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Accidents - Laundry hampers - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 624
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 08/30/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
32YOF HIT LT LOWER LEG ON LAUNDRY HAMPER DX: LT LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2009Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
HAMPER FELL ON LEG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
METAL ON HAMPER CUT PT'S LEG. DX: ABR L LEG, BILAT PEDAL EDEMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2007Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers
PT STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST A LAUNDRY HAMPER AT HOME AND SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Laundry hampers
34 YO MALE PULLED RIGHT LEG WHEN LIFTING HAMPER MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2006Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers
PT HAD A HAMPER FALL AGAINST LEG AT HOME, DX: SUPERIFICAL LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
PATIENT BUMPED LOWER LEG ON LAUNDRY HAMPER. CONTUSION, RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2004Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
1 WEEK AGO FELL WHILE PUSHING LAUNDRY CART WITH OXYGEN TANK, WHEELS CA UGHT IN TUBING, FELL TO BLACKTOP INJURING LOWER LEG. DX: ABRASION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Laundry hampers, Floors or flooring materials
PT JUMPED OFF HAMPER LANDED ON FLOOR @7PM TONIGHT C/O LEG PN, FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Laundry hampers
18 YOM BACKED UP AND RAN INTO METAL CLOTHES HAMPER, CUT BACK OF LEG. DX LACERATION TO R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Laundry hampers
?PIECE OF MY WOOD LIKE HAMPER IN LEFT SHIN AREA, PART OF SPLINTER LEFT. LOWER EXTREMITY ABSCESS FROM REMAINING FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2001Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Laundry hampers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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