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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,218
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 76YO M PT STATES THAT HE WENT OUTSIDE TO GET NEWSPAPER, SLIPPED ON A W ET SPOT ON PORCH. DX. FX. L DISTAL FIBULA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| 80 YOF, SCRATCCHED LEG ON PAPER TAG FROM PRODUCT, NOW INFECTED, TISSUE INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 79 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: Paper products |
| 79 Y O F RESTRIEING NEWSPAPER TWISTED DID NOT FALL FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 79 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: Paper products |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG BY TRIPPING ON A NEWSPAPER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 79 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Paper products |
| FELL SCRAPING LLE GETTING THE PAPER >> SKIN TEARS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products, Floors or flooring materials |
| LOWER LEG PAIN-SLIPPED ON PAPER-FELL TO FLOOR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/18/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| AT HOME,TRIP & FALL WHEN PT WENT TO GET NEWSPAPER DX:FX TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 90 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Paper products |
| SLIPPED ON ICE&FELL WHILE OUT GETTING HIS NEWSPAPER " LEG CONTS/ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products, Alcohol |
| ACUTE DISTAL FIBULA FX:STEPPED ON NEWSPAPER LAST PM, SLIPPING, TWISTING + ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| LOWER LEG FX-TWISTED LEG WHILE GETTING NEWSPAPER IN YARD-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT WAS BURNING PAPERS IN BACK YARD AND BURNED RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2006 | Age: 81 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: Paper products |
| FELL GETTING NEWSPAPER. RIGHT LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2005 | Age: 76 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: Paper products, Floors or flooring materials |
| 76 YO FEMALE TRIED TO PICK UP FOLDER AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME ABRASION RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| FIBULA FX-@ HOME-SLIPPED ON NEWSPAPERS-FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 62 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: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| FX TIBIA: SLIPPED ON WET GRASS, FELL ON CURB WHILE DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS (NOT WORK RELATED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products, Stairs or steps |
| SLIPPED ON PIECE OF PAPER ON STAIRS/ TRIMALLEOLAR FX RT DISTAL TIB FIB WITH SUBLULXATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/30/2005 | Age: 81 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: Paper products, Tables |
| GETTING ON TABLE IN LAB, SLIPPED OFF PAPER, CUT R LEG DX: R LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paper products, Stairs or steps |
| PT. WENT TO GET NEWSPAPER, LEG HIT EDGE OF STEP. DX. LAC L LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT.INJ.L.ANKLE AT HOME WHEN GOING OUT TO PICK UP NEWS PAPER. DX;L.ANKLE INJ.PROB FIB F.X. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 71 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: Paper products |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL ON A PIECE OF PAPER CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2003 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paper products |
| LEG LAC-@ HOME-CUT LEG ON EDGE OF NEWSPAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT WENT OUTSIDE TO GET HER NEWSPAPER WHEN SHE WAS STUNG BY A BEE DEVELO PED HIVES AND ERYTHEMA ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT WENT TO GET NEWSPAPER AND WENT TO BEND DOWN AND F ELL ON ICE AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2003 | Age: 80 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: Other |
| Product: Paper products |
| PT WAS PULLING A PIECE OF TISSUE FROM DOG AND WAS BIT ON LEG, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 97 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: Paper products |
| FELL OUTSIDE HOME WHILE GETTING NEWSPAPER DX TIBIAL AVULSION FX S/P FAL L SEVERE MALNUTRITION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Paper products, Stairs or steps |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION - 77 YOF SLIPPED ON WET STEP OUTSIDE RETRIEVING NE WSPAPER AND LACERATED RIGHT LOWER CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 74 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: Paper products |
| PATIENT THROWING PAPER TOWELS AWAY IN BATHROOM AT CARE FACILITY WHEN SH E FELL. D: LOWER LEG/HIP CONTUSIONS, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2001 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2000 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Paper products |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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