Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,807
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Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 65 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 FELL OFF PORCH. DX: SPIRAL FX DISTAL R FIBUA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2007	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
RT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL ON THE PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT RECEIVED HEMATOMA TO LOWER LEG WHEN FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2007	Age: 56 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 AND SCRAPPED LEG ON STOOP WEEKS AGO LEG RED DX// ABRASION RIGHT LOWER LEG CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 66 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, Stairs or steps
WALKING ON DECK, SLIPPED ON STEPS & FELL DX L FIBULAR DISTAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	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 FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME DX: FX FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 82 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 PORCH AT HOME DX TIB / FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Doorsills or frames
79YOF TRIPPED ON THE DOORJAM,WHILE WALKING FROM HER ENCLOSED PORCH INTO LIVINGROOM;LOWER LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 STEPPING DOWN FRON A LOADING PLATFORM FRACTURE RIGHT TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE RIGHT ANKLE OPEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 72 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
72Y/O,F,STEPPED OFF PORCH & TWISTED R ANKLE,FX DISTAL R FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2007	Age: 72 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 FELL ON PORCH. DX: R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX, R FIBULAR HEAD FX, R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 60 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 WAS AT HOME, JUMPED OFF A DECK CAUSING A FX TO LT TIBIA AND FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	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
PT FELL FROM BRICK LEDGE AND IS C/O LEG PAIN AND DEFORMITY. D: TIB-FIB FX. ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 54 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: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
AT SHELTER PT FELL DOWN FRONT PORCH,C/O L SIDED WEAKNESS,DIZZY DX CELLULITIS L L EXT,DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 79 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
LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL ON A DECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WALKING AND FELL OFF PORCH AND LAC SCALP,FX LOWER LEG AND LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 53 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
FX LOWER LEG FALLING OFF PORCH#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 62 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 FELL ON CONCRETE PORCH. DX. BILATERAL LOWER LEG FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 60 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
RIGHT FIB FX. PT FELL ON WET DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
FIBULA FX-FELL ON WET DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 62 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
PATIETN FELL THRU THE PORCH WHEN BOARDS BROKE, TWISTED KNEE. DX-FRACTURE TIBIA, KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 51 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
RT FIBULA CONTUSION.PT FELL ON THE PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 51 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: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
JUMPED OFF STAGE FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	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
72 YO MALE FELL ON PORCH AND CUT LEG LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	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
58 YO MALE CUT SHIN ON DECK LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 57 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
PT FELL OFF OF PORCH/ FX FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 55 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LAC R LOWER LEG/55YOM AT HOME PUT LEG THROUGH WOOD DECK CAUSING LACERAT ION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
4 DAYS AGO, PT FELL OFF PATIO AND INJURED SHIN. D: LACERATION, CELLULIT IS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 54 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: Hematoma
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH HEMATOMA LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	Age: 58 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
LT LEG WENT THROUGH ROTTEN PORCH AT HOME MONDAY CONTUSION LT LOWER LEG AND RT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FALL HIT LEG ON PORCH DX SKIN TEAR LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	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
76 YO F FRACTURED FIBULA INJURED AFTER OVERTURNING ANKLE STEPPING OFF THE PORCH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
BUILDING A DECK, SQUATTING A LOT, C/O LEG PAIN DX CALF PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
SLIPPED COMING OFF PORCH/ FX LT TIB,FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX RIGHT LOWER LEG CONTUSION: STEPPED OFF PORCH AND HIT LEG AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON WET PORCH AT BOARDING HOME & C/O LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 57 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
FELL OFF PORCH/TIB-FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	Age: 52 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
LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY CONTUSION.PT FELL ON A PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2007	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
RIGHT FIB FX. PT SLID OFF ICY PORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT FELL ON AN ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2007	Age: 72 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
TIBIA FX-FELL ON ICE ONTO PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 87 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
PT SCRAPPED HIS LEG ON DECK AT HOME 7 DAYS AGO STILL RED AND PAINFUL DX// RIGHT LOWER LEG ABRASION AND CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 56 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: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WALKED INTO WOODEN PLATFORM AT MALL ALMOST 3 WEEKS PRIOR SHIN CONTUSION WITH BACK AND LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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