Accidents - Go-carts - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,251
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	68
6-15 years old:	852
16-25 years old:	253
26-50 years old:	76

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 15 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: Go-carts
15 Y/O M C/O LEFT LEG INJURY - FELL OFF GO - CART. DX: CONTUSION LEFT LEG FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
LAC TO LEG WHEN FELL OVER GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts, Poles
PATIENT CUT LEG ON GO-CART OR STRUCK ON 4X4 WOOD POST AT HOME; LOWER LE G LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 12 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: Go-carts
12 Y.O. B MALE W/FX TIBIA. PT HAD GO-CART WRECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT TRIED TO JUMP ONTO MOVING GO-CART ON STREET, CAUGHT LEG ON A MO VING PART OF CART; LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	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: Go-carts
HELMETED AND RESTRAINED GO-CART DRIVER TBONED OTHER GO-CART AT RACE TRACK. D: LOWER LEG COMPLEX LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PT RIDING A GO CART AT HOME FLIPPED IT WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE FRACT URED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/19/2002	Age: 14 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: Go-carts, Poles
PT WAS DRIVING GO CART AND HIT A POLE. DX: LARGE COMPLEX LAC 20 X 7 CM L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 12 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: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO CART SUNDAY LEG SWOLLEN DX INFECTED ABRAS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT CUT LEG ON GOCART; LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 18 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: Go-carts
PATIENT FLIPPED GO-CART AT BROTHER'S HOUSE. LEGS CAUGHT IN VEHICLE. D: TIBIA CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 11 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: Go-carts
RAN GO CART INTO MOTORCYCLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT GETTING OUT OF A GO CART AT HOME WHEN HE FELL STRIKING RIGHT LOWER L EG AGAINST THE PLASTIC FRAME LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 11 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: Go-carts
CHILD HAS LARGE SCRAPE ON SHIN AFTER FALL OFF GO-CART 4 DAYS AGO. D:ABR ASION, SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts
RAN INTO GATE ON GO-CART DX. SHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
RAN OVER BY GO-CART;CONT, LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 19 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: Go-carts
PT WAS RUN OVER BY GO-CART;DEFORMITY TO RIGHT LOWER LEG DX-FRACTURE RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/08/2002	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: Go-carts
7 Y.O. W MALE W/FX FIBULA. PT STS HE WAS RAN OVER BY A GO-CART @ HOME.E 9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 10 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: Go-carts
GO-CART RAN INTO THE BACK OF PT'S LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 12 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: Go-carts
PT RAN INTO A TREE ON A GO CART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT RIDING A GO CART SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 15 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: Hematoma
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT IN GO-CART THAT HIT MESQUITE TREE 11 DAYS AGO. INJURED LOWER LEG. D: HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 12 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: Fracture
Product: Go-carts, Containers
GO CART ACCIDENT AT ARENA, RIGHT ANKLE INJURY WHEN WENT UNDER TIRES ATB ARREL. FRACTURED RIGHT DISTAL TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 41 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: Go-carts
INDOOR GO CART ACCIDENT, LEG FELL OFF SIDE AND WAS JAMMED. DISPLACED T IBIAL PLEATEAU FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT'S LEG RUN OVER BY GO-CART AT HOME; TIBIA/FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
THROWN PARTIALLY OUT OF GO-CART; TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT WRECKED A GO CART WHILE AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX-LEFT TIB/FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 2 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: Go-carts
2 Y/O W/F GOT RAN OVER BY GO-CART SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 11 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: Go-carts
11 Y.O. W FEMALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT HAD GO-CART WRECK. E8212
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Go-carts
PT INJURED LEG IN GOCART ACCIDENT; RT LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 7 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: Go-carts
CONTUSED LOWER LEG WITH GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	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: Go-carts
FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN RUN OVER BY GO CART
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 13 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: Go-carts
RIDING ON HIS GO-CART AND RAN INTO A TREE NO LOC LACERATED L LOWERE LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
RIDING GO-CART,HIT BY CAR LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	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: Go-carts
PT STRUCK BY A GO CART LAST EVENING FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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