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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 645
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL AGAINST A COUCH SUSTAINED A HEMATOMA TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 90 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT BUMPED LOWER LEG AGAINST THE COUCH SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS GETTING UP OFF THE COUCH AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER LEG LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS LEANING AGAINST A COUCH WHEN SHE NOTED PAIN AND SWELLING IN RIGH T LOWER LEG HEMATOMA LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| STRUCK LOWER LEG ON COUCH EDGE. DX R LEG HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL OFF COUCH. DX- 2 CM LOWER R LEG LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS WALKING AROUND HER COUCH AND SLIPPED STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG ON T HE COUCH LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Clothing |
| STUMBLED AND FELL, HIT THE COUCH, C/O RIGHT HIP & LOWER LEG PAIN WAS AT HOME CARRYING CLOTHES. DX-FRACTURE TIBIA, CONTUSION HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT, HX OF CAD & HTN, WAS SITTING ON COUCH WHEN EXPERIENCED LEG AND ARM NUMBNESS WHICH CONTINUES. D: PARESTHESIAS. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 64 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| GOT UP FROM COUCH AND LEGS CRAMPED UP AND HE COLLAPSED BUT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 83 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG BY STRIKING AGAINST A SOFA AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 57 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| WALKING TO SIT ON SOFA HIT LEG ON SOFA FRACTURE SHAFT RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL FROM THE SOFA AND FX LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 62 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: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT TRIED TO GET UP FROM COUCH, DEVELOPED LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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