Accidents - Containers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,029
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Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 81 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: Containers
PT DROPPED BOX OF XMAS COOKIES ON SHIN CAUSING SKIN TEAR 10 DAYS AGO. T ODAY REINJURED SHIN WHEN GETTING OFF AIRCRAFT. D: SKIN TEAR, SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Containers
HIT RT. LEG ON BOX DX: RT. LOWER LEG AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 52 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: Containers
PT WALKED INTO LARGE BOX INJURING LOWER LEG DX CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
89 YO FEMALE HAD DVD BOX FALL ON LEFT SHIN AT CASINO CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
PT PACKING UYP SOME BOXES WHEN HE DROPPED ONE ONTO RIGHT LOWER LEG LACE RATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	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: Containers
TIBIAL FX. PT TRIPPED OVER A BOX AND INJURED LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Containers
BOX FELL ONTO PT'S LEG. DX: R LEG WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Containers
PT'S CAT KNOCKED OVER A BOX AND HIT HER LEG HEMATOMA LOWER LEG - ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 55 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: Containers
55 YOF HIT BOX IN ATTIC LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
PAIN TO LEG AFTER LIFTING BOX DX: LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers, Furniture
INJURED LOWER LEG MOVING BOXES AND FURNITURE AT HOME. DX: LOWER LEG ST RAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	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: Containers
DX RIGHT LEG SHIN LACERATION: DROPPED BOX ONTO LEG AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
RT LOWER EXTREMITY LACERATION.PT LACERATED LOWER LEG ON A BOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
RT SHIN LACERATION.PT DROPPED A BOX ON SHIN AND LACERATED SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	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: Containers
RIGHT SHIN TEAR. PT DROPPED A BOX OF ICE CREAM AT GROCERY STORE AND IT HIT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 65 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers, Floors or flooring materials
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER LOWER LEG AS A RESULT OF WALKING INTO A BOX AND FALLING TO THE FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 65 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: Containers
PT SUSTAINED HEMATOMA TO LOWER LEG FROM STRIKING LEG ON UNSPECIFIED BOX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Containers
ON BUS & BOX SLID FOREWARD PINNING LEG. ACUTE RT LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
GOT HIT ON LEG WITH FALLING BOX DX: CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER A DOG AND CUT HIS LEG ON A BOX. DX-5CM LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
FELL OVER BOX DX. SHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Containers
79 YO F FELL ON BOXES CONTUSION BOXES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
PT DROPPED BOX ON TO LOWER LEG C/O BLEEDING DX LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 86 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: Containers
BANGED L SHIN AGAINST A MILK BOX DX: LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 66 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: Containers
DX LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG: HIT LEG ON BOX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Containers
PT TRIPPED OVER A BOX AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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