Accidents - Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,648
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Date: 12/26/2008	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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT BUMPED INTO STEEL MAGAZINE RACK AT HOMEDX: LAC LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT AT THE MALL CUT LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A METAL BOOK RACK LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT S/P DROPPING A FILING CABINET ON HIS R ANKLE. PT NOW HAS DEFORMITY TO HIS R FIBULA FX WITH DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 58 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
58 Y/O C/O TRAUMATIC ANKLE PAIN, FELL AND HIT ANKLE ON A CABINET. DX-FX DISTAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 87 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
ACCIDENTALLY INJURIED LOWER LEG ON A WOODNE SHELF,NOW THE AREA IS SWOLL EN&GETTING RED>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 80 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: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT BANGED HIS LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST SOME SHELVING A WEEK AGO CAUSED AN ABRASION WHICH GOT INFECTED ADMITTED FOR CELLULITIS LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/28/2008	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS CLIMBING ON CABINET AND INJURED LEG DX RT LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT STATES A SHELF FELL ON HER AFTER CLEANING UP FROM A FUNERAL DINNER A T THE **. LACERATION TO LEFT LEG 5CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 62 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT'S PROSTHETIC LEG SLIPPED OFF AND HE FELL STRIKING CABINET. DX: R LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 89 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS SHOPPING AT ROSES AND HIT THE EDGE OF A DISPLAY CASE, LAC TO R L OWER LEG. DX. LAC R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 95 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Clothing accessories
95 YO POCKETBOOK FELL OFF SHELF STRUCK ON LEG LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
GLASS SHELF FELL ON LEG, DX; LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT AT *** WHEN AN OBJECT FELL OFF A SHELF STRUCK IN THE LOWER LEG LACER ATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
75YOF AT HOME WALKED INTO A PLASTIC CABINET CUTTING LOWER LEFT LEG; LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 56 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: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LAC SHIN ON FILE CABINET DRAWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
74 YOM WAS INSTALLING CABINETS AT ASSUMPTION SCHOOL AND CABINET FELL ON RIGHT LEG - FRACTURE TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 75 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HAD A SHELF FALL ONTO RIGHT LOWER LEG SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT AT A LOCAL BUSINESS ANS STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A GLASS SHELF LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LOWER LEG LAC-HIT FILE CABINET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Floors or flooring materials
PT'S SON WAS REMOVING A CABINET AND IT FELL TO FLOOR AND HIT PT ON LEG. DX; LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 93 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Cardboard products
PT AT *** WHEN A BOX OF PANCAKE MIX FELL OFF THE SHELF STRIKING PT IN L OWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
TRIPPED OVER LUGGAGE RACK AND FELL LAC AND AVULSING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 71 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HIT LOWER LEG ON SHELF WHILE IN STORE. CONTUSION, LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 94 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
AT HOME PT TRIPPED ON METAL FILE CABINET DRAWER,CUT R SHIN DX LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	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: Other
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
INJURIED LEG 3 DAYS AGO SCRAPING IT AGAINST MAGAZINE RACK, NOW WITH PRO GRESSIVE SWELLING&REDNESS>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 89 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT BOOKCASE FELL AND HIT PT IN THE LEG DX// CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT CUT LEFT LOWER LEG ON AN OPEN CABINET SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LLL LAC ON SHELF AT HOME DX; LLL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HAD A DISPLAY CASE FALL ONTO HIS LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SCRAPED LEG ON A SHELF ABRASION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LOWER LEG LAC-HIT METAL CABINET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LEFT LOWER LEG LAC, PT CUT LEG ON SHELF IN A SHED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
A CABINET FELL ON LOWER LEG. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG, ABDOMINAL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 87 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: Avulsion
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, Ladders
PT WAS PUTTING SOMETHING UP ON A SHELF WHILE ON A LADDER AND SLIPPED SU STAINED AN AVULSION TIO SHIN ON THE LADDER RUNG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT TRIPPED AND FELL INTO ENTERTAINMENT CENTER DX:LOWER LEG LAC, HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 64 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: Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL FLAT ON FACE 2 WEEKS AGO, FACE HIT LEG ON BOOKCASE AND THEN FEL L. DX. CONT L LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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