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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,051
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Date: 11/19/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER GARDEN SHEARS IN HER YARD. DX-LACERTION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
66 Y/O W/M ACCIDIENTALLY STUCK LOWER LEG WITH A PITCH FORK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
STUCK SELF WITH PITCHFORK DX. PW LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
USING A PITCH FORK IN COMPOST AND STABBED LEG PUNCTURING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 48 YOM WAS CUTTING WOOD USING A WEDGE AND LACERA TED HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT LOWER LEG WITH A PITCHFORK DX: L LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG - 34 YOM ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HIMSELF WITH A PI CKAXE SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WITH RT LEG INJURY WHEN WALKING BY BROKEN GLASS ON SHOVEL, LACERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
59 Y/O W/FM CUT LOWER LEG WHILE USING A PITCH FORK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PLAYING AT CAMP HIT LEG ON A PICK HANDLE CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT TRIPPED ON RAKE AND FELL INTO CAMPFIRE. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURN R SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT LEG WITH SHOVEL; LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT HIT WITH SHOVEL; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
42YMC PITCHFORK WENT INTO CALF/PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT IN LEG WITH A HOE PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LAC TO LEG WHEN PLAYING WITH A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD FELL ON A PITCHFORK CAUSING A LAST CO HIS R LE G. DX. LAC L. LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FORM A PITCHFORLK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM A SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
FELL HIT LEG ON A SHOVEL DX: L LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PLAYING IN YARD TRIPPED AND FELL ON RAKE CUTTING LEFT LEG DX-2 CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
TUES. MORNING TRIPPED OVER A RAKE AND INJURED LEG DX: DISTAL FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT SELF IN LEG WITH SHOVEL DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HIT FOOT ON SHOVEL RUPTURED ACHILLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
LOWER LEG LACERATION, FELL OFF A SHOVEL AND HIT A RAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
CELLULITIS L LOWER LEG/48YOM HIT LEG WITH SHOVEL LAST WEEK AT HOME. NOW HAS SWELLING AND DRAINAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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