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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 833
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 36 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Tools |
| CHOPPING DOWN A TREE AND THE TREE HIT HIS LOWER LEG. DX CONTUSION L SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Chain saws |
| CUTTING DOWN A SMALL TREE NEAR A FENCE CHAINSAW GOT CAUGHT IN FENCE AND KICKED BACK. DX LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| PT, WHO HAD BEEN HIKING, BRUSHED UP AGAINST BARREL CACTUS WITH SIN. D:P UNCTURE WOUND, LEG, POSSIBLE RETAINED FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Exercise |
| PT WAS HIKING AND FELL INTO CHOLLA CACTUS. CACTUS NEEDLES IN LOWER LEG. D: CACTUS NEEDLE INJURY (ABRASIONS) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 42 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Snow boarding |
| PT WITH FRACTURED LEG, WAS SNOWBOARDING, HIT A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 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: 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: 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 |
| Date: 08/25/2006 | Age: 41 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Ladders |
| PUNCTURE WOUND RT LOWER LEG-C/O PAIN AND ABSCESS TO RT LOWER LEG WHERE HE WAS STUCK BY A ROSE BUSH WHILE ON LADDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2006 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING TREE AT SISTER'S HOUSE WHEN TREE SPLIT AND LACERATED LOWER LEG. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Mopeds or power-assisted cycles |
| WHILE RIDING MOPED , HIT TREE AND FELL OFF DX; TIBIA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 43 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, Chains |
| PULLING TREE ROOT WITH CHAIN, CHAIN BROKE HITTING PATIENT. DC-CONTUSION LOWER LEG, HAND ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Mountain or all-terrain bicycles or accessories |
| UNHELMETED DRIVER OF MOUNTAIN BIKE THAT STRUCK A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 41 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: Plants, trees and shrubs, Sleds |
| SLEDDING IN CANYON SUST INJ TO R LEG WHEN HIT TREE DX R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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