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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,004
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 48 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT WORKING OUT AT THE GYM ON EQUIPMENT INJURED LEG DX. LEFT SHIN STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Weight lifting, Swimming |
| 61YOM HISP RLE SWELLING-ERYTHEMA-POSS EXACERBATED BY LIFTING WEIGHTS SWIMMING TODAY,DX RLE CELLULITIS-HYPERGLYCEMIA,FEBRILE ILLNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 28 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: Weight lifting |
| PT HIT LEG ON WEIGHT BENCH AT GYM. DX: R LEG LAC 2 CM/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 16 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: Weight lifting |
| 1 CM LEG LACERATION: IN BASEMENT AT HOME, RAN INTO OLD WEIGHT BENCH, LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT DX PAIN IN JOINT OF LOWER LEG - S/P WEIGHT LIFTING AT SCHOOL 3 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT LIFTING WEIGHTS & LEG PRESS FELL ON TIBIA, NOW W/PAIN & SWELLING; LO WER LEG INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 8 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: Weight lifting, Doors |
| PT RAN INTO A DOOR CAUSING WEIGHT FROM WEIGHT BENCH TO FALL ONTO LOWER LEG, NOW W/PAIN; FRACTURE OF TIBIA AND FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 41 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| 41 YO LIFTING WEIGHTS INJURED LEG SPRAIN/STRAIN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting, Barstools or kitchen stools |
| LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN WEIGHTLIFTING AND THEN SLIPPED OFF A BARS TOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 28 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT WAS DOING LEG RAISES W/225 LBS AT GYM. DX: L GASTROCNEMIUS STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 28 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| 28 YOF STRAINED RIGHT LOWER LEG WHILE WORKING OUT WITH WEIGHTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 51 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT INJURED LEG LIFTING WEIGHTS AT GYM TODAY DX// RIGHT CALF STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 20 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: Other |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| DX R LEG PAIN: C/O ACUTE R LOWER LEG PAIN AFTER DOING SQUATS AND LEG PRESSES DURING WORKOUT--STATES LIFTED MORE WT THAN USUSAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 13 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: Weight lifting |
| LEFT TIBIAL CONTUSION-C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEFT LEG AFTER A 50 LB W EIGHT FELL ON IT AT THE GYM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT WEIGHT LIFTING IN SCHOOL DROPPED WEIGHT ON LEG DX// RIGHT LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PULLED MUSCLE LIFTING WEIGHTS AT HOME CALF STRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 2 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: Weight lifting |
| DROPPED 20 # WT;DX CONTUSED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 53 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT WAS AT HOME LIFTING WEIGHTS CASUING STRAIN TO LT LWR LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 16 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: Weight lifting |
| WEIGHT FELL ON LEG/LOWER LEG CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 23 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: Other |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| STARTED WIEGHT TRAINING AT GYM NOCTURNAL LOWER LEG CRAMPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 16 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: Weight lifting |
| PT CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON A WEIGHT MACHINE, LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 44 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| LIFTING WEIGHTS AT THE GYM MUSCLE TEAR RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 15 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: Weight lifting |
| PT WAS WEIGHT LIFTING AT SCHOOL WHEN ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES DROPPED A 22 5 POUND DUMBBELL ONTO LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 62 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| STRAIN RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE LIFTING WEIGHT AT GYM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 14 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| PT LIFTED WEIGHTS AT SCHOOL,C/O BEING SORE,LEGS ARE STIFF DX MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 46 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| RT LOWER LEG STRAIN.PT WAS WEIGHT LIFTING AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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