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Accidents - Sinks - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 353
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Date: 11/12/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL A METAL PLATE FROM A SINK FELL ONTO PT'S LEG. DX LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2009Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
BURNED LOWER EXTREMITIES WHEN SHE CLOMBED IN HOT WATER IN SINK;DX BURNE D LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
DX LAC LEG: CLIMB'G ON BATHROOM SINK & W GET'G DOWN CUT SELF ON THE CORNER OF THE SINK & LAC GROIN ON SHARP EDGE OF SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2009Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
LOWER LEG INJURIES , "GRANDMOTHER STATED PATIENT CLIMBED ONTO BATHROOM SINK, TURNED ON HOT WATER. DX-BURN BILATERAL LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT WAS THROWING A BROKEN PORCELIN SINK AWAY WHEN A BROKEN PIECE CUT HIS R LOWER LEG. DX R LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
CONT LWR LEG ON SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PORCELEIN SINK BROKE;DX LACERATED LOWER ARM AND LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
73YOF, HIT SHIN ON BOARD UNDER SINK , LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
L ANTERIOR TIBIA CONTUSION: A 400# IRON SINK FELL ON FRONT OF LEGS THIS MORNING, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS, VARIOUS SIZES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2009Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks
HOT WATER THAT WAS IN SINK BURNED PTS LEG. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2009Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sinks, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES WAS IN BATHROOM AT HOME AND WENT TO HOLD ONTO SINK, HAND SLIP PED AND HE FELL ON FLOOR. DX. FX TIB/FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/01/2009Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Sinks, Hot water
3 MOF GETTING BATH IN SINK, MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY TURNED COLD WATER OFF B EFORE HOT AND BABY SUSTAINED BURNS TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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