Accidents - Ladders - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,636
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	51
6-15 years old:	12
16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	683
50+ years old:	871

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
RIGHT FEMUR #. PT WAS ON A LADDER FOUR FEET HIGH AND SLIPPED, FALLING ON RIGHT SIDE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
FELL 4 FEET OFF LADDER - FEMORAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
59 YO MALE FELL FROM 8' LADDER WHILE PAINTING OUTSIDE AT HOME FRACTURE FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FELL FROM LADDER TO GROUND ADMITTED LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF FIRST RUNG OF LADDER. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FELL 20' OFF A LADDER DX: L FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
LEG PAIN - 50 YOM C/O UPPER AND LOWER LEG PAIN AFTER CLIMBING UP AND DO WN A LADDER WHILE PAINTING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF LADDER; FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
65 YOM FELL FROM LADDER FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
LEFT THIGH LACERATION.PT FELL OFF A LADDER AND LACERATED THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders, Paint or varnish thinners
FELL OFF LADDER WHILE PAINTING ONTO HIS THIGH AND STRAINED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders, House repair or construction materials
RT THIGH CT-@ HOME-FELL FROM A LADDER WHILE HANGING DRYWALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF 10 STEPS OFF LADDER HITTING UPPER LEG TIBIA PLATEA FRACTURE LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 9FT OFF LADDER LANDING ON CEMENT ON LEFT SIDE C/O OF LEFT FEMUR PAIN LEFT FEMUR CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT STATES SHE FELL 6 FT OFF A LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT AT INLAWS HOUSE FELL OFF A METAL LADDER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RI GHT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FX R FEMUR; FELL 20 FT OFF A LADDER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
PT FELL FROM LADDER, LANDED ON SIDE, FX THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders
FELL 15 FEET OFF LADDER ONTO BUTTOCKS ;LEGS NUMB NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF LADDER 10FT, R THIGH ADDUCTION STRAIN STATUS POST FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 3 FT FROM LADDER 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L THIGH CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS ON A LADDER AND FELL ONTO A PIECE OF WOOD FENCING AND IT WENT INTO HIS THIGH. DX THIGH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
STEPPED OFF LADDER - FELL BACKWARDS STRAIN LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FEMUR FX. PT FELL OFF LADDER WHEN TRIMMING A TREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FEMUR #. FELL OFF LADDER WHILE TRIMMING TREE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT HIT LT KNEE LAST WEEKEND ON A METAL PIECE ON A LADDER IN BEDROOM LAC LT LEG ABOVE KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER AND CONTUSED UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
CLIMBING UP A LADDER AND FELL FX UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
56YOFC STEPPED OFF LADDER WRONG A WEEK AGO NOW COMES FOR UNRESOLVED PAI N OF HIP AND PELVIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
FELL FROM LADDER - FRACTURE RIGHT FEMORAL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
41 YOM FELL FROM LADDER CONTUSION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders, Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD STRADDLE INJURYING WHILE ON LADDER. LATER, EXAMINING SELF IN SHO WER AND GOT LIGHTHEADED. D:THIGH ABRASION, VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL 4-5 FT OFF LADDER ONTO GARAGE FLOOR. DX: L FEMORAL NECK FX, L DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
L THIGH STR/80YOM WAS STEPPING OFF LADDER, MISSED A RUNG & STRETCHED L LEG. C/O CRAMP-LIKE PAIN WITH MOVEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER HURT THIGH - THIGH MUSCLE TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF 3 FT LADDER. DX: R PROXIMAL FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
PT FELL FROM 16 FT LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
PT BEHIND SOMEONE WHO FELL OFF A LADDER THAT PERSON LANDED ON PTS RIGHT THIGH CONTUSION UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
HIT LEG ON LADDER DX: CONTUSION TO UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF LADDER CUTTING THIGH C/O BLEEDING DX LAC THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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