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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 535
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PATIENT CAUGHT FOOT IN RUNG OF PLAYGROUND LADDER AT HOME, HAS LEG DEFOR MITY; TIBIA/FIBULA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| HIT LOWER LEG ON SANDBOX;DX CONTUSED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 2 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: Other |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| DX R LEG PAIN, UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY: PARENTS STATE HE STARTED LIMP'G 1WK AFTER JUMP'G OFF PLAY EQUIPMENT IN THE MALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| HURT LEG COMING OUT OF PLAYGROUND JUMPER AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE DX:FX TIB IA PROXIMAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PT FELL WHILE SLIDING DOWN POLE AT SCHOOL. DX: L DISTAL TIBIA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 6 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: Other playground equipment |
| DX LAC LEG: PLAY'G ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TODAY W HE FELL LAND'G ON ROCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| 10 YOF FELL ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT GETTING RIGHT LOWER LEG CAUGHT IN P LAYSET LADDER SUSTAINING A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 8 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: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PT PLAYING AT PARK YEST, FELL OFF *** ONTO LEG AND THEN SISTER FELL ONT O LEG, NOW W/PAIN AND SWELLING TO LOWER LEG; TIBIA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| FELL ON MERRY GO ROUND;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PT WAS PLAYING ON PORTABLE INFLATABLE *** NOW HAS MILD RIGHTLEG PAIN NO W LIMPING AND BEAR WEIGHT. DX RIGHT LEG PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 6 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: Other playground equipment |
| AT PLAYGROUND AND FELL OFF GLIDER. DX FX TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PT TWISTED FOOT PLAYING IN INFLATABLE BOUNCE HOUSE AT HOME.DX: L DISTA L TIB/FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PT C/O LFT LEG PAIN AFTER BEING ON MERRY-GO-ROUND. DX CONT LFT LEG LOWE R. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 20 months | 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: Other |
| Product: Other playground equipment, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX L LEG PAIN, RESOLVED: HURT L LEG WHILE PLAYING IN PLAY AREA AT MALL; CHILD GOT OFF OF APPARATUS & FELL TO FLOOR, & FELL REGAIN'G BALANCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| FELL OFF *** AT SCHOOL. CONTUSION, LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| DX L LEG PAIN: FELL APPROX 6FT OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, LANDED PRIMARY ONTO SIDE OF L LEG, ALSO HIT HER FOREHEAD. LANDING ON BARKCHIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| MOTHER STATES PATIENT FELL OFF MERRY GO ROUND AT DAYCARE, INJURED LEFT LEG-LEFT TIBIA CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| PATIENT WAS WRESTLING WITH A FRIEND ON A JUMPER EARLIER, FRIEND FELL ON HIS LT LEG, HEARD IT SNAP, HAS PAIN IN LEG. DX-LT MID SHAFT TIBIAL FRAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 5 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: Other playground equipment |
| FELL ON MERRY GO ROUND;DX CONTUSED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 2 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: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus |
| FELL OFF *** VS *** LANDED TON T'D ANKLE >> TIB FX >> TIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| CUT LOWER LEG WHEN RIDING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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