Accidents - Fences or fence posts - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,320
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Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 60 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: Fences or fence posts
CONTUSED LOWER LEG ON A FENCE POST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
INJURED LOWER LEG ON BARBED WIRE FENCE AT HOME. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LOWE R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS SCALING OVER A FENCE LAST EVENING WHEN HE LANDED AWKWARDLY ON HI S LEFT ANKLE FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
CUT LEG ON FENCE WIRE AT HOME LT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS WALKING THROUGH A GATE FOOT SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LE FT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT SUST LACERATION TO LOWER LEG ON A GATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	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: Fences or fence posts
74 Y/O W/FM RECEIVED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO LOWER LEG WHEN GOT TANGLED IN BARB WIRE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	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: Fences or fence posts
PT JUMPED OVER CHAIN LINK FENCE. DX: R LEG LAC 5 X 5 X 5 CM, L UPPER ARM LAC 4 X 2 CM W/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT FELL ON FENCE WHILE CLIMBING IT APPROXIMATELY A WEEKA GO - NOE LEG IS SWOLLEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	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: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
81 YOF SCRAPED LEG ON FENCE LAC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
DROPPED GATE ON LEG DX LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT TRYING TO CLEAN UP A BROKEN FENCE AT HOME WHEN HE SUSTAINED A LACERA TION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT JUMPED OVER FENCE AND LANDED WRONG. DX: R DISTAL FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	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: Fences or fence posts
LOWER LEG LAC-TRIPPED OVER A FENCE-CUT LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CLIMBING OVER A GATE STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG ON THE GATE DEVELOPED A HEMATOMA TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fences or fence posts
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT LEG FROM BARBED WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
FELL AGAINST A METAL FENCE. DX- R LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON GATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT C/O LAC TO LOWER LEG. PT C/O CRAWLING THROUGH BARBED WIRE AND LAC LO WER LEG. DX LAC RT TIBIA/AREA COMPLICATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 53 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: Fences or fence posts
ABRASION LOWER LEG - 53 YOM SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO HIS RIGHT LOWER LE G FROM SCRAPING AGAINST AN OLD FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 75 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: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
GARDENING AND SCRAPED LEG ON METAL FENCE AND NOW HAS CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts, Golf
STEPPED OVER METAL FENCE PLAYING GOLF AND LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fences or fence posts
FX LEFT TIB FIB. PT FELL AGAINST A REPLACEMENT FENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
RIGHT LEG LAC, PT INJURED LEG ON A FENCE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT LACERATED LOWER LEG WHILE JUMPING OVER A FENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
WORKING IN A RESIDENCE APARTMENT-THE DOG JUMPED A KITCHEN GATE LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG (LISTED AS RETIRED NO WORK INFO)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Fences or fence posts
FELL INTO FENCE AT HOME AND SUSTAINED AVULSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	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: Fences or fence posts
PT C/O LEG LACERATION. A FENCE POST WAS THROWN AND HIT PT IN LEG. DX HE MATOMA RT LEG LAC RT TIBIA/SHAFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WORKIGN ON A BARBED WIRE FENCE IN HIS YARD THIS AM CAUGHT RIGHT CALF LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
78 Y/O W/FM CUT LOWER LEG WHEN WALKED INTO BARB WIRE FENCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT CUT LOWER LEG ON GATE DX LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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: Fences or fence posts
PT STATES JUMPED OVER A SMALL FENCE DX: FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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