fences or fence posts, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT PRISONER CUTTING BUSHES IN JAIL YARK CUT LEG ON RAZOR WIRE FENCE DX// LAC LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 36 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: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CAUGHT LEG ON METAL FENCE. DX: R LEG LAC 5CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Alcohol
LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON FENCE-ETOH INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 31 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: Fences or fence posts
JUMPED OVER FENCE AND TWISTED LEG BY THE RIVER OPEN FRACTURE LEFT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Alcohol
PT CUT R LOWER LEG WHILE CLIMBING OVER CHAIN LINK FENCE,PT STS DRINKING RUM,DX R LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
TRIED TO JUMP OVER FENCE AND LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT JUMPED OVER A FOUR FOOT HIGH FENCE AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
35YOF WHILE AT HOME WALKING ALONG HER FENCE,THERE WAS A HOLE WHERE A POST WAS,RIGHT LEG WENT INTO HOLE; 3-CM RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT STS CAUGHT R LEG ON CHAIN LINK FENCE, DX LACERATION R ANTERIOR SHIN 4CM STAPLE CLOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT FELL AGAINST GATE/ LAC POSTEROLATERAL INFERIOR R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PTBANG LEG ON FENCE CAUSING INJ DX: LOW LEG LAC, FOREIGN BODY TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON A BARB WIRE FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
BORDER CROSSER FELL WHEN JUMPING ACROSS FENCE 2 DAYS AGO. HAS BEEN WALK ING ACROSS DESERT X 48 HRS. D:FIBULAR FX, DEHYDRATION, RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	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: Fences or fence posts
WHILE JUMPING OVER FENCE AT BALL PARK, PT LACERATED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT HIT SHIN ON A METAL GATE. DX: R SHIN CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
RT CALF LACERATION.PT JUMPED A CHAIN LINKED FENCE AND LACERATED CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	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: Fences or fence posts
CUT ON GATE DX: LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 50 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: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Alcohol
PT TRIED TO CLIMB OVER BARBED WIRE FENCE FOR A SHORT CUT AND GOT STUCK. HAD TO BE HELPED FROM FENCE BY KIDS. +ETOH. D:FIBULA/PHALANX FXS, ETOH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 47 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: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT LACERATED SHIN ON FENCE 5 DAYS AGO. NOW SWELLING, PAIN, REDNESS. D: CELLULITIS, DM, RENAL FAILURE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts, Mountain or all-terrain bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING MOUNTAIN BIKE WHEN HIT LEG ON BARBED WIRE. D: ABRASION, LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LACERATED LOWER LEG ON BARBED WIRE FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts, Footwear
LAWN MOWER RAN OVER BARB WIRE , WENT INT SHOE PUNCTURE WOUND R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT TRIPPED OVER BARBED WIRE FENCE YESTERDAY. DX: INFECTED WOUND L LOWER LEG W/EARLY CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT STUCK BARBED WIRE IN LEG DX; SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO RIGHT L OWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
FELL OFF FENCE FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT TWISTED KNEE JUMPING OVER FENCE. DX: L PROXIMAL TIBIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT WAS STEPPING OVER A GATE AND ROLLED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT FELL DOWN A HILL WHILE CLIMBING OVER A FENCE. DX: COMMINUTED TIB/FIB FX R, LIP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fences or fence posts
BEING CHASED BY POLICE JUMPED FENCE SUSTAINING ABRASIONS TO (R) LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT C/O LOWER LEG PAIN AFTER JUMPING OFF A GATE. DX-TIB/FIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 38 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: Fences or fence posts
L LEG PAIN, FELL INTO FENCE DX: LLL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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