Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - Year 2007 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,895
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	155
6-15 years old:	130
16-25 years old:	115
26-50 years old:	438
50+ years old:	1,056

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 50 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Floors or flooring materials
R DISTAL FIBULA FX: L ANTERIOR TIBIA SKIN TEAR: SLIPPED, CUT LEG ON METAL CABINET, FELL ONTO LINOLEUM FLOOR, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 85 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST A SHOE RACK IN THE CLOSET AT HOME AN D SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Containers
LEG LAC, PT WAS LOOKING UP AT SHELVES IN KROGERS AND HIT LEG ON A BOX L AYING IN FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT LAC LOWER LEG ON A METAL SHELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 15 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CONTUSED LOWER LEG ON CABINET DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 56 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
TIB/ FIB CT-DROPPED SOLID OAK CABINET FRONTS ON LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
INJURED LOWER LEGS ON BOOKSHELF, DX; RASH, ETILOGY UNKNOWN, ? D/T LEG TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 21 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Alcohol
HAS LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM BROKEN GLASS FROM A CABINET PT IS+ETOH DX- LEG LAC ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STRAINED LOWER R LEG MOVING A CABINET @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 28 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WITH LAC TO LEG FROM FILE CABINET, NOT STATED WHETHER WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
83YOM WHILE AT HOME ACCIDENTLY HIT LOWER LEG OF CABINET; LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 42 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CLOTHES RACK FELL ONTO PT'S LEG AT YMCA 4 DAYS AGO. DX: L LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 2 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Grocery or shopping carts
PATIENT RUNNING IN ***, SLID HITTING LEG ON CLOTHING RACK, OR A CART; L EG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 61 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HAD SHELF FALL ON LOWER R LEG CAUSING ABRASION/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Floors or flooring materials
51 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER RACK IN STORE AND FELL TO FLOORCONTUSION LOWE R LEG
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 24 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
ABRASION TO LOWER LEG FROM A SHELF AT THE STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 35 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: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT PULLED METAL FLASHING OFF SHELF AT *** AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO L EG. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Televisions
5 YOM WAS CLIMBING UP ENTERTAINMENT CENTER & THE TV FELL ON HIS LT LEG DX: TRANSEVERSE MIDSHAFT TIBIAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2007	Age: 9 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT IN STORE AND INJURES BY SHELF RESULTING IN LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 59 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: Hematoma
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS AT HOME, A SHELF FELL ON IT CAUSING A HEMATOMA TO RT LWR LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
WOODEN SHELF FELL ON LOWER LEG, FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SHIN LAC-CUT ON EDGE OF METAL CABINET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
61 YO MALE HIT RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST SHELF AT PAYLESS CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 56 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: Puncture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT INJURED LOWER LEG WHILE MOVING A BOOKCASE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND DISTAL TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT BUMPED LOWER L LEG ON CABINET -LAC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
BOOKCASE FELL ON LEG , C/O PAIN SINCE, FX TIBIA/FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT INJURED LEG FEW DAYS AGO, HAD SUTURES, REINJURED TONIGHT BUMPED LOWER LEG ON CABINET. DX-LOWER LEG INJURY WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 39 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LARGE SHELF FELL AND STRUCK PT ON R CALF. DX. CONT R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STRUCK R LOWER LEG ON BOOKCASE - FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
39 YOM DROPPED A CABINET ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG AT HOME SUSTAINING A CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
APTIENT HIT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON CORNER OF A CABINET. DX-LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN A BOOK CASE FELL ON THE CHILDS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CAUGHT LEG ON A BOOK SHELF, LACERATION LEG, KNEE, ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 48 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL IN *** HITTING LEG ON A METAL CABINET " CONTS'' " CONTS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 62 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: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LAC L LOWER LEG/62YOM CUT LEG ON METAL DISPLAY RACK IN STORE AT OUTLET CENTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WITH LEG LAC FROM SCRAPING AGAINST A CABINET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WITH LAC TO LOWER LEG, SCRAPED AGAINST CABINET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Containers
SHELF BROKE AND PT CUT LEG ON A BOX 2 WK AGO. DX: R LEG LAC HEALING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT C/O SHELVING FALL ON LEG. DX CONT TO LEFT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 18 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CLIMBED UP BOOK CASE AND FELL CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 51 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
RAN INTO CABINET LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC LOWER LEG PAIN, PULLED BATHROOM RACK ON RIGHT LEG AT HOME. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 19 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CABINET FELL ONTO LEG AND ANKLE CONTUSING LOWER LEGS AND THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 52 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CABINET DRAWER FELL ONTO HER LEG LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT IN THE STORE AND BUMPED LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A WOODEN CABINET LAC ERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FX LOWER LEG ,FELL OFF BOOKSHELF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 53 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
C/O PT STATES LEANED ON CABINET AND IT FELL ON LE DX RT LOWER LE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 9 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LEG GOT STUCK UNDER A RACK AT STORE DX: L LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FRACTURES LOWER LEG WHEN FELL OFF BOOKCASE HE WAS CLIMBING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
IN GROCERY STORE AND SHELF FELL ON LEGS. DX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Footwear
SHOE GOT HUNG ON A WIRE RACK PT FELL FX LT DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HIT SHIN ON CABINET WHILE CARRYING IT DX: LEG INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2007	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
WHILE MOVING CHINA CABINET KNEE PAIN STRAIN LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 41 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: Hematoma
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL IN BATHROOM 2 DAYS AGO, HIT LEG ON CABINET, HEMATOMA TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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