Accidents - Playground equipment - Year 2007 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 695
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	340
6-15 years old:	285
16-25 years old:	70

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 9 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: Playground equipment
DX: R LEG STRAINED WHEN CAUGHT ON PLAY STRUCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Playground equipment, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
PT WAS @ SCHOOL AND FELL FROM MONKEY BARS HITTING LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. DX LOWER LEG LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	Age: 14 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: Laceration
Product: Playground equipment
PT WAS PLAYING ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FELL OFF NOW HAS LACERATION TO SHIN AREA. DX LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Playground equipment
COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CHILD WHILE ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DX: L LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 5 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: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
FELL FROM PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DX: L LEG FX; ADMITTED TO SURG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
FX LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2007	Age: 4 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: Playground equipment
FELL 4 1/2 FT OFF PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE FRACTURE DISTAL TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
6 YOM WAS HANGING ON GYM EQUIPMENT & WAS PULLED DOWN BY A CLASSMATE- LT LEG HURTS. DX: TRANSVERSE FX OF LT TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 2 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: Playground equipment
PT FELL OFF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT INJURING R LOWER LEG - STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
FX LOWER LEG,FELL ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	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: Playground equipment
CONTUSED LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 13 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: Playground equipment
FELL OFF PLAYGROUND BARS AT CAMP/. DX TIBIA AND FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 17 months	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: Playground equipment
17 MONTH OLD FEMALE ACCIDENTLY FELL OFF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ,INJURING RIGHT LEG;GREENSTICK FRACTURE OF DISTAL RIGHT TIBIA AND FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 5 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: Playground equipment
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT INJURY - FELL OFF AND FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 7 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Playground equipment
FELL OFF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT @ LAUNDORMAT " LEG MS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 20 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Playground equipment
PT STRUCK LEG WHEN PLAYING ON PLAYGROUND EAUPIMENT DX: RIGHT LEG ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Playground equipment
STRAINED LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 6 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: Foreign Body
Product: Playground equipment
6 YO F SLPINTERS TO LEG AFTER PLAYING AT PLAYGROUND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Playground equipment
22 MOM WAS PLAYING ON A WOODEN PLAYGROUND THIS AFTERNOON AND GOT A SPLI NTER IN RIGHT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
PT FELL FROM PLAY EQUIPMENT AT SCHOOL. DX: R DISTAL TIB FX, GROWTH PLATE INTRAARTICULAR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	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: Playground equipment
FX LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
FX LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 3 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: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
PT FELL FROM PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT PARK SUSTAINING FRACTURE TO LEFT T IBIA/FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 12 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: Laceration
Product: Playground equipment
12 YO F LACERATION TO LEG INJURED WHILE AT PLAYGROUND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Playground equipment
CONTUSED LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIP AT ***S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
FELL OFF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	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: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
FELL FROM PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT @PARK, FX TIBIA, SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Playground equipment
CONTUSED LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	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: Playground equipment
FELL FROM PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT/LOWER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 2 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: Playground equipment
STRAINED LOWER LEG ON PLAYGROUND EQUIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 2 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: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
PT FELL ONTO RIGHT LEG WHILE PLAYING ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT @ THE PARK. DX TODDLERS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Playground equipment
CAME DOWN TOO FAST ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, FELL, TWISTED FOOT AND HEEL ON SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. *DX: DISTAL TIBIAL SPIRAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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