Introduction: Emergency department usually receives cases with bone injuries due to various causes including falling, accidents, and fire shooting. Study Objectives:The main objectives of this study are to identify the frequency of bony lesions compared with other cases received in the emergency departments of the Royal Medical Services hospital, Jordan, and to identify types and causes of bony lesions. Methods and subjects:Study Design: A retrospective study design was conducted to collect data from files of patients. Study sample:A total of 150 files for patients who visited emergency department were randomly selected.Study Procedure: After obtaining the ethical approval from IRB committee, the researchers started reviewing patient files to extract data. All data were entered into excel spreading sheet. Data included the following variables age, gender, type of injury, and site of injury.Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Data representation included means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentages. Relationships between variables were determined using Chi-Square test. Significance will be considered at α≤0.05.Results: Study findings showed that the mean of age was 30.13±18.60 years, the majority of patient who were exposed to injuries were males (about 59%), 74% of patients were exposed to injuries resulting from falling down. According to injury site, injuries were more shown in lower body 58%. Conclusion:The results of the present study showed that males were more likely to have injuries compared with females. Females were more likely to be exposed to injuries resulting from falling down. No injury cases resulting from scrimmage among females.

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