Accidents - House repair or construction materials - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,657
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Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 35 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: House repair or construction materials
FRACTURE LOWER LEG - PATIENT FELL 12' FROM ROOF OF HIS HOME - PRESENTS WITH SEVERE PAIN IN RIGHT LOWER LEG - ALSO FOOT AND ANKLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
RIGHT LOWER EXT INJ, PT FELL OFF ROOF INJURING LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 35 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: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF DX: TIB/FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT TIBIA/FIBULA FX-STRUCK LEFT LEG WITH PIECE OF ROOF FROM PORCH. C/O LEFT LEG PAIN AND DECREAED ROM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STEPPED THROUGH HOLE IN ROOF RECIVED LAC FROM NAIL LAC RIGHT LEG TD SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: House repair or construction materials
36 YO MALE FELL ON BOARD AND GOT SPLINTER F/B REMOVAL LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
PATIENT RAN INTO A PIECE OF SHEET METAL AT HOME. DX-LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW LEFT CALF.PT WAS ON A ROOF AND A PROTRUDING NAIL INJURED CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
LEFT LEG FX. PT FELL OFF A ROOF AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/11/2002	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: House repair or construction materials
PT. FELL OFF ROOF - OPEN FRACTURE LOWER LEG - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 45 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: House repair or construction materials
PT SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LT LEG S/P STEEL BEAM ROLLED DOWN ON HIS LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: House repair or construction materials
WALKED INTO A LARGE BRICK AVULSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives with replaceable blades
LT CALF LAC-CUT W/ RAZOR KNIFE-WHILE CUTTING SIDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
WALKED INTO A BOARD CAUSING LACERATION LT. LOWER LEG.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 30 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: House repair or construction materials
30 YR OLD LACERATION ON LEFT LOWER LEG. CUT ON A PIECE OF SHEET METAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
WHILE PUTTING UP METAL BUILDING CUT LOWER LEG DX LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 1 STORY OFF OF ROOF, SUFFERED INJURY TO LOWER L LEG. ^
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: House repair or construction materials
SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURN LEFT LOWER LEG , CELLULITIS- BURNED LEG SI X DAYS AGO ON THE ROOF WHEN FIXING MOTHERS ROOF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 38 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: House repair or construction materials
38 Y/O MALE WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN HE FELL OFF THE ROOF FX HIS LT TIBIA AND FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: House repair or construction materials, Footwear
CHEM BURN TO RIGHT LEG. PT WAS POURING A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY AND GOT CONC RETE IN BOOTS CAUSING A BURN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 32 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: House repair or construction materials
FELL 4FT TODAY WHILE CLIMBING OFF ROOF AND REINJURED HIS LEG. DX RIGHT TIB/FIB PAIN-HEALING FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL FROM ROOF AND FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT PUNCTURED LOWER LEG WHEN STUCK WIRE IN LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 31 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: House repair or construction materials
*31YOM HAD 1500LBS OF ROOFING MATERIAL SLIFE OFF TRUCK ONTO LEGDX: FX R TIBIA SHAFT FIBULA PROXIMAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 32 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: House repair or construction materials
32 YOM C/O PAIN TO R SHIN, GOT STUCK IN HOLE IN ROOFDX: R LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 39 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: House repair or construction materials
RT LOWER LEG AB-A THOME-A PIECE OF DRYWALL FELL ON PT'S LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT JUMPED OFF NEIGHBOR'S ROOF. DX: COMMINUTED R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT WORKING ON HIS HOME CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A PIECE OF ALUMINUM SIDIN G LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Saws
34 YOM WAS INJURED WHILE CUTTING PIECES OF WOOD (CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) WITH A SAW; INCURED WOUND, LOWER LEG. PUNCTURE WOUND, RT. LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
OPEN RLL FX. PT FELL OFF ROOF 10-15 FEET.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 42 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: Burns, Not Spec
Product: House repair or construction materials, Footwear
BURNS TO RLE; POURING CONCRETE AT HOME, CONCRETE GOT INTO BOOT, C/O "CONCTRETE BURNS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
BILATERAL TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A ROOF AND INJURED BOTH LOWER L EGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A PIECE OF PLYWOOD LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
RT DISTAL TIBIA FX-FELL 12 FEET OFF ROOF @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Windows or window glass
PT FELL FROM SECOND FLOOR WINDOW TRYING TO ROB HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/17/2002	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: House repair or construction materials
FELL 8 FEET OFF ROOF. LEFT TIBIA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
YESTERDAY, FELL ON ICY BOARD AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, INJURY TO ANKLE. RIGHT DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 44 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: House repair or construction materials
PATIENT WAS WATCHING A BOARD BEING PUT UP AT A STORE WHEN IT FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG. DX-CONTUSION, ABRASIOS LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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