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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIP OVER GARDEN HOSE, FELL, TWISTED LEG DX: FX DISTAL FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT HAD A HOSE HIT PT IN LOWER LEG,LACERATING LE G. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2008 | Age: 69 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED OVER HOSE AND SCRAPED LOWER LEG ON GROUND AND LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| TRIPPED OVER HOSE WHILE WATERING FLOWERS, L DISTAL FIBULA FX, ANKLE DIS LOCATION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 92 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| DX CLOSED R OBLIQUE DISTAL INTRA-ARTICULAR FX OF THE DISTAL FIBULA: S/P STEPPED ON GARDEN HOSE AND ROLLED ANK. PLUS EDEMA, ECCHYMOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 73 YOF WINDING UP HOSE IN YARD AND HIT ABOVE (R) ANKLE WITH SPRINKLER HEAD. DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 86 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| 86 YO TRIPPED OVER SPRINKLER INJURED LEG LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 70 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: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers |
| DX AVULSION FX TO DISTAL FIBULA: ROLLED ANK W GARDENING TRIPPED OVER WATER HOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Stairs or steps |
| PATIENT WAS FOUND SITTING ON A STEP AFTER HITTING HER LEG ON A SPRINK- LER. DX-COMPLEX LACERATION OF LEFT SHIN, 8 TO 10 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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