Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 6-15 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,353
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Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
NONDISPLACED FX TIBIA-FIBULA, RT, JUMPED OFF STAGE 3 FEET, ANKLE INVERTED AND RT FOOT TWISTED UNDER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT JUMPED OFF THE PORCH AND HURT LEFT LEG WHEN HE LANDED ON SOMETHING H ARD - NOW AREA IS TURNING BLUISH. D: TRAUMA RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
JUMPED OFF STAGE CUT LOWER LEG DX: LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT HURT RIGHT LEG WHEN JUMPED OFF THE PORCH AND LANDED WRONG. D: NO D X; PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY PHYSICIAN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 8 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
COMMINUTED FX DISTAL TIBIA,FX DISTAL FIBULA - FELL OFF PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 14 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN A DECK FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH; LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TWISTED ANKLE WHEN SLIPPED ON WET LEAVES ON PORCH AS SHE TURNED AT HOME ; LEFT TIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 10 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOTHER STATES MY SON WAS JUMPING OFF THE DECK AND HIT HIS SHIN ON THE D ECK WHICH HAD A NAIL STICKING OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 13 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF 2ND STORY BALCONY;LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT C/O LFT FOOT AND ANKLE INJURY. PT FELL OFF OF A PORCH. DX FIBULA FRA CT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. FELL OFF A PORCH AND HURT HER LOWER LEG FRACTURED FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH AT SCHOOL DX: RT FIBULA FX, DISLOCATION OF FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF OF A PORCH AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX LOWER LEG FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
JUMPED OFF DECK, TWISTED ANKLE/ FX RT DITAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 10 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Built-in swimming pools
PT WALKING ON DECK OF IN GROUND POOL AND FOOT WENT THRU A HOLE, PT FELL FACE FIRST INTO THE WATER, ABRASION TO LEG,ANKLE AND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
CUT LEG ON STEPS ON PATIO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2003	Age: 12 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT JUMPED OFF PORCH AND LANDED ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WAS JUMPING OFF STAGE AT THE SCHOOL GYM, DURING PE AND TWISTED HIS LT ANKLE, C/O PAIN. FX DISTAL TIBIS/FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE TIBIA - 7 YOM JUMPED 7 FEET OF NEIGHBOR'S DECK AND LANDED ON F EET, C/O RIGHT LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SPRAINED LEG WHEN FELL FROM BALCONY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. FELL & CUT RT. LOWER LEG ON A DECK DX: SHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT HIT SHIN ON WOODEN DECK OR PORCH LAST NIGHT; LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 12 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: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT JUMPING OFF DOCK, HIT CEMENT BLOCK AT PARK, LEFT LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Scooters, unpowered
JUMP OFF 8FT HIGH LOADING PLATFORM ON SCOOTER, SCOOTER BROKE WHEN LANDED. LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 8 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH AND SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 9 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME, CUT LEG ON BUSHES; LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
PATIENT FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME, HIT LEG ON STEP; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FX LEG WHEN JUMPED FROM PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 14 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SITTING ON PORCH WHEN IT COLLAPSED AND FELL ON LEGS, PINNING PT UNDERNE ATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Wheelchairs
PT IN WHEELCHAIR COMING OFF PATIO FELL ONTO HIS LT LEG NOW C/O PN HEARD A POP, DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CUT LEG WHEN FELL FROM DECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Ladders
PATIENT FELL ON METAL LADDER ON PILE OF ROCKS WHEN JUMPING DOWN FROM PO RCH SUPPORT AT HOME; LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CUT LOWER LEG WHEN FELL OFF PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CUT LOWER LEG WHEN FELL FROM PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
STATES FELL AND HIT L SHIN ON CONCRETE PORCH. DX. LAC R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS JUMPING ON PORCH AND CAUGHT SIDE OF PORCH - CUT MID SHIN. D: L ACERATION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 9 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT JUMPED OFF PORCH INJURING ANKLE, SALTER I FX R FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT WALKED BY PORCH AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, DOG UNDER PORCH AND BIT PT 'S LEG; LOWER LEG BITE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 8 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN FELL ON DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
7 YO F FELL OFF STAGE INJURED LOWER LEG FXTIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
12YOF FELL FROM STAGE 5' TO GROUND LANDING ON L FOOT DX: FX L TIBIA DISTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT HURT ANKLE WHEN JUMPING OFF OF PORCH - LANDED ON RIGHT ANKLE. D: F RACTURE RIGHT TIBIA / SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF STAGE AT SCHOOL DX. LOWER LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OR JUMPED OFF STAGE AT A PARTY; TIBIA/FIBULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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