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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,191
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	68
6-15 years old:	148
16-25 years old:	102
26-50 years old:	389
50+ years old:	483

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 23 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: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Hatchets or axes
DX LEFT SHIN PUNCTURE WOUND: SPLITTING WOOD WITH AX AND WEDGE, WEDGE HIT SHIN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT LOWER LEG WHEN HIT BY RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
85 Y.O. B FEMALE W/LEG PAIN. PT STS PAIN BEGAN WHILE RAKING LEAVES IN H ER YARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT WITH PIECE OF GLASS, RAKING UP YARD LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PUNCTURE WOUND - 35 YOF FELL ONTO A PITCHFORK SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOU ND TO HER RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 25 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: Other unpowered garden tools
PT, WITH SUTURES STILL IN PLACE FROM LACERATION 2 WKS AGO, STRUCK WOUND WITH SHOVEL 3 DAYS AGO. INCREASED REDNESS. D: WOUND INFECTION, CELLULIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LT LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND-@ HOME-SPLITTING WOOD & WEDGE HIT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT. HIT OUTER LEG WITH A HOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
11 YO WM - LAC. RT. LEG - (LATERAL) - FROM OLD, RUSTY SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT JUMPED ONTO SHOVEL AND HEARD A POP IN RT LEG DX: RT CALF INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 62 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: Other unpowered garden tools
LACERATION LEG 1.5 CM-SIMPLE, CUTTING GRASS WITH HAND SICKLE AND CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STABBED WITH PITCH FORK ACCIDENTLY, PUNCTURE WOUND R LOWER EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT FELL ON METAL PITCHFORK, MOM PULLED OUT OF LOWER LEG; PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 32 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: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FRACTURE RT DISTAL FIBULA, CAUGHT FOOT ON A ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE WHILE RAKING YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT RT LOWER LEG WITH SHOVEL/ LAC RT LEG X 2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT CUT LOWER LEG ON A SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 77 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: Other unpowered garden tools
CUT SELF W/ PITCH FORK TODAY @ HOME. AB/PUNCTURE WOUND RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	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: Other unpowered garden tools
PT LACERATED L SHIN ON RUBBER GARDEN MAT, DEEP LACERATION L SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 75 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LEG CONTUSION - HIT LEG ON GARDENING TOOLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 4 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: Other unpowered garden tools
4 Y/O M C/O LEG LAC. PT TRIPPED OVER SHOVEL. DX LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED OVER A RAKE IN GARAGE AND FELL AND INJURE D LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LOWER LEG PAIN AFTER USING A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 43 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: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
ROCOON BITE R LOWER LEG, STEPPED ON RACOON WHILE WALKING TO HOUSE RACOON BIT LEG THEN MILLED AROUND ACTING PUNCH DRUNK, HIT WITH SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT SELF WITH PITCH FORK DX: LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 37 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: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LT SHIN LAC-SPLITTING WOOD WHEN THE WEDGE BOUNCED OFF THE LOG-STRUCK HIS SHIN-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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