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Accidents - Step stools - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 590
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Date: 12/14/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
RT LOWER LEG CT-FELL FROM A STEP STOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
CLIMBING ON STEP STOOL SLIPPED- FELL CONTUSION ABRASION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
FELL OFF STEP STOOL DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Ceilings and walls
93 Y/O F C/O LOST BALANCE WHILE ON STEP STOOL LEG HIT WALL. DX: ABRASION LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
AB RT LEG ON METAL STEP STOOL +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
PT STRUCK R LOWER LEG ON STEP STOOL 9/5, INFECTED ABRASION R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
73 YR OLD FEMALE WAS STANDING ON A STEP STOOL AND LOST HER BALANCE CAUSING THE STOOL TO FLIP UP AND STRIKE HER CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools
RT FIBULA FX WITH LACERATION-FELL OFF OF STEPSTOOL INJURING RT LEG. C/O RT LEG PAIN AND LACERATION AFTER CUTTING SELF ON CONCRETE. HAS 2.5CM L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Step stools, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PT STEPPING ON A STEP STOOL WHILE HANGING CURTAINS FELL OFF FRACTURED L EFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Step stools
78-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER LOWER LEG AS A RESULT OF SLIPPING FROM A STEP STOOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools
RT LOWER LEG CT-@ HOME-FELL OFF A SHORT STEP STOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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