Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,653
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Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 60 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF OF PORCH; CO PAIN IN LOWER BILAT LEG DX: BILAT LOWER LEG CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE WALKING OFF PORCH THIS AM. CLOSED SPIRAL FX LT DIS TAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 54 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
54 YO F FELL THROUGH PORCH CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH LAST PM.R BELOW KNEE PAIN.DX R KNEE PAIN.POSS TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON CTA PLATFORM, CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Windows or window glass
PT FELL ONTO PORCH WHILE CLIMBING IN WINDOW. DX: L LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STEPPED THROUGH A LOOSE BOARD ON HER PATIO DECK AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Crutches, canes or walkers
RT TIBIA FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A WALKER ON A PORCH AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
ABRASION/ CONTUSION RT SHIN - FELL THRU ROTTED BOARDS ON DECK @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES WAS ON A DECK THAT COLLAPSED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
PT RECEIVED LARGE LACERATION TO LOWER LEG WHEN FELL ON PORCH STEPS AT H OME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL GETTING OFF TRAIN LEG HIT PLATFORM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 64 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON A POOL DECK DX: RT LOW LEG CONTUSION +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 56 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRIPPED ON PORCH, LEG WENT THROUGH HOLE IN PORCH. DX: CONTUSION, RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 59 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION L LOWER LEG - FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG - 54 YOM SITTING ON A WOOD GRANDSTAND AT RFK AND GOT A LARGE SPLINTER IN HIS LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT LEG STR. PT FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PLATFORMLOWER LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
JUMPED FROM A 3RD FLOOR BALCONYCOMMUNITED FRACTURE LEFT TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 57 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL THROUGH DECK C/O PAIN IN LEGSDX ABRASIONS LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SKIN TEAR R LOWER LEG/93YOWF FELL/TRIPPED LAST NIGHT AND SKINNED SHIN O N PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT LOWER LEG CONT. PT FELL OFF DECK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 71 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
71 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FX TIB/FIB. PT FELL OFF THE PORCH, DOWN STEPS @ HOME . PT ADM. E8809
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 82 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. FELL FROM PORCH. DX: CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS THRU THE PORCH AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX-FRACTURE DISTAL TIB, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS, STRAIN LEFT SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. STEPPED OFF HER PORCH AND FELL AND HURT HER LOWER LEG FRACTURED LOWER LEG - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/28/2002	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT TIBIS FRACTURE.PT JUMPED OFF A PORCH AND INJURED TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/25/2002	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN FELL OFF PORCH WHILE COOKING HAMBURGERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/21/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON PLATFORM AT TRAIN STATION INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
59 Y/O F C/O RT ANKLE - FELL OFF PORCH TWISTED ANKLE. DX: FX. RT. FIBUL A DISTAL.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 76 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH CAUSING FRACTURE TO TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF HER PORCH FX FIBULA POSS KNEE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL FROM SUBWAY PLATFORM CATCHING LEG IN GAP FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Ramps or landings
FELL ON RAMP FROM PORCH AT HOME INJURING LOWER LEG. DX; FRACTURE PROXI MAL TIB/FIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT LEGS BECAME WEAK AND PT FELL ON PORCH INJURING R LEG. DX MOD. TO SEVERE MUSCLE & TENDON STRAIN R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Wood paneling and particleboard
SLIPPED AT HOME ON PANELING, FELL 2 FEET OFF PORCH. ACUTE FRACTUR E DISTAL TIB/FIB, CLOSED RIGHT S/P FALL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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