Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 522
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	12
6-15 years old:	22
16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	324
50+ years old:	146

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES YESTERDAY. RT ARM PAIN, PROBABLE CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
POISON IVY ON FOREARM-AFTER RAKING LEAVES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS RAKING LEAVES AND FELL INJURING ARM. DX LOWER ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
43 YOWM INJURED HIS ARM WHILE SHOVELING. DX. STRAIN R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF WHILE HOLDING PITCHFORK, PW TO L FA DX: DEEP PW L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT INJURED ARM WHILE SHOVELING, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FOREARM WITH A HOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Ceilings and walls
3 CM SKIN TEAR, NO SIGNS OF INFECTION, FELL AGAINST A RAKE HUNG ON A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Hammers
RT FOREARM PUNCTURE WOUNDS-@ HOME-USING METAL WEDGE & HAMMER TO SPLIT W OOD-HIT ARM W/ METAL SHAVING FROM WEDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT HIT ON ARM WITH SHOVEL, ALSO FELL OFF COUCH TWISTING SAME ARM B EHIND AT HOME; FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING SHOVEL - HAND HURTS - TENDONITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT COMPLAINT OF R FOREARM PAIN SWELLING WITH RAKING, ACUTE R DEQUERVAIN S TENOSYNOVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT LOWER ARM WHEN FELL ON TROWEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT COMPLAINING OF SHOULDER/FOREARM PAIN SINCE WORKING IN GARDEN WITH HA ND SHOVEL ONE WEEK AGO. D:FOREARM/SHOULDER STRAIN, HYPERTENSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.