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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 637
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 68 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG BY FALLING ONTO A FLOOR REGIST ER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 43 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: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| CLEANING A VENT IN THE ATTIC&ACCIDENTALLY THE LOWER LEG WENT THRU PLAYW OOD VERSUS SHEET ROCK >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 7 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| 4 CM RT ANTERIOR TIBIA LACERATION WITH REPAIR: FELL INTO HEATING DUCT PER MOTHER, CAUSING LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | 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: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| 14 Y/O M INJURED R LOWER LEG WHEN WALKED BY VENT AT SCHOOL. DX; LAC R CALF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT FELL INTO A HEATER DUCT IN APT. DX; LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON AIR RETURN VENT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 61 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT CUT LOWER LEG ON AIR VENT LAC LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 81 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: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL THRU VENT IN THE FLOOR, C/O LOWER LEG PAIN. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 31 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| FELL THRU HVAC DUCT/ LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| TRIPPED OVER A HEATING VENT AT HOME HAS LAC TO (L) LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| LOWER LEG LAC-FELL INTO FLOOR FURNACE VENT-@ NEIGHBOR'S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2008 | Age: 23 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: Laceration |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems, Furniture |
| PT WAS MOVING SOME FURNITURE AND SLIPPED ON SOME DUCT WORK AND SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| STEPPED INTO A HEATING VENT. DX TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG AFTER STEPPING IN AIR VENT IN FLOO R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Ductwork for heating or cooling systems |
| R LOWER LEG BURN/11MOM SAT ON REGISTER AT HOME AND BURNED LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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