Accidents - Stepladders - Year 2006 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,045
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	21
6-15 years old:	79
26-50 years old:	285
50+ years old:	659

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
PT FELL OFF STEP LADDER; FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
PT FELL OFF STEPLADDER AT HOME,- LOC - S/P CLOSWD LT DISTAL TIB/FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 72 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: Stepladders, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
HEMATOMA RT PROXIMAL LOWER LEG:LUMBAR STRAIN: CLEANING GUTTERS FELL APPROX 7 FT FROM STEP LADDER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	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: Fracture
Product: Stepladders, Light bulbs
PT HAD FALL OFF STEPLADDER WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB AT HOME. D: FIBU LA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 64 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stepladders
PT BUMPED LEG ON STEPLADDER, CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 48 years	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: Stepladders
PT STATES STEP LADDER COLLAPSED AND LANDED ON LEFT LEG DX: CONTUSION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Stepladders
PATIENT STRAINED LOWER LEG AFTER FALLING OFF A STEP LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 3 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: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
PT OUSIDE IN YARD W/ GRANDMA AND FELL OFF STEP LADDER ONTO CEMENT DX: L MID TIBIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stepladders
PT SLIPPED OFF STEP LADDER AND FELL INJURING LOWER LEG AT HOME DX: SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
FELL OFF OF STEP LADDER WHILE PAINTING C/O PN TO RT LEG DX: FX TO RT LATERAL TIBIA WITH MILD DEPRESSION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 53 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stepladders
CONTUSION LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS HE SLIPPED OFF STEP LADDER YESTER DAY - FELL LANDING ON RIGHT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 88 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: Stepladders
LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL OFF A STEP LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stepladders
PT CUT LOWER LEG ON A STEP LADDER WHILE @ HOME. DX LACERATION TO LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
PT C/O FALL.PT FELL OFF STEP LADDER. DX FRACT LFT FIBULA DISTAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 76 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: Stepladders
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE LACERATED HER RT LWR LEG ON AN ALUMINUM STEP LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stepladders, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WAS ON A STEPLADDER REMOVING STAGE PROPS AND FELL. LACERATION, LEFT LOW ER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 73 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: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
FELL OFF FOURTH RUNG OF STEP LADDER AT HOME,FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
PT FELL COMING DOWN OFF OF STEPLADDER. DX: R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX, ALCOHOL INTOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stepladders
61 Y/O W/M INJURED LOWER LEG WHEN CAUGHT ON STEPLADDER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A STEPLADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
JUMPED OFF STEP-LADDER AND LANDED ON KNEES THEN FELL FORWARD INJURING L EG,+SEVERE PAIN/CRYING,SEEN AT URGCARE SENT TO ER,+SWELLING; L-LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stepladders
RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF STEPLADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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