Accidents - Swings or swing sets - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,356
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	244
6-15 years old:	700
16-25 years old:	154
26-50 years old:	170
50+ years old:	85

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT FELL FROM A SWING AT SCHOOL DX: FX RT TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
8 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX TIBIA. PT WAS SWINGING ON A SWING & IT BROKE @ SCH OOL. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FRACTURED LOWER LEG ON SWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 7 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
WHILE ON SWING, PT FELL OFF, HIT LEG ON GROUND, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FRACTURED LOWER LEG ON SWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 4 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: Swings or swing sets, Slides or sliding boards
PATIENT FELL OFF SWING SET OR SLIDE AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, SEEN AT URGENT CARE, CONTINUING LEG PAIN, FEVER; TODDLER'S FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT JUMPED OFF SWING AT HOME, SCREAMING, WON'T AMBULATE; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
DISTAL FIBIA FX-@ HOME-FELL FROM A SWING & OLDER SISTER FELL ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT LAC LT LOW LEG ON A SWING SET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT JUMPED OFF SWING FX LT TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
5YOWM WHO WAS SWINGING ON A TIRE SWING AND FELL OUT AND BROKE HIS R TIB IA.DX:FRACTURE, R LOWER EXTREMITY, R TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 42 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: Swings or swing sets
WOODEN SWING FELL ON LEG-CONTUSION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
C/O PAIN RT LOWER LEG AFTER PORCH SWING FELL ONTO LOWER LEG; CONTUSION WITH HEMATOMA RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
RT SHIN ABRASION.PT INJURED LOWER LEG ON A SWING SET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT WAS SWINGING AND THE SWING BROKE, PATIENT FELL. DX-RIGHT PROX. TIB/FIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 18 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets, Swimming
CONTUSION LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS SWINGING ON ROPE SWING AND FELL AND HIT TREE STUMP - AT LOCAL POND SWIMMING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets, Rope or string
LEFT LEG INJ. PT'S ANKLE GOT CAUGHT IN THE ROPE OF A TIRE SWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FRACTURED LEG ON SWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 10 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: Swings or swing sets
FRACTURED LEG FALLING OFF SWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
PUSHING GRANDDAUGHTER IN SWING,WENT UP ON TOES AND FELT A POP IN LEFT CALF DX: CALF PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT FELL OFF A SWING AND SUSTAINED A RIGHT LOWER LEG STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A SWING AND INJURED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE ON SWINGSET AT HOME AND WAS BIT BY INSECTS RT LOWER LEG; MULTIPLE INSECT BITES RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT HIT LEG ON SWING POLE IN PLAYGROUND - LACERATION/HEMATOMA LEG R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
L DISTAL FIB FX/10YOM ON SWING AND JUMPED OR FELL OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 57 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
LT LOWER LEG CT-SITTING IN A PORCH SWING WHICH BROKE-PT FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets, Grills
PT WAS SWINGING AND HIT LEG ON BARBQUE PIT - LACERATION TO LEG. D: LA CERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 12 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: Swings or swing sets
FELL OFF PLAYGROUND TIRE SWING/ FX LT DISTAL TIBIA SHAFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
CONTUSION R LEG - CAUGHT LEG IN TIRE SWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
12 YO M SWINGING, CHAIN BROKE. DX L DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT FELL OFF SWING AT HOME; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 10 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: Swings or swing sets
PT GOT SPLINTER IN LT LEG FROM A WOODEN SWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
CONTUSION LEG - 9 YOF FELL OFF SWING INJURING LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	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: Swings or swing sets
FELL OFF SWING AT PARK AND HURT LEFT ANKLE. DX. LEFT TIBIA TODDLER'S FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 3 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
PT FELL OFF SWING; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT CAUGHT LEG IN SWING 2 DAYS AGO, LEG TWISTED, TODAY FELL ON LEG; LOWER LEG SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN FELL FROM SWING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT WAS CUT BY A STEEL SWING AT DAY CARE TRYING TO LOAD THE SWING DX-LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
PATIENT FELL OFF SWING 2 DAYS AGO INJURING LEG, SEEN AT PRIMARY CARE AN D URGENT CARE; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
LAC TO RT LEG ON SWING. DX; 1 CM LAC RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN FELL FROM SWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 7 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: Swings or swing sets
PT FELL OFF OF A SWING AND SUS A LOWER LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	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: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PLAYING ON SWING HIT BOLT LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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